Posted in Emerging Church, Jesus, Missio Dei, Tony Jones, christianity, church, church leadership, discipleship, emergent church, leadership, postmodern on September 29, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Jamie, over at emergentvoyageurs.blog.com, asks a really interesting set of questions at “Am I Really An Emerging Christian? - A Pre-Mature Conclusion“. He concludes the post with,
“All this to say that I believe we see things change in the emerging church in coming years. From the outside it will look like interest is [...]
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I had an amazing conversation with a friend the other day over some really great sushi. He is in the midst of one of the greatest challenges in his life and I wanted to let him know that he was worth fighting for. I wanted to communicate to him that he was [...]
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Posted in Bono, Quotes, music on September 28, 2007 | No Comments »
This is Bono giving us an everyman’s defintion of joy.
“You make me feel like I can fly. So high. Elevation”
Love it.
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Why do we need definitions? Makessha has an interesting conversation going on about how the emerging/emergent church defines certain issues. It’s a good read. But it’s something in the comment section that caught my attention.
Geoffrey, over at Swinging On The Vine, says,
“As for labels in general. . . I don’t like them. [...]
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Posted in Emerging Church, Missio Dei, Missional, church leadership, church planting, discipleship, emergent church, leadership, postmodern, small groups on September 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Over the last couple of years, the emerging church has begun to share the spotlight with the missional church. To me, missional is the natural progression from what is emerging. We’re beginning to ask the right questions about what it means to follow Jesus.
But the study from Willow Creek is troubling and and [...]
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Posted in Emerging Church, Jesus, Missio Dei, Missional, Synchroblog, discipleship, equality, friends, love, postmodern, religion on September 25, 2007 | No Comments »
For the September Syncroblog.
I have a friend who is a Pagan. It’s not something you really hear about much, at least in Sacramento, although it is growing. I really wouldn’t know he was pagan unless he told me, and that he has Wiccan book in his briefcase. To be honest I really am [...]
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Posted in Emerging Church, Missio Dei, Missional, Postcards, christianity, conflict, equality, humor, leadership, politics, postmodern, social justice on September 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Another set of random questions from the journey.
- Could the church’s common approach to someone who is homosexual (hateful bashing, protesting against, etc.), which is a expression of belief, be considered heresy?
- Assuming Jesus would vote as a way of taking part in civic actions, would he vote Democrat, Republican, Independent, Green, or other? [...]
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Posted in Emerging Church, Michael Frost, Missio Dei, Missional, christianity, church leadership, discipleship, emergent church, leadership, postmodern on September 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I was going through a section in Frost’s Exiles the other day and came across the great quote from Hemingway in his book. “Most new realists have what Hemingway once indelicately called a ‘built-in, shock proof crap detector.’ They see the reality behind the saccharine smiles of fake, patronizing Christians.” That’s harsh…but [...]
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Posted in Brian McLaren, Emerging Church, Missio Dei, Missional, Willow Creek, christianity, church, church leadership, church planting, emergent church, leadership, pastors, postmodern, religion, small groups on September 21, 2007 | 28 Comments »
(ht) This is huge. It is one of the most fascinating and I would say important video’s I have seen in a long time in regards to the church. And it begs the question, “Is Willow Creek Going Emerging?” Yes, I said that. But let me explain. First, what Willow [...]
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Posted in Emerging Church, Missio Dei, Missional, christianity, church leadership, church planting, discipleship, leadership, pastors, postmodern, religion on September 20, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Here’s an interesting thought. I’m not really a math guy but I’ll do my best.
Let’s assume I’m the average church goer. I spend 3 hours on Sunday attending church and 2 more hours, midweek, attending some function or Bible study at the church. I realize that this doesn’t include all the people [...]
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Posted in Emerging Church, Jesus, Missio Dei, Missional, church, church leadership, church planting, discipleship, leadership, pastors, religion on September 18, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Jesus had a megachurch. It’s true.
In Matthew 5, Jesus preaches to a crowd.
In Matthew 13, the crowd was so large that he had to get into a boat.
In Matthew 14, Jesus attracts and feeds a crowd of 5,000 people.
In Mark 3, he has a boat ready because of the crowds, which he does often
In [...]
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I had a conversation with a friend of mine who is a scholar (no joke) on U2. He knows every song, note, lyrics and meaning of every song. He knows the back stories, which song is on what album and in what order, and the year it was published. He knows release [...]
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This is old but very interesting perspective from Scott McKnight on the five streams of the Emerging Church. It is interesting that he says, “It has no central offices, and it is as varied as evangelicalism itself.” This de-centralization is one of the things I think bugs people. We don’t like what [...]
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Jason Clark made a presentation to the EA UK Council entitled, “Emerging Church: Paradigm Shift or Passing Fad?” You can listen to the audio presentation a this site. Jason does a brilliant job of breaking down the Emerging church into four distinct categories. On a chart are two sides: Theological Engagement (Orthodoxy) and [...]
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The following is a response to C. Michael Patton’s post, “Understanding the Postmodern and the Emerging church”
Note: I really don’t know Michael (I’m assuming you go by Michael). From what I can tell from his blog he is an intelligent and thoughtful. By his own account he finds himself somewhere in the [...]
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Posted in Emerging Church, Jesus, Missio Dei, Missional, christianity, church leadership, conflict, discipleship, friends, leadership, love, postmodern, redemption, small groups on September 11, 2007 | No Comments »
What is the cost of restoring a heart?
I had a conversation this morning with someone who shares my interest in Missio Dei and engaging God’s mission of restoration and reconciliation. She was recounting the cost of missional discipleship and the cost of staying within the mission. To engage someone in the heart means [...]
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This is quickly becoming one of my favorite songs. It is one of those songs that marks a certain chapter in my life. I have liked U2 for a long time. But as I listen to their music with fresh ears I am reminded that they got it a long time ago. [...]
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What would you do if you had one year to do some kind of discipleship training? Listen to one group of guys responses.
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If we could create the perfect pastor, here is what he would he look like?
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I love comics. This one is resonates because it is so true in a stereotypical way.
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This is [...]
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Posted in Emerging Church, Missio Dei, Missional, christianity, conflict, discipleship, hell, love, religion, small groups, spiritual warfare on September 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Tonight was a hard night. I am part of a group of men that are engaged in a missional discipleship program. And tonight we faced some serious issues that are part of all of our past. It centered around our question of worth. Are we worth it in God’s eyes. [...]
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Posted in Brian McLaren, Dan Kimball, Donald Miller, Emerging Church, Jesus, Missio Dei, Missional, christianity, church, church leadership, leadership, love, postmodern on September 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In the famous School House Rock commercial “Conjunction Junction” the voice sings, “Conjunction junction, what’s your function?” The conjunction responds clearly, “Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.” He simply knows why he is there. So I began to ask, what is the purpose of the Emerging Church? What is it [...]
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