Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 I write the following as one who has done the very things I’m lamenting. I speak from regrettable experience on this one. During my senior year in High School, I was a self-proclaimed missionary to the Baptists and enjoyed a fair amount of “success.” “They sow the wind and […]
An Emerging Church of Christ? Part 3
Part 1 Part 2 Here’s the flip side of the coin: Church of Christ Pride Our rigorous “back to the Bible” efforts turned Christianity into more of a head-trip than a journey with Jesus. Christianity as head-trip focuses on reading the Bible in such a way as to get everything just right: the who, what, […]
April 17, 2005 by 46 Comments
An Emerging Church of Christ? Part 2
Part One One side of the coin says: Churches of Christ are positioned to do well in the emerging culture. We never really jumped on the seeker-service bandwagon so we don’t have to unlearn worship as production rather than participation. Acapella worship invites participation. It is simple and portable. It works with groups of all […]
April 13, 2005 by 29 Comments
N. T. Wright On Resurrection
Here’s a good summary of Wright’s mammoth book on Resurrection. There are many other things to say about Jesus? resurrection. But, as far as I am concerned, the historian may and must say that all other explanations for why Christianity arose, and why it took the shape it did, are far less convincing as historical […]
April 13, 2005 by 3 Comments
Generation Y embraces choice, redefines religion
Generation Y embraces choice, redefines religion By Cheryl Wetzstein THE WASHINGTON TIMES Most young Americans strongly believe in having choices, an attitude that is likely to shape their identification with traditional religions, a study says.
April 12, 2005 by 2 Comments
An Emerging Church of Christ?
Sometimes I wonder how my tribe (Churches of Christ) will fare in the years to come. We came to be in the modern era. We are the product of modern assumptions. We believed that we could objectively read the Bible and do what it said. We believed that all anyone needed was a little common […]
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Favorite Movies
If when I’m flipping through the channels I come across a movie I already own, but stop to watch anyway, then I know it’s one of my favorites. Here, in no particular order, are a few that I find myself stopping to watch over and over again. 1. LOTR Trilogy 2. The Godfather 1 and […]
April 11, 2005 by 5 Comments
An EPIC workshop?
In a comment about the workshop Neal said this: The workshop talks a lot about postmodernity, but still acts almost totally modern. That’s appropriate for the moderns, but if you want to transfer ownership of the workshop to the next generation, then let the workshop be a place where ministry in this new context is […]
April 8, 2005 by 11 Comments
Calling All Lovecats
In Love Is the Killer App : How to Win Business and Influence Friends Tim Sanders evangelizes us on the idea that “love” is a point of differeniation in business and in life. He calls us all to be “lovecats.” He uses Meyeroff’s definition of love, “Love is the selfless promotion of the growth of […]
April 7, 2005 by 1 Comment
Leadership Wisdom
The Garnett Equipping Team has been working through Leadership Wisdom from Unlikely Voices: People of Yesterday Speak to Leaders of Today and we’re thoroughly enjoying it. At first glance, I thought it was going to be another “same content, but with much cooler emerging jargon” treatise on leadership for the next generation, but as we’ve […]
April 5, 2005 by 1 Comment
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons