Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches
Robert Webber, Editor
The Big Idea
Dave Ferguson
the blogging church
Brian Bailey
I'm OK - You're Not
John Shore
Abba's Child
Brennan Manning
Christianity Today
Imprimis
Leadership Journal
MacWorld
World Magazine
Jan 2007
Shepherds and Overseers
01/31/07 11:31 PM
I recently updated the Staff page on our church site
with the following paragraph: Elders are
also called shepherds (pastors) and overseers in
the Scriptures. They are responsible for
guarding the spiritual lives of worshippers and
for making sure sound doctrine is taught in the
church (Titus 1:9). They are advocates of
spiritual growth in the church rather than a
clearing house for decision-making. They are
less like dictators or CEO's and more like good
and loving fathers.
I recently updated the Staff page on our church site
with the following paragraph: Elders are
also called shepherds (pastors) and overseers in
the Scriptures. They are responsible for
guarding the spiritual lives of worshippers and
for making sure sound doctrine is taught in the
church (Titus 1:9). They are advocates of
spiritual growth in the church rather than a
clearing house for decision-making. They are
less like dictators or CEO's and more like good
and loving fathers. Read
More...
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Seeking Relevancy... at what cost?
01/30/07 07:10 AM
"There's nothing wrong with wanting to "do"
church effectively. When, however, we adopt
uncritically the langauge of corporate America and
its marketing gurus, we cannot help but also import a
raft of unwanted baggage. Along with that language
comes a template for thinking. The language
constructs a model and paradigm for action which may
indeed seem wise and relevant, but which is in fact
antithetical to the contrarian nature of the
gospel.
"There's nothing wrong with wanting to "do"
church effectively. When, however, we adopt
uncritically the langauge of corporate America and
its marketing gurus, we cannot help but also import a
raft of unwanted baggage. Along with that language
comes a template for thinking. The language
constructs a model and paradigm for action which may
indeed seem wise and relevant, but which is in fact
antithetical to the contrarian nature of the
gospel. Read
More...
10 Signs You're not Ready for Change
01/22/07 11:28 AM
I pulled this off Tony Morgan's blog this morning... good
stuff! Letterman's top ten list goes for the
laugh, Tony's causes you to think and reflect.
It's never a good thing to love the wineskin
more than we love the Wine...
1. You see other organizations as the competition instead of the idea incubators
2. You're trying to avoid criticism that comes when you fail... and when you succeed.
3. You're afraid of the culture.
4. Your life is fast and cluttered and there's no space to dream.
1. You see other organizations as the competition instead of the idea incubators
2. You're trying to avoid criticism that comes when you fail... and when you succeed.
3. You're afraid of the culture.
4. Your life is fast and cluttered and there's no space to dream.
I pulled this off Tony Morgan's blog this morning... good
stuff! Letterman's top ten list goes for the
laugh, Tony's causes you to think and reflect.
It's never a good thing to love the wineskin
more than we love the Wine...
1. You see other organizations as the competition instead of the idea incubators
2. You're trying to avoid criticism that comes when you fail... and when you succeed.
3. You're afraid of the culture.
4. Your life is fast and cluttered and there's no space to dream. Read More...
1. You see other organizations as the competition instead of the idea incubators
2. You're trying to avoid criticism that comes when you fail... and when you succeed.
3. You're afraid of the culture.
4. Your life is fast and cluttered and there's no space to dream. Read More...
A merry heart is good medicine
01/20/07 07:07 PM
Kumbayah 1
Kumbayah 2
Video Demo
When Christ Comes
01/04/07 01:19 PM
by Max Lucado
You are in your car driving home. Thoughts wander to the game you want to see or meal you want to eat, when suddenly a sound unlike any you've ever heard fills the air. The sound is high above you. A trumpet? A choir? A choir of trumpets? You don't know, but you want to know.
So you pull over, get out of your car, and look up. As you do, you see you aren't the only curious one. The roadside has become a parking lot. Car doors are open, and people are staring at the sky. Shoppers are racing out of the grocery store. The Little League baseball game across the street has come to a halt. Players and parents are searching the clouds.. And what they see, and what you see, has never before been seen.
You are in your car driving home. Thoughts wander to the game you want to see or meal you want to eat, when suddenly a sound unlike any you've ever heard fills the air. The sound is high above you. A trumpet? A choir? A choir of trumpets? You don't know, but you want to know.
So you pull over, get out of your car, and look up. As you do, you see you aren't the only curious one. The roadside has become a parking lot. Car doors are open, and people are staring at the sky. Shoppers are racing out of the grocery store. The Little League baseball game across the street has come to a halt. Players and parents are searching the clouds.. And what they see, and what you see, has never before been seen.
by Max Lucado
You are in your car driving home. Thoughts wander to the game you want to see or meal you want to eat, when suddenly a sound unlike any you've ever heard fills the air. The sound is high above you. A trumpet? A choir? A choir of trumpets? You don't know, but you want to know.
So you pull over, get out of your car, and look up. As you do, you see you aren't the only curious one. The roadside has become a parking lot. Car doors are open, and people are staring at the sky. Shoppers are racing out of the grocery store. The Little League baseball game across the street has come to a halt. Players and parents are searching the clouds.. And what they see, and what you see, has never before been seen. Read More...
You are in your car driving home. Thoughts wander to the game you want to see or meal you want to eat, when suddenly a sound unlike any you've ever heard fills the air. The sound is high above you. A trumpet? A choir? A choir of trumpets? You don't know, but you want to know.
So you pull over, get out of your car, and look up. As you do, you see you aren't the only curious one. The roadside has become a parking lot. Car doors are open, and people are staring at the sky. Shoppers are racing out of the grocery store. The Little League baseball game across the street has come to a halt. Players and parents are searching the clouds.. And what they see, and what you see, has never before been seen. Read More...
Worth passing along. . .
01/02/07 08:02 PM
"Every wise workman takes his tools away from the
work from time to time that they may be ground and
sharpened; so does the only wise Jehovah take his
ministers oftentimes away into darkness and
loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and
prepare them for harder work in his service."
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
"The suffering you sent was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your principles." (Psalm 119:71)
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
"The suffering you sent was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your principles." (Psalm 119:71)