kingdom praxis | a.k.a. eliacín’s blog

moving on - a rant

Recently in a conversation I express to someone my frustration with some emerging missional types who often quote and oversimplify the phrase- find out what God is doing out there and join him. This is a wonderful concept do not get me wrong. But many times what I hear sounds more like Christians going [...]

keep that book inside you

Today at a writers workshop hosted at the Mustard Seed House someone made the comment that everyone have a book inside them - to what I thought “…and many should keep it there”.
There is a saying about teachers that applies well to most non-fiction popular religious writers:  those who can’t be, write about being.
“Write [...]

Holy Kwik-E-Mart

No my friend, the church is not like a Kwik-E-Mart or a Seven Eleven. I’m glad you love Her (the church) and want to be of service to Her, but you shouldn’t pack and leave every time things are not to your liking. Do not treat Her like your old girlfriends of the past. [...]

“america” and Americas

I use “” to refer to “america” because the real America is more than the USA. Guatemalans, Chileans, Mexicans, Brazilians, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Canadians and all the people who live in the Americas are Americans. Learn your geography.

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Christianesse

As I sit at Cloud City Coffee in our neighborhood trying to write something for my friend Tom Sine, I overheard a couple Christian brothers in a very “christian” conversation. How do I know they were Christians? By their talk.
Here are a few words you want to drop if you want people to know [...]