Curian Annual Gathering
It would be impossible to put into words how great the first ever Curian Network gathering was last weekend. But here I am using words! Just think: downtown OKC, historic 8th Street Church, world-class presenters in liberation, neurology, leadership, and open and relational theology, and of course, most importantly, many of us were meeting each […]
Everyone’s Welcome
Curian welcomes everyone and recognizes migration as part of the human story. We believe healthy immigration policy doesn’t require dehumanization. We’re particularly troubled by federal law enforcement agencies teargassing and breaking into churches and schools——places that should remain sanctuaries of safety and dignity. All people, but especially, children deserve better. Some resources for churches courageous […]
A World-Loyal Denominational Space
The problems we’re all dealing with … What secular modernity offers is science without inspiration. And what secular post-modernity offers is technology as savior.Neither is a great option. Religion knows this, but what much Americanized-religion has done is to react to the former by saying something like “No, science isn’t the important thing; God is.” And to the latter, something […]
State of the OpenTable.Network: Growth!
In recent days, we have hit some exciting milestones as an organization. A few weeks ago, we ordained our 50th person into our network. For those of us who started this network with very low expectations, this milestone is as surprising as it is exciting. At a recent board meeting, we had a lengthy discussion […]
2025 Annual Conference Conversation with Jill, Tom, & Jonathan
Love: New North Star
Non-binary, non-violent, non-scapegoating love continues to be the most interesting subject matter I wrestle with. It continues to be the only rule worth following, though I admit its own unruliness makes it very challenging to follow. It’s not a solution, that final option we exercise to gain completeness; love is solidarity.It’s not a product, like […]
The Shiny, Happy Secrets of Hillsong
“Life can only be understood by looking backward; but it must be lived looking forward” —Soren Kierkegaard— In the last couple of weeks, I watched two documentary series that should have come with a trigger warning. I told someone close to me who did not grow up in an Evangelical world – if you want […]
Morphogenesis
You may be familiar with the brilliant 20th-century mathematician Alan Turing. He is credited with coining the term “morphogenesis,” which describes how biological organisms developshape. It also became the foundational concept of chaos theory. Some scientists have even leveraged its conceptual power to work on what is being deemed a “theory of everything.”(Interestingly, they have […]