Jeromy Johnson | March 2, 2012
Share As I was researching ideas for a possible thesis topic, I stumbled across this post by Nathan with the Marin Foundation (be sure to check out what they are doing…VERY cool stuff). It moved me very much and I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy (and the next time you see a man [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 1, 2012
Share Warning, this post asks a few tough unspoken questions in straight-forward, honest ways. (And it mentions the word penis). A lot has been said surrounding God and the gay community (LGBT). But if we were honest, for most, doesn’t it boil down to one question: “Does God really care where the penis goes?” (Told [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 15, 2011
ShareHere is a personal video of me reading my letter to homosexuals: I Stand With You. If you know someone who you feel needs to hear this, please feel free to pass it on. To be honest, I wrestled with the decision to record this video, but decided to so there is a person behind [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 11, 2011
Share [Leerlo en Español] [Watch the video reading] I don’t know what it is like to be black and carry the weight of years of oppression and racism on my shoulders. To pull myself up out of that oppression. To feel different and lacking simply because of the color of my skin. I am white. [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 20, 2011
Share So my two oldest children are in a quandary. Our daughter is five and she went to a church where they told her (in her words) that bad people go “down there” to hell (pointing down to the center of the earth) and that good people go “up there” to heaven (pointing to the [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 17, 2011
Share I have had a few people ask what A Mending Shift means and its origins. Good question…… To shift simply means to move, to change. Sometimes, a shifting takes place for its own end; in other words, to change simply for change’s sake. Other times, a shifting takes place for another end; to change [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 3, 2011
Share Just read this on a local church website: “An improper affiliation (read: going to the wrong church) may cause us to lose our soul.” Really? “Bummer, you went to the wrong church…off to hell with you.” ~ Much love, God our church ~
Jeromy Johnson | May 20, 2009
ShareWhat if we, as the church, were invisible? What if we had no church buildings? No signs declaring a church location? No denominations or headquarters? No mega weekend gatherings? No Christian radio presence? No Christian stores? No Christian bumper stickers or other outward personal identifying stuff? What if the Yellow Pages didn’t have a “church” [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 8, 2009
ShareI want to thank Kathy for a conversation a group of us had over cocktails in Albuquerque. This is what came to my mind as we were discussing “upper-deck people” and “lower-deck people” in relation to the church. In some churches (please re-read the word some), there seems to be two sets of people: the [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 2, 2009
SharePlease allow me to humbly share my witness to a deep wound that showed up at the Emerging Church Post-Conference Conversation in Albuquerque. This wound was expressed quietly all weekend long but finally came festering to the surface during the last morning of our time together. It is a wound shared by many of those [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 29, 2009
Share This last weekend in Berkeley, CA—just outside San Francisco—an obviously practicing sinner was ordained as a card-toting member of the professional clergy. One brief glance at his attire and how he carried himself was all that was needed to see the obvious sin this man was involved in. Though as clear as day by [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 25, 2009
Share There is a lot of talk about the emerging church; what it is, what it is becoming, what it isn’t, who is and isn’t a part of it. After walking with all sorts of people who are engaged in this particular conversation, I am not sure that the word “emerging” captures what the Spirit [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 21, 2009
Share Over 1,700 pastors left the ministry every month last year. Over 20,000 pastors left the ministry last year. In order to help place a “face” to this staggering problem, we have a simple request: If you are a paid pastor or full-time church minister who has left the church ministry, please send a photo [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 2, 2009
Share So our ten-year old HP Laserjet printer finally entered the land of obsolete. Needing a replacement, we went for a All-in-One printer that scans, copies and even——amazing, I know——prints! All this for under $80 bucks. All-in-One printer. Cool idea, but does it do any one of those things really well? This is a trend [...]
Jeromy Johnson | January 14, 2009
Share At least that is what some theologies would have us believe. It is as if Jesus walked the road to the cross draped in an American Flag, much like Apollo Creed in Rocky 4 entering the ring to James Brown’s, “Living in America”; as if Jesus died with America on the forefront of his [...]
Jeromy Johnson | January 12, 2009
Share But this page of today’s paper made it on my refrigerator!! Pastor has sexy message for his flock – 30 Days of Sex .Com Two words: Bring it! hehehehe
Jeromy Johnson | January 9, 2009
Share Sacramento Region’s Churches Struggle in the Recession “Donations have fallen 24 percent in the past year…” “Staffers have been laid off…” “Plans for new buildings on hold…” “Asking staff to pay for items needed for their ministries…” “On the brink of foreclosure…” “Bayside (a large church in the area) took over the church in [...]
Jeromy Johnson | December 3, 2008
Share What if there was only seven people that went to gathered as the church? Would that be enough? Would Jesus still show up? Would Jesus still care? Would grace still appear? Would deep worship take place? Would an awe settle in? Would lives be changed? Would transformation happen? Would healing be present in hearts? [...]
Jeromy Johnson | November 16, 2008
ShareOnce in a while Alan over at The Assembling of the Church writes what he calls, “Scripture As We Live It”. The crossed out parts are what the writers of scripture wrote and the red parts is how we typically live out our faith today, which really reveals how we believe. This one got my [...]
Jeromy Johnson | November 11, 2008
Share What would you believe if you weren’t taught what you believe? [In other words, do you believe what you believe simply because you were taught to believe it or because you really believe it? Deep down, what do you believe? Sometimes it looks like what you want to believe is true but were taught [...]
