urban ministry

how to avoid getting a window in your head

Four strangers sat on our couch. They were joined by six other neighbors whom I already knew. “Five to thirty is the federal minimum and maximum sentence,” we heard as we all sat in my living room last night to listen to Stank’s attorney tell us what he was looking at, time wise, and what […]


Everyday Liturgy interview about city, emergence, and Wendel Berry

I was interviewed by Thomas Turner of Everyday Liturgy, an quarterly journal, about the impact of Wendell Berry on my work as a pastor, community organizer, and artist. I can’t believe he used as much of the interview as he did. I’m by no means a literurature critic or expert on Berry. […]


Jammin with Daley

If you haven’t seen the photography of my friend Daley Hake, you need to. Here’s some stuff he shot for us last weekend.