We were having a good discussion about churches the other day over lunch at work. Not Church’s Chicken, though that would have been appropriate. No, churches, which we have in abundance here in Tulsa. (There is one stretch of road about 3/4 of a mile long with four churches lining the street. Four in lessContinue reading “What Is A Song Good For?”
Category Archives: Church
Lee Adams on the Future of the American Church (1)
Lee Adams is a regular reader and commenter here on Internet Monk. He blogs at Homilies, Prayers, and Bread for the Journey, and has recently done a series on the future of the American church. I asked Lee if we could share his articles here on IM, and he graciously agreed. We will run oneContinue reading “Lee Adams on the Future of the American Church (1)”
Guest Post: Quiet Desperation
NOTE FROM CM: Here is another email I received in response to the Driscoll post. This one is personal, poignant — a real challenge to the church. Having two sons in their 20’s, I often wonder how to help them deal with the kinds of issues today’s author brings to us. The author of thisContinue reading “Guest Post: Quiet Desperation”
Ben Witherington on Bad Protestant Ecclesiology
In his New Year’s Day post, Ben Witherington puts his finger on one of the matters that soured me on evangelicalism. Long a theological question in my mind, it became a personal and vocational issue for me when I served in my last position as a minister in a local congregation. Witherington’s piece is aboutContinue reading “Ben Witherington on Bad Protestant Ecclesiology”
Missing Church
I confess: we missed going to church yesterday on Christmas. Despite my strong opinions that churches should have services on Christmas whether it falls on Sunday or not, and that when it is on a Sunday churches should not cancel services, we didn’t make it yesterday. We had the best intentions and planned to goContinue reading “Missing Church”
Christianity In America: A Crisis, or, The Evangelical Emperor Has No Clothes (as found on your library shelf)
A few weeks—ok, months—ago I started writing on what I see in general when I look at today’s evangelical church in America. I called the series The Naked Emperor. I have been kept from revisiting this by work and illness and … oh, lots of things. I do plan to finish what I started, butContinue reading “Christianity In America: A Crisis, or, The Evangelical Emperor Has No Clothes (as found on your library shelf)”
The AMiA Leaves Rwanda: What Happened?
Note from CM: Perhaps you’ve read stories in recent days about the separation of the Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA) from its majority-world leadership in the Church of Rwanda. The AMiA (founded in 2000) is based in South Carolina, and has been under the oversight of the Rwandan province. It has grown impressively, havingContinue reading “The AMiA Leaves Rwanda: What Happened?”
Public Scripture Reading: The Sublime and the Ridiculous
UPDATE: Thanks to Mike Bell, who alerted us to this follow-up article by Tim Challies in which he explains his stance. I’m still not buying it. • • • Anyone who worships in a liturgical church and folks in every tradition that values the place of Scripture in corporate worship will find some points toContinue reading “Public Scripture Reading: The Sublime and the Ridiculous”
Carl
His name was Carl. An old New Englander, he was strong and mostly silent. He was always pleasant to me, a young minister who had come to the mountains to take the pulpit in my first church. As with many of the men who lived in those hills, it was his wife who was activelyContinue reading “Carl”
Mark D. Roberts: All Pastoring Is Personal
All Pastoring Is Personal From The Pastor’s Workshop Used with permission of the author Earlier this week, we reviewed Mark Roberts’ book introducing Advent. How happy I was when I went over to his blog and saw that he too has been writing on the subject of pastoral ministry. In fact, he has an excellentContinue reading “Mark D. Roberts: All Pastoring Is Personal”
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