I want to start 2026 by doing a little "catching up" on what I've been up to. As you may have guessed, I have been researching and writing about the idea that the Bible has a singular grand mission that governs all other missions and passages?
Yep ... The Placial Project is coming back in 2026 with placemaking ideas and perspectives for your consideration!
In my recent post on December 7, I began discussing some of the similarities, as well as differences, between our topic of the Bible’s grand narrative of place (and placemaking) and the topic of culture making. I hope to explore comparisons more fully in 2022, pointing out how the
In a recent post I suggested that we need to advance current conversations about theology of work. In that post I suggested that the advancement needs to go beyond the current focus on the worker. Currently, the discussions go like this: “Do your work as unto the Lord.” “Be an
The Placial Project is about place, but the topic of place is quite new to many people. This is odd, because we use the word “place” throughout our conversations. “Hey, there is a car in my parking place.” Or “Would you like to have dinner at my place?” Or “National
First, yes, there is a grand narrative of place in the Bible. What’s more, this narrative is the controlling context of all other narratives, missions, and themes that exist in the Bible. In other words, God wants His own place in His creation, and He created people to be
At the risk of sounding circular with my answer, “placemaking” is the making of place. Or, as many philosophers have noted, it is the production of place. Naturally, we cannot produce new locations nor even adjust old locations. Location cannot be changed by any human, only by God. GPS coordinates
The Placial Project provides research, training, and consulting to develop the importance of God’s place and our role in it.
Placemaking is important for all. It is part of a human mission in which all humans share. But, in this newsletter, I wish to consider why placemaking is especially important for Christians. The answer lies at the heart of our most basic purpose, one that God envisioned for all humanity
As you might have guessed, the process for studying a place is probably unfamiliar to most of us. It was not familiar to me either initially. Perhaps it might have been more familiar during the time of the Bible, but that was then—this is now. The process that I
The Placial Project is about place, placemaking, and their role within the story of the Bible. No doubt, this sounds very unfamiliar, even odd. If you’d like to read further, you will first need to ask, “What is place, anyway?” We at The Placial Project are claiming that place
New York City has GPS coordinates of 40° 43′ 50.1960” N and 73° 56′ 6.8712” W. But that doesn’t tell you much about the place. From those numbers you don’t see rays of sunset painted across an old church, you don’t hear the guy handing