Would you Skip Church to Help a Homeless Person? Last Sunday I shared my experiences in dealing with homeless people as I went to work. But a job change removed me from that urban setting and ended my encounters with the homeless. However...
Book Review: The Ragamuffin Gospel The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out By Brennan Manning (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)This book was not written for people who have their act together, but instead for the...
News Release: Peter DeHaan Updates ABibleADay.com for Greater User Impact Online Bible Reading Resource Extends Usefulness and Reach on New, User-Friendly Platform Apr. 30, 2014 – MATTAWAN, Mich.—Peter DeHaan announced the completion of the...
Why I Love Spring Spring is my favorite time of year. And with this year’s winter being longer, colder, and snowier than most, the promise of spring is even more welcomed. I won’t say I hibernate during winter, but it is a season when I hunker...
Reflecting on Church #1: Awkward and More Awkward With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I have the benefit of time to more fully reflect on the complete experience, starting with Church #1. Every week, it was hard for me to walk...
“Can You Spare Some Change?”—Following Jesus’ Example to Help Others For years, I’d drive to my urban office. After parking my car, the area’s homeless would often accost me. My goal was avoidance. And when that didn’t work, to minimize contact...
Book Review: The Practicing Congregation The Practicing Congregation: Imagining a New Old Church By Diana Butler Bass (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)If you follow the media at all, you have likely heard of the demise of interest and attendance at...
>What Time is Church? When my wife and I started our journey of visiting fifty-two churches in a year, one variable seemed trivial at first but had wide ramifications. That item was service times. With church starting times as early as 8 a.m. and...
I once met a guy who wanted to work in broadcasting. So he went to college. In his four-year degree, taking some forty classes, guess how many applied to broadcasting? Just three. While having secondary benefit, his other three dozen plus classes...
Book Review: The Great Emergence The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why By Phyllis Tickle (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)The subtitle to The Great Emergence provides a concise summary of this book’s content: “How...
