These are some resources that I have run across in the last few years. My selection is pretty subjective, but there is a lot here, some of which, I hope is helpful to you.
I also write for:
Events
The Wild Goose Festival: Justice. Spirituality. Music. Art
Friends
Creative people, events and services that fulfill a special niche and have been represented on The Collective.
Blogs
Kathy Escobar: The Carnival in my Mind
Communities
Here are some pretty cool churches from around the country.
Jacob’s Well – Kansas City, MO
Mars Hill Bible Church – Grand Rapids, MI
Solomon’s Porch – Minneapolis, MN
Interesting
Jim Henderson Presents (expand your influence)
1000 Awesome Things (a time-ticking countdown of 1000 awesome things)
Magazines and Webzines
Burnside Writers Collective (The Burnside Writers Collective is an online magazine for Christians looking for a connection with the world outside of franchise Christianity.)
Provoketive Magazine (provoking the imagination with conversation)
Relevant Magazine (life, God, progressive culture)
The Ooze (church leaders converse about and collaborate on resources and experiences for the broader faith community)
The Other Journall (vibrant discourse at the intersections of theology and culture)
Missional
Blood Water Mission Africa (committed to clean blood and clean water to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic, to build clean wells in Africa)
Christian Community Development Association (to inspire, train, and connect Christians who seek to bear witness to the Kingdom of God by reclaiming and restoring under-resourced communities)
Externally Focused Network (connecting passionate people with practical resources, tools, and relationships that will help them to engage their communities with good news and good deeds resulting in transformed communities and changed lives)
Hope for the Inner City (faith-based nonprofit ministry with a combined 49-year history of helping the poor in the name of Jesus Christ))
Living Generously (innovative and exciting way of making small changes in our lives we can make a big difference to those who need it the most)
Match Savings (match a first-time saver’s deposits for housing, microbusiness or education)
One (Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life – united as ONE – to help make poverty history)
Ten Thousand Villages (fair trade retailer)
The Chalmers Center (helping the church help the poor help themselves)
The Common (helps people in communities help each other)
Their Opportunity (every child deserves an opportunity)
The Mentoring Project (responds to the American crisis of fatherlessness by inspiring and equipping faith communities to mentor fatherless boys)
The Simple Way Philadelphia,PA (the story of the struggle to love and to be loved)
Tony Campolo (the positive prophet of red letter Chrisitianity
Worldstock (fair trade)
Networks
Mustard Seed Associates (creating the future one mustard seed at a time)
Parish Collective (a growing collective of churches, missional groups, faith-based orgs, and community development associations which are rooted in the neighborhood and linked across cities)
Recycle Your Faith (weekly videos for spiritual explorers)
Papers
Scot McKnight
A delightful scholarly, thorough, and fair evaluation of the EC
30 pages (pdf)
Rob Bell
34 slides (pdf)
Aaron Monts
58 pages (pdf)
Glenn Hager
Published in The Porpoise Diving Life Webzine
Podcasts
Research
Asset Based Community Development Institute (is at the center of a large and growing movement that considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development)
Nation Master (a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations)
Patchwork Nation (American communities in a time of change)
Q (ideas that create a better world)
Sites Unseen (an exhaustive roundup of “alternative” Christian resources.)
Snopes (fact check the latest rumor)
The Barna Group (provides primary research, printed resources; leadership development; spiritual training; and church facilitation and enhancement)
The Pew Forum (promotes a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs)
U. S. Religious Landscape (this extensive survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious makeup, religious beliefs and practices as well as social and political attitudes of the American public)
Zip Skinny (U.S. census date comparisons)
Technical
Compathos (a non-profit initiative which brings awareness and support to worthwhile international projects and volunteer opportunities through film, video, audio, photography, journalism and digital storytelling)
Word Business Design (website design and hosting)
I love people who feel like outsiders because I believe they are the key to moving forward. Outsiders are often just visionaries under pressure who are on their way to becoming entrepreneurs. So, I encourage them, invite them into community and conversation, get them in touch with insightful people and one another, and walk beside them as they move from complaining to dreaming to changing the world. That takes the form of podcasting, writing, networking, and consulting. The rest of time, I like to ride my bike along the shores of Lake Michigan, wail on my guitar, get together with the kids and grandkids, go to outdoor festivals, travel, eat, and read. 
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