The Thriving Church always the first flower to

always the first flower to spring up and bloom in ruins and burned-over places

Radical Love is the first introductory textbook on the subject of queer theology

At once “travel guide” and vision for the future

with clear

This collection of short

The Thriving Church always the first flower toThe church is shrinking. What seeds must we sow for the future church and where might we find them? The end of Christendom calls for a re examination of our understandings of the church, but even more importantly, of church practice. At the very least, the churchs relationship to society has changed profoundly in recent decades. The world around us, certainly in the Northern Hemisphere, is no longer Christian. Protestant or Catholic, Right or Left,