The story we tell is the story we live.
By Todd Porter | Kairos Collaborative Blog•Uncategorized
There is a cause-and-effect relationship between the stories we tell ourselves and our experience of reality (the stories we live). We create stories to explain our experience, often based only
Matthew 5-7 (NRSV): A study in contrasts
By Todd Porter | Kairos Collaborative Blog•Uncategorized
5 When Jesus[a] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: The
It’s time to lament and repent, church.
By Todd Porter | christian church•Kairos Collaborative Blog
It is time to lament and repent, church. We have inherited a nation founded in violence, sustained by violence, entertained by violence, and, if we don’t change our ways, one
In the time remaining…
By Todd Porter | Kairos Collaborative Blog•philosophical reflections
How many days do we have left? No one knows. Well, no one knows until the last one ends, but by then it’s too late to matter. A while back,
jury duty
By Todd Porter | Kairos Collaborative Blog•Uncategorized
Old Bailey and Lady Justice by James Burke (deBurca on Flickr) I received a summons from Tarrant County last month to appear for jury duty. Last Friday was the time appointed
Why creativity is a core value for Christian churches
By Todd Porter | christian church•creativity•Kairos Collaborative Blog
What follows is an apologetic I wrote in 2002 for why Christian churches should hold creativity as a core value: “In the beginning, God created . . .” These words
of Christians and music…
By Todd Porter | Kairos Collaborative Blog•Uncategorized
we go to church to sing to God; we leave so that God can sing to the people we meet.