Brad Brisco
@bradleybrisco.bsky.social
Missiologist / Co-author of Missional Essentials, The Missional Quest, Next Door As It Is In Heaven, & author of ReThink & Covocational Church Planting. DMin. INTJ. Contemplative in 2nd half of life. Treasure Island, Florida www.missionalchurchnetwork.com
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"The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds."
~ Thomas Merton, No Man Is An Island
~ Thomas Merton, No Man Is An Island
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds."
~ Thomas Merton, No Man Is An Island
~ Thomas Merton, No Man Is An Island
Perhaps all the world needs is enough of us to risk believing and putting the beatitudes into practice.
— Megan McKenna
— Megan McKenna
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Perhaps all the world needs is enough of us to risk believing and putting the beatitudes into practice.
— Megan McKenna
— Megan McKenna
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Mission renews theology by forcing the church to see itself as sent, defined by participation in God’s redemptive action rather than institutional preservation.
"One of the strongest impulses toward the renewal of the theological concept of the church comes from the theology of mission" ~J Moltmann
"One of the strongest impulses toward the renewal of the theological concept of the church comes from the theology of mission" ~J Moltmann
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mission renews theology by forcing the church to see itself as sent, defined by participation in God’s redemptive action rather than institutional preservation.
"One of the strongest impulses toward the renewal of the theological concept of the church comes from the theology of mission" ~J Moltmann
"One of the strongest impulses toward the renewal of the theological concept of the church comes from the theology of mission" ~J Moltmann
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Great wisdom on the second half of life from James Hollis:
"The first half of life is spent building a strong ego. The second half is about dismantling it and recovering your soul."
"What worked for you in the first half of life will become your prison in the second."
"The first half of life is spent building a strong ego. The second half is about dismantling it and recovering your soul."
"What worked for you in the first half of life will become your prison in the second."
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Great wisdom on the second half of life from James Hollis:
"The first half of life is spent building a strong ego. The second half is about dismantling it and recovering your soul."
"What worked for you in the first half of life will become your prison in the second."
"The first half of life is spent building a strong ego. The second half is about dismantling it and recovering your soul."
"What worked for you in the first half of life will become your prison in the second."
Andrew Sullivan warns that our biggest threat to faith today isn’t disbelief or pleasure—it’s distraction. Constant noise and busyness have drowned out the stillness where faith (and critical thinking) once grew. #contemplation
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Andrew Sullivan warns that our biggest threat to faith today isn’t disbelief or pleasure—it’s distraction. Constant noise and busyness have drowned out the stillness where faith (and critical thinking) once grew. #contemplation
Now more than ever, one of the most tangible ways a church can love its community is by offering professional mental health care and support. In a world marked by stress, isolation and rising anxiety, accessible mental health services communicate compassion in action and reflect the care of Jesus.
October 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Now more than ever, one of the most tangible ways a church can love its community is by offering professional mental health care and support. In a world marked by stress, isolation and rising anxiety, accessible mental health services communicate compassion in action and reflect the care of Jesus.
The priesthood of all believers did not make everyone into church workers; rather, it turned every kind of work into a sacred calling.
~ Gene Edward Veith Jr. #Covo #Covocational
~ Gene Edward Veith Jr. #Covo #Covocational
October 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The priesthood of all believers did not make everyone into church workers; rather, it turned every kind of work into a sacred calling.
~ Gene Edward Veith Jr. #Covo #Covocational
~ Gene Edward Veith Jr. #Covo #Covocational
Now more than ever, one of the most tangible ways a church can love its community is by offering professional mental health care and support. #church #mentalhealthmatters #engagethecity
October 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Now more than ever, one of the most tangible ways a church can love its community is by offering professional mental health care and support. #church #mentalhealthmatters #engagethecity
I mourn the divisions and distortions that characterize today's political life. Our democracy and its people deserve better than this dysfunction.
August 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I mourn the divisions and distortions that characterize today's political life. Our democracy and its people deserve better than this dysfunction.
Without the doctrine of the imago Dei, we are tempted to divide people into two groups, those who deserve our grace, mercy, love, and forgiveness, and those who don't.
August 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Without the doctrine of the imago Dei, we are tempted to divide people into two groups, those who deserve our grace, mercy, love, and forgiveness, and those who don't.
A proper apology consists of conveying the 3 Rs:
* regret (genuine empathy with the other)
* responsibility (not blaming someone else) and
* remedy (your willingness to fix it)
~ Kevin Kelly
* regret (genuine empathy with the other)
* responsibility (not blaming someone else) and
* remedy (your willingness to fix it)
~ Kevin Kelly
August 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A proper apology consists of conveying the 3 Rs:
* regret (genuine empathy with the other)
* responsibility (not blaming someone else) and
* remedy (your willingness to fix it)
~ Kevin Kelly
* regret (genuine empathy with the other)
* responsibility (not blaming someone else) and
* remedy (your willingness to fix it)
~ Kevin Kelly
"Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others."
~ Marianne Williamson
~ Marianne Williamson
July 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others."
~ Marianne Williamson
~ Marianne Williamson
You don't need to agree with everything to benefit from something.
July 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
You don't need to agree with everything to benefit from something.