The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (5) In this book, we will view the local church as a sort of learning organization, in which both learning and action lie at the heart of its identity. We will explore the practice of reading — perhaps the most important component of learning in the twenty-first century — andContinue reading “The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (5)”
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The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (4)
The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (4) In this book, we will view the local church as a sort of learning organization, in which both learning and action lie at the heart of its identity. We will explore the practice of reading — perhaps the most important component of learning in the twenty-first century — andContinue reading “The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (4)”
The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (3)
The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (3) In this book, we will view the local church as a sort of learning organization, in which both learning and action lie at the heart of its identity. We will explore the practice of reading — perhaps the most important component of learning in the twenty-first century — andContinue reading “The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (3)”
The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (2)
The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (2) In this book, we will view the local church as a sort of learning organization, in which both learning and action lie at the heart of its identity. We will explore the practice of reading — perhaps the most important component of learning in the twenty-first century — andContinue reading “The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (2)”
The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (1)
The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (1) This is two years overdue. I told my friend Chris Smith back then that I would do some reflections on his book, Reading for the Common Good: How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish, and in my usual disorganized way, I have completely neglected to follow up onContinue reading “The Learning, Conversing, Serving Community (1)”
Mondays with Michael Spencer: Searching for a Community of Strugglers
Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives. (Paul the Apostle, Letter to the Galatians, 4:19, NLT) This line from Paul has stayed with me for two days. It comes from a section of theContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: Searching for a Community of Strugglers”
Friends Without Benefits
Even “egalitarian” evangelicals can’t seem to shake off their fundamental discomfort with sexuality and how it impacts male/female relationships outside of marriage. In his insightful response to the recent revelations that egalitarian extraordinaire Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church might have behaved inappropriately with female colleagues, flirting and displaying affection with women not hisContinue reading “Friends Without Benefits”
Merton: “Every other man is a piece of myself”
It is therefore of supreme importance that we consent to live not for ourselves but for others. When we do this we will be able first of all to face and accept our own limitations. As long as we secretly adore ourselves, our own deficiencies will remain to torture us with an apparent defilement. ButContinue reading “Merton: “Every other man is a piece of myself””
Fr. Stephen Freeman: Saving My Neighbor — Just How Connected Are We?
Saving My Neighbor — Just How Connected Are We? By Father Stephen Freeman If you are in the “helping professions,” confronting problems in people’s lives, it doesn’t take long to realize that no one is purely and simply an individual. The problems we suffer may occasionally appear to be “of our own making,” but thatContinue reading “Fr. Stephen Freeman: Saving My Neighbor — Just How Connected Are We?”
Why the Table should be Front and Center
I have developed a simple position about why I think the Table (or Altar) should be central in the architecture of a Christian church sanctuary. Remember where I come from. In my youth, this was how most of the traditional Methodist congregations I attended arranged their worship spaces. Two pulpits flanked a central table. ThenContinue reading “Why the Table should be Front and Center”
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