The nature of the trinity is at the center of the debate and discussion of a couple of topics of interest to me. It is an area of disagreement between egalitarians and complementarians. It is also the source of the controversy and claims of heresy surrounding the book, The Shack.
Admittedly I stand on [...]
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I love conversation. Whether it is over coffee, wine, dinner, pizza, beer, e-mail, or blog comments, I love conversation. I am not usually the biggest talker in the group, although I do contribute. I just really like listening to the thoughts and ideas of other people.
Since I started the blog, I have [...]
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I hope you enjoy this conversation from the Missional Journey…
Craig Van Gelder: “What is God doing in this world? This requires discernment to recognize what God is doing in our neighborhoods, schools, businesses, etc.”
Larry Chouinard: It is this aspect of a missional vision that needs more development and training to enable the church to discern [...]
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It has been a subversive week!
Thank you to my subversive friends who included me in your links to this meme.
Mak
Jamie
Pam
Rose
I am a little late in the game to continue the meme as I have seen it already pass on to second and third generation lists with many well-deserving blogs already included.
Just [...]
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I don’t listen to news very much. It feeds my tendency to fear and worry about the wrong things. It seems that even without following the news, I hear enough of what’s happening to stay somewhat current.
In the gloom-and-doom, sky-is-falling landscape of today, what is the future of the church?
Mark VanSteenwyk has compiled [...]
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Something a little lighter…
(The picture isn’t actually my daughters.)
My (little) girls happened to both have a day off of work and went to lunch together the other day. When they got home, I asked about their time together.
“It would have been fine if the waiter wasn’t hitting on us.”
“Hitting on you?! What does [...]
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Just a reminder, the thoughts, feelings, ideas, and opinions on this blog are simply a reflection of this moment in time in said blogger’s journey.
The church we left behind was the church we poured ourselves into. We gave completely of our time, money, energy, and heart. We frequently left our young children with [...]
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The church that we have been attending since leaving our CLB is a franchise of Willow Creek. The people are friendly but not intrusive. They have the anonymity thing down pat. We have attended 3 years with a very minimal level of contact from anyone at the church.
We chose our level of [...]
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This from Larry Chouinard…
The attractional appeal of the Kingdom community is based on
an expression of power that transforms,
a solidarity based on a common dependency,
a sense of justice that cares for the least,
values the one and seeks their restoration,
pursues reconciliation,
and ever extends the hand of forgiveness.
Who wouldn’t want to walk with such people in the journey [...]
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Not an April 1 joke, Post-Charismatic by Rob McAlpine has been released in the UK and is receiving favorable reviews.
A quote from Jonny Baker discussing the book by Caputo, What Would Jesus Deconstruct.
the church is always going to be deconstructed because it is a construct and the kingdom of god beckons us to move beyond [...]
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