http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org Futher Missional Tribe stories of hope. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:53:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey all, I hope things are well with you all.  I wanted to bring your attention to a blog post I just posted on the attractional church: The Prodigal's Home & the Attractional Church Check it out! http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2010/02/08/attractional-church/ In just over a month our Justice Discipleship Training School (JDTS) begins here in the inner city of Winnipeg.  We have continued to develop this program to be a community-based, holistic missional and spiritual formation experience with an emphasis on the justice component to the Gospel.  Our students live in ... http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2009/08/24/we-need-your-help-very-much/ It's been quite a while since I posted here, with not many more posts at my other blog (www.missional.ca), so I thought it was time to bring you up to speed.  Enjoy! It has been nearly two months since our friend and brother, Andrew, took his life in a very public ... http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2009/06/22/playing-catch-up/ Chris Monroe has posted an excellent piece on his blog entitled “Would Your Church Leave a Hole in the Community?” (HT: BroMay).  In this thought-provoking post, he asks: How big of a difference are we making in our community, and if our congregation were to suddenly disappear, what size hole would ... http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2009/03/21/sign-of-missionality/ I am excited to announce that my full time blog, 'A Living Alternative: Our Missional Pilgrimage' has moved to a new home.  Designed and hosted by the ever talents Solo Design, my new blog can be found at: www.missional.ca I am also back to regular blogging, which means I will be posting ... http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2009/02/23/launch-of-missionalca/ In the past two days I have had meeting with two people- one representing the Mennonite Brethren community, the other from the Vineyard- both of which have been exploring the idea of developing a missional order.  I found it very interesting, as it was not the intention of either meeting ... http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2009/01/30/missional-orders-the-necessity-of-exclusion/ When we started letting people know that our van had died and that we would need to replace it, we could not have anticipated the depth, breadth and speed of your generosity.  As a result of your help, we were able to purchase a van yesterday to replace our old ... http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2009/01/21/thank-you-for-your-generosity/ EXCITING UPDATE: We just received words from a donor (who wishes to remain anonymous) who is willing to match donations dollar for dollar up to $2500 to see our goal reached! This will help us reach our goal in half the time.  Let keep it going! For the last eight years, ... http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2009/01/16/inner-city-missionaries-in-need-of-help/ In the past few months, like many of you, I came across Seth Godin's very provocative and challenging book entitled "Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us".  Having lived as a white guy among indigenous cultures for several years (often where I was among the minority in numbers), I realized ... http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2009/01/13/truly-tribe-a-caution-on-words/ Over the last eight year, my wife & a small community of missional voyageurs have been living and serving in the West End of Winnipeg, MB, an inner city neighbourhood in the heart of downtown.  Our initial commitment to neighbourhood was that we would not only do ministry in the ... http://franciscan.missionaltribe.org/2009/01/06/dusty_cover-missional_third_place/