Design · Culture · Spirituality

emerging church

A church story, on Pentecostals, Anabaptists, and politics

August 16th, 2009

As I've said here before, when I look at church history I see strong, real links between the nonviolent, prophetic, anti-Imperial life that Jesus advocated for his followers, and the charismatic, Spirit-filled life that he advocated for those same followers.

Thoughts on Cornerstone 2009: Seminars

July 15th, 2009

As I said earlier, this year's Cornerstone Festival had a lot of great seminars.

The Out of Bounds Church

June 23rd, 2009

A few years ago, during the process of earning a PhD, Steve Taylor wrote The Out of Bounds Church? to show the ways the church was and is changing.

Perspective on Emergent

June 5th, 2009

To give a small introduction to this, for a decade Emergent Village has been an organization seeking to follow God in the way of Jesus.

Pentecost 2009 Reflections

May 31st, 2009

Today is Pentecost Sunday (yesterday, now that it is after midnight). I feel a little weird writing about it, being something of an ecclesial vagabond in the last couple of years.

The 24-7 Prayer movement

May 10th, 2009

Several years ago, a great friend of mine introduced me to 24-7 Prayer International when the organization was just a couple of years old.

Multi-culturalism from the early Pentecostals

May 8th, 2009

I talk fairly often about the early characteristics of the Pentecostal movement, especially its ardent pacifism.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

March 17th, 2009

I hope you've had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day. In the last couple of years, I've gotten to know people with a strong interest in Celtic spirituality, and have learned some wonderful things.

Praying the daily office

February 27th, 2009

There is a practice of prayer called the Daily Office that dates back to ancient Judaism, when faithful Jews would gather several times each day and pray.

In community, we tell each other stories

January 14th, 2009

I'm a big fan of community, especially lately. I'm also very afraid of it. I tend to be a quiet person until I get to know people, and I often feel awkward until then unless we are having a conversation about which I am very passionate.

By Month

  1. September 2010 (1)
  2. August 2010 (11)
  3. July 2010 (10)
  4. June 2010 (16)
  5. May 2010 (11)
  6. April 2010 (22)
  7. March 2010 (22)
  8. February 2010 (20)
  9. January 2010 (19)
  10. December 2009 (25)
  11. November 2009 (17)
  12. October 2009 (26)
  13. September 2009 (23)
  14. August 2009 (23)
  15. July 2009 (16)
  16. June 2009 (15)
  17. May 2009 (20)
  18. April 2009 (23)
  19. March 2009 (33)
  20. February 2009 (11)
  21. January 2009 (11)
  22. December 2008 (21)
  23. November 2008 (12)
  24. October 2008 (14)
  25. September 2008 (13)
  26. August 2008 (16)
  27. July 2008 (23)
  28. June 2008 (20)
  29. May 2008 (27)
  30. April 2008 (30)
  31. March 2008 (25)
  32. February 2008 (28)
  33. January 2008 (16)
  34. December 2007 (8)
  35. November 2007 (10)
  36. October 2007 (12)
  37. September 2007 (7)
  38. August 2007 (6)
  39. July 2007 (7)
  40. June 2007 (4)
  41. May 2007 (5)
  42. April 2007 (5)
  43. March 2007 (5)
  44. February 2007 (4)

By Category

About the Designer

Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.

Elsewhere