Dear Well-Meaning Non-Evangelical Friend, Please sit down, have a cup of tea or coffee…and listen. I see that you’ve responded to some of us who are pilgrims in the evangelical community and who are on a journey within and perhaps beyond evangelicalism. You’ve offered up some “help” in the form of advice, comments, explanations andContinue reading “How To Talk To An Evangelical On A Journey”
Category Archives: Post-Evangelicalism
Some Thoughts on Lutheranism and Evangelicalism + A Brief Review of the Lutheran Study Bible
Let me begin by saying that I did not receive a review copy of The Lutheran Study Bible, though I probably could have. Like the ESV Study Bible, I bought my own copy from the publisher. I’m open to bribes, kickbacks and rental, but in this instance, it didn’t happen. Concordia Publishing has now completedContinue reading “Some Thoughts on Lutheranism and Evangelicalism + A Brief Review of the Lutheran Study Bible”
Re:Atheism
I received two letters this week from friends/readers asking for input and advice on relating to atheists in their workplace/families. It brought to mind a number of things I’ve been wanting to say about evangelicals and their take on atheism. When I was growing up in a fundamentalist Baptist church, the face of atheism wasContinue reading “Re:Atheism”
Your Mission: “Resacramentalize Evangelicalism”
UPDATE: Ryan Cordle hits a home run in his response to this piece. The discussion about the atheist’s report of attending a Planetshaker’s worship experience could be repeated a thousand times a week here at IM, and has been in various forms down through the 8 year history of this site. Our Irish Catholic friendContinue reading “Your Mission: “Resacramentalize Evangelicalism””
Higher Things: A New Model of Youth Ministry/An Interview with Pr. Bill Cwirla
UPDATE: Pr. Cwirla has a follow-up post on worship at Higher Things. I recently became aware of a youth ministry movement in the Lutheran Church: Missouri Synod called “Higher Things.” I was intrigued on several counts. HT takes the best of the Lutheran tradition and makes it the substance of student conferences. Rather than hearContinue reading “Higher Things: A New Model of Youth Ministry/An Interview with Pr. Bill Cwirla”
Riffs 07:24:09: Checking the Pulse of the Post-Evangelical Conversation in Three Manifestos
I’m going to comment on three documents, and I don’t want to reproduce them here. All are available online. One is “A Post-Evangelical Manifesto” and can be found at Next Wave Magazine’s web site. It is written by Raffi Shahinian. Another is “The Jesus Manifesto” written by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola. It can beContinue reading “Riffs 07:24:09: Checking the Pulse of the Post-Evangelical Conversation in Three Manifestos”
Hold The Light For Me
UPDATE: As usual, David Hayward brilliantly gets it right. It’s been a long year like a long sleepless night Jacob wrestled the angel but I’m too tired to fight every Wednesday for two years we’ve met I’ve showed you all my anger, my doubts and bitterness there was no judgment in your eyes just theContinue reading “Hold The Light For Me”
From the Writer’s Worktable: Check in, but don’t always Buy in
This was going in at the end of a chapter on the Christian and the Bible that I’ve been working on yesterday and today, but it fell out when I changed directions. It may appear in some form in later chapters more intentionally about the faith community. Or maybe not. Please know: I am speakingContinue reading “From the Writer’s Worktable: Check in, but don’t always Buy in”
A New Adventure For Anglicanism In North America
In reflecting on all that has transpired since leaving the Episcopal Church the Rev. David Miller, rector of the parish, wrote the following: “This press release finds the St. John’s church family preparing to enter a whole new stage of our life together. We stand ready to leave the familiar and historic surroundings of theContinue reading “A New Adventure For Anglicanism In North America”
iMonk at Patrol Mag on the SBC 09: Change or Die
I’ve been a supporter of David Sessions’ outstanding webmag “Patrol Magazine” from the beginning. We need to do more linkage from over there, because he’s doing outstanding journalism. David asked me to write some perspective on the current Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. If you don’t know much about the current issues facingContinue reading “iMonk at Patrol Mag on the SBC 09: Change or Die”
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