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 | January 22, 2009
Share I am really curious if they do; maggots eating money, that is. Remember Israel’s wondering in the desert and how God provided food for them? Well God did, but with some justice and anti-greed conditions. Here is the Cliff-note version of Exodus 16: Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will rain down bread [...]
Jeromy Johnson | December 22, 2008
Share Wow. So I am writing this on the heals of our families’ Advent Conspiracy Celebration night (you can click on the Transform Your Christmas image on the right-sidebar for more info). Our goal for the last month was to skimp and save money in order to help those who do not have water to [...]
Jeromy Johnson | November 14, 2008
Share —————————————————————– Croatia Christians in Croatia who get it. —————————————————————– Scotland The Church of Scotland, after seeing a huge cultural shift and church decline, came to a place of seeing the urgent need for relational/missional communities of faith. The official church is saying “we have to change.” —————————————————————– Canada/Uganda “A consortium of churches in Ontario [...]
Jeromy Johnson | October 26, 2008
Share …until you love your neighbor. This is the love-experiment a group of us committed to do for a month. We were gathered as a cohort outside of a coffee shop this past Thursday night discussing what it means to follow Jesus. Near the end of the night we began dreaming together of how we [...]
Jeromy Johnson | September 22, 2008
ShareI am so proud of my bride, Jennifer. It seems that the longer I am married to her the more I fall in love with her. As a mom and wife, the everyday burdens she carries are many. With this last year of lower than normal finances, that internal burden has increased. But through it, [...]
Jeromy Johnson | August 28, 2008
ShareWhat’s missing? Here are excerpts from two of our earliest creeds, the Apostles and the Nicene, in order. Read them and see if you can tell what is missing: “…Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. [...]
Jeromy Johnson | August 11, 2008
ShareIn what way did you see God today? Where did God show up in your life today? What happened today that caused you to think of God? In what way did you witness the Kingdom (dream) of God here on earth? (If you are reading this in the morning, walk with this question through the [...]
Jeromy Johnson | July 8, 2008
Share When giving is down in churches, what is the first and typical response? It’s to preach a few sermons about giving (at least that has been my experience in working in churches. Your experience may be different). Because that’s the problem, isn’t it. The people don’t know they are supposed to give. They haven’t [...]
Jeromy Johnson | June 24, 2008
Share A few weekends ago we drove to the Bay Area for my wife’s family reunion. My brother-in-law, Dave, pastors a church in San Jose and so on Sunday we thought it would be a great chance to hear him speak and see his church. Well, as it would turn out, Dave was taking a [...]
Jeromy Johnson | June 19, 2008
Share Last night was special. What would cause three grown men to spend a year-and-a-half of their lives writing and rewriting books, complete with the deadlines and late nights and early mornings spent glaring at a computer? to leave their wives, kids, and friends for a month-and-a-half while traveling to 32 cities crammed in an [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 19, 2008
Share It was clear from the beginning that this should be my role. God blessed Abraham to be a blessing to others, not to simply enjoy his blessing. Jesus said, come follow me. Jesus was clearly all about his Daddy’s mission. His life and death modeled a missional life that did what the Father did, [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 17, 2008
Share I often wonder what Jesus’ words would be if he came to our culture, in our time. Perhaps this: One time a Bible scholar stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?” “What is written in the Bible?” he replied? “How do you read it?” He [...]
Jeromy Johnson | January 21, 2008
Share Jonathan asked a question in his post, The Liminal Problem. He says, “I’ve highlighted many of my concerns about the traditional models of church but at the same time, I have tremendous hope for what will emerge over the next twenty to fifty years. I believe the conversation, although painful at times, will have [...]
Jeromy Johnson | January 15, 2008
Share I have had a few people ask me 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 [...]
Jeromy Johnson | January 12, 2008
Share The thing that I love about Jesus is that everywhere he went, he seemed to praise and bless those that the surrounding religious establishment (in his case, the different sects of Judaism) seemed to curse and damn; those they considered heathens; those they deemed outside of God’s grace and will; those that they relegated [...]
Jeromy Johnson | December 21, 2007
Share Piggy backing a little on what Jonathan Brink dreamed, I envision three aspects also being redeemed in Tribe. All three help combat our felt-need for religious control: Baptism: When someone believes and recognizes the forgiveness they have in Jesus, the entire community gathers down at the river to witness and celebrate in baptism. It [...]
