by Alan Briggs | Oct 10, 2015 | City, Family
A few weeks back I threw out the challenge to take pictures of my new book Staying is the new Going in unique places. Some were funny like the shot on the toilet. Some were relaxing like the shot of the local meeting house. Some were even dangerous like the shot on...
by Alan Briggs | Oct 7, 2015 | Archive, Family
Here is a guest post from my friend Dustin Willis. He is a wise man with a passion for people experiencing God’s presence and pushing the church forward. Welcome Dustin. We live in a culture that is devastated by individualism and isolation. 27.2 Million...
by Alan Briggs | Sep 15, 2015 | City, Family
Several years ago I took up gardening. I referred to that summer as “the season God preached to me through plants.” It shouldn’t have been a surprise to me. Jesus described the Kingdom of God as a seed, and scripture is full of agricultural metaphors. Some of the most...
by Alan Briggs | Sep 1, 2015 | Archive, City, Family, Neighborhood
It was a beautiful spring afternoon, and I was taking the short walk to pick up my kids from school. Parents who walk the same route every day to scoop up their kids walked hurriedly by me with their heads down. No “Hello,” not even the customary head nod, just the...
by Alan Briggs | Aug 11, 2015 | City, Family
“Raise your hand if you feel like an exile in this city?” I bet I could ask this in most places and have several hands shoot up. I can bet there are always more who feel strangers, outcasts and wanderers in their cities than will ever admit it. The words of Jeremiah...
by Alan Briggs | Jul 6, 2015 | Family
Most ministry training prepares you for the front yard of ministry. The problem is that most of ministry happens in back alleys. Certainly the front yard matters, but some things just have to be learned through experience. That’s why I have devoted a lot of my energy...
