A fairly quick and random thought that I had during a worship service a few weeks ago: Christian education is narcissistic. Well, I guess I should qualify that. The current status and priority that we give to Christian education is narcissistic. When a Christian desires to “go deeper” in their faith or to become “closer […]
My Most Random Post Ever
I haven’t been happy with myself lately. I feel like I’m not managing my time very well. I’ve got all these things going on and I feel like I’m doing all (well, maybe most) of them very crappily. I’ve gotten a bit behind in my GTD system, which could be part of the problem. I […]
NCAA Basketball
I’ve been watching a fair amount of college basketball this season. In the one game I watched of them this season, Tennessee has impressed me more than any other team at this stage. My prediction as of right now: if Tennessee beats Memphis Saturday, they win the tourney. My emotional favorite to win: Duke. The […]
123 Book Meme
Jake tagged me for the 123 book meme. So here’s the deal: (1) Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating! (2) Turn to page 123. (3) Find the first 5 sentences. (4) Post the next 3 sentences. (5) Tag 5 people. Me: Joining a church-planting team is. Standing with mothers […]
Lessons in Eisegesis
From merriam-webster.com: Eisegesis – the interpretation of a text (as of the Bible) by reading into it one’s own ideas On that note, watch this video on YouTube. (I tried to embed the video, but it messed up my template for some reason. I’ll have to check that out.)
More on “Mission Trips”
My last post created a decent amount of discussion. Essentially, my question was, What might be a more theologically accurate name for a missional relationship (as opposed to the typical “mission trip”)? Reminder: these are the (very basic) qualifications for a theologically-grounded missional relationship: Establish ongoing relationships by returning to a particular community rather than […]
Mission Trips Suck
(Is it sinful to title something provocatively in hopes that people will read it?) Today in class we talked about mission trips. As tends to happen in seminary classes, we ended up quite critical of popular practice. Thankfully, we moved beyond deconstruction and towards construction of a proper mission trip-ish type experience. Something that tended […]
Karl Barth on the Church
… as explained by Andrew Root. According to Root, in CD 4.3 Barth argues the following about the church: The world would be lost without Jesus Christ. The world would not necessarily be lost without the church. The church would be lost of it had no counterpart in the world. Humbling and thought-provoking. Since I […]
Two Quotes…
… from class this week that have been rolling through my mind (well, they may be close paraphrases, but you get the idea): Our ministries are not ministries to the world, but to God the Father God is not a theologian, but a minister Speaking of class–I was afraid this would happen–my amazon.com wish list […]
Discomfort as Normative Ecclesiology
In the class I am currently taking at Luther, we are studying the theology of ministry. More specifically, we are studying the “theology of the cross” as a foundation for ministry. To put it way too simplistically, the theology of the cross is essentially the understanding that the place where God breaks into the world […]
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