How to Make A Line Disappear

I have a lot of conversations with a lot of people who have ideas on how to break down the city-suburb divide in Metro-Detroit.  

 

Moving Toward A New Ministry

I am sorry that I have been so long away from blogging lately.  My plate has been pretty full and below you will see why.  But first some background.

I moved to Detroit, Michigan in August of this past year after feeling a strange pull and had a couple doors opened to me that were a bit too much to be considered coincidence.  I had felt a strong pull to church planting work for a great while and felt it was time to take the next step and get my hands dirty and learn something about it.  So I moved to Detroit to work for Kensington Community Church which has strong credentials in the church planting world being the head of Vision360, the 37th largest church, the 64^th fastest growing church in the country and the #9 Church to learn church planting from according to Outreach Magazine.

 

Mike, The Tow Truck Muslim

I think that most people know by now that much of my time up here has been one large calamite after another. Being broke, switching jobs, switching homes, crashing my car in an empty parking lot–in less than three months. Last night was another doozie. I was down in the city, leaving Dan Sadlier‘s when I heard a pop in my drivers side wheel. I thought it was odd, but kept going, eventually I took a turn and my tires locked up, both facing inward at a solid 45-degree angle. I broke a tie-rod.

 

Working with Students

I never wanted to be a youth minister.

 

Elevate Detroit

Greetings readers!  Hope this post finds you humble, happy and attacking November as if every day brings you closer and closer to Thanksgiving.

I have talked to many of you personally over the past few days and let you know that my internship is moving from Kensington Community Church to Elevate Detroit. 

 

Outlaw Outreach (Pt. 2)

I recently took a tour of the work that Central Detroit Christian is doing in Detroit.

The heart of their work is not terribly far from my house, just on the other side of the Lodge. Walking distance. The main mind there is Lisa Johanon, an energetic visionary with a heart for people and this city.

 

Outlaw Outreach (Pt. 1)

Detroit is an interesting place right now. As population leaves in droves (25% in ten years) and more and more people are unemployed (22%) the revenues and taxes to support a major city are just no longer there. This goes for things like fire departments, police departments, roads, electric companies, schools and many more.

 

White Elephant, Black Room

There has been a consistent theme the past week or so in the interactions and meetings that I have been having with several people. The conversations have all revolved around being credible as a white person in the city of Detroit.

 

Church Planting and Public Administration

When I was in undergrad I took a class in Public Administration. I took it because I needed a Political Science credit, several friends of mine were taking it and it was with Lori Klein, a great teacher and a reasonable grader.

 

Moving Your Church

I wrote yesterday about moving Awakenings from its currently location in an art gallery called Kumbas Cove to the Detroit School of Arts.