From Craig Van Gelder’s The Essence of the Church: A Community Created by the Spirit: In understanding the holiness of the church we need to remember that the “holiness of the church does not stem from its members and their moral and religious behavior.” [1] The issue is not who we are as humans, but […]
MyWitness: Local Ideas
Musician Shaun Groves has made a provocative post about the way third world churches function compared to western churches, and it is making waves in the Christian blogosphere. It is a quick read, with lots of powerful pictures, so I suggest you read it first to give my post some context. In the comments section […]
Defending My Seminary Stance: Introduction
As can be expected, many people don’t like some of the assertions I’ve made about the future of seminaries. That’s no surprise. What bothers me a little bit is that I feel like I am being misunderstood. If people disagree with me on substance, that’s fine, but I don’t like being misunderstood. Honestly, there is […]
Further Thoughts on Youth Ministry 3.0
Last week I wrote a review of Youth Ministry 3.0 by Mark Ostreicher where I criticized the book’s lack of theological and philosophical engagement. Instead, the book focused mostly on cultural shifts and how youth ministry has not adapted to this latest shift. My argument was that the shift that is occurring goes much deeper […]
Tax Day Tea Parties and Churches
I watched in interest yesterday as the whole Tea Party phenomenon unraveled throughout the day. I was hoping to make it to one to see what actually was happening at these events, but none of them were hosted at a good time or location for me to go. Throughout the day, I listened to a […]
A New Metaphor for Church
On Sunday I linked to Adam McLane’s post on using a new metaphor for small churches by shifting from business to farming language. I would like to propose another possible way of describing a community of faith that has been on my mind lately. Recently, we have had a lot of sports conflicts with various […]
The ELCA’s Brand Campaign
Last week the ELCA announced the launch of a brand campaign, which immediately caught my attention. You can view all of the ads that the ELCA will be running in various television, print, outdoor, and online advertisements by clicking here. I must say that as far as church advertisements go, these are actually pretty good. […]
Now Reading: Christianity for the Rest of Us
I’ve recently been reading Diana Butler Bass’ Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith. This isn’t the first book by Bass that I’ve read, but this is definitely her most fiesty book. She takes on the evangelical mainstram in quite a few places and juxaposes it with her […]
The Future of Church Buildings?
Stumbled across a piece in the New York Times about a man who lives in a 344 square foot apartment with 24 rooms. Okay, well, not exactly 24 rooms, but his apartment is reconfigurable with sliding walls into 24 different configurations. It is pretty amazing. Read the article and then check out the slide show. […]
On Seminary Education
When I was at Solomon’s Porch on Sunday night, Doug Pagitt said something to the effect that when he was going to seminary he was being trained for an industry that was dying and would likely cease to exist (and that those of us in seminary should think about that). He compared it to being […]
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