Making progress through Andy Crouch’s Culture Making, which is proving to be a fantastic read.
Reading some authors is like scanning a blank wall with occasional windows. Reading Crouch is like walking through a fully furnished downtown loft with picture windows that open on the Missouri River and urban arts district (showing my KC bias there). [...]
In the church planting context, it makes sense to take advantage of “third places” as well as homes, in order to acclimate core members to the target community and encourage them to rub shoulders with non-Christians.