One of our projects at Interfaithfulness is the HaB’er Havurah Network which plants and tends healthy havurah/house church hybrids. But for a group to be healthy, it needs a good start. The Seven F’s Foundations are components that must be considered in starting a healthy home group that will well-serve its people and the purposes […]
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Here at Interfaithfulness we have been multiplying our channels of communication, with slightly different intentions for each means. For months now I have been weighing what the purpose of this blog should be amidst the other communications we have: our podcast, Toward a More Jewish Jesus, our semi-monthly newsletter Signals and our twice weekly live Facebook […]
This is a sermon preached last shabbat which was Shabbat Shuvah, the sabbath of repentance, which comes each year just before Yom Kippur, and even on Yom Kippur. As you approach that holy day, may these thoughts assist you. The text is Hosea, chapter 14. Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God This is […]
As mentioned in our last blog post, there is some really bad news about the good news. We saw that statistics indicate that for evangelical churches, 96 percent of congregational growth is transfer growth, which means people shuffling from one church to another. It also means that in the United States the enterprise of sharing […]
Here is a quote I read recently that should be of interest to people who care about the spread of the knowledge of Yeshua. First, let's look at the church world. In an issue of Mission Frontiers magazine, Mike Breen laments that in the United States, “96 percent of church growth is due to […]
I've been doing some thinking about our particular niche, because it is clear that people don't know exactly what we do. That's a problem. So here's the solution. We are consultants and problem-solvers who help Jews and Christians navigate life with God and each other. We do our best work when we help you find the information you […]
Well, Everyone! Our second edition of Toward a More Jewish Jesus is up, and the production values are improving week by week, thank God. Our current episode (#2) Is on the theme "How About a More Jewish Christian Theology?" We couldn't think of anything provocative to address, so we chose that! At the risk of […]
You won’t need our podcast, Toward a More Jewish Jesus, if you have no fear that the Church has too often made Yeshua over into its own image. You won’t need our podcast, Toward a More Jewish Jesus, if you have never experienced nor do you anticipate experiencing awkwardness in Jewish-Christian relations in your neighborhood, […]
Ah, the long wait is over. We at Interfaithfulness have been climbing a steep learning curve, but at last we are ready to let the first edition of our Podcast out of the nest. So where can you find it and how can you plug in? Good questions! We urge you to subscribe […]
For those of you for whom the terms is new or hazy, what is a podcast? “Podcast” is a combination of the word "pod" from iPod and "cast" from broadcast. Podcasts were first offered as a feature on the original iPod, and the name for the most part has held over the years even for […]
