pat loughery

Even in parts of Chicago, Seattle and Santa Clara, there will be remnants of Christendom. Where there are those who are looking to find a relevant Christianity that they knew in their childhood, mega churches will do well.
But in the new cultures of post Christendom, these kinds of efforts will fall flat.

A fantastic story about the goodness of the church that comes to those who need it (hidden in a discusion of attractional and missional church)

Proverbs of leadership from Todd.

Extreme overvaluation is now essentially nonexistent. … For the country as a whole, the housing market is slightly undervalued.
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Only the Pacific Northwest remains overvalued across a wide region.

Jeff Greer writes:

This is a video of my friend Beau, who is a resident at the homeless community called Nickelsville, where i spend every Monday night. I have gotten to know Beau over the last two months and know a bit about his life and his story and also have read his amazing poetry. I have taken two of his poems and written songs with them… in this video, he recites one of the poems that i wrote a song with… which i will post a video of me performing soon. So here is a bit about Beau and one of his poems, “Nothing is Meaningless”.