Man, o man, is this ever a good week to tune in to Shapevine.com. Tonight (April 21st) at 6 PM CST you can catch Sally Morgenthaler. Tomorrow afternoon (April 22nd) at 3 PM CST you can have an online convo with Len Sweet who will be talking to Peter Rollins. [Funny side story: Last summer [...]
You know…I had a really long post written out about the relationship of emergent and postmodernism and after I went back and scanned it I realized that even I didn’t want to read all of that. I don’t figure you would either. So here’s one that’s shorter and hopefully sweeter. If you have any interests [...]
I remember sitting in my seminary preaching lab when Dr. Grant Lovejoy told us that most Baptist preaching breaks down into one of the following: pray more, read your Bible more, give more, witness more. Pretty true. And one thing each of those has in common is that the emphasis is on the individual exercise [...]
Posting has been a little sparse because I’ve been preoccupied – several funerals in the past two weeks, kids in soccer, cross country and basketball and, of course, the priority of taking in a few OU football games. Thinking out loud: I believe there is such a thing as “objective” reality – or that there [...]
Andrew Perriman has addressed that question at his Open Source Theology site. It’s not the shortest of articles, but it’s good, and I like his answers. If you’ve wondered about the "emerging church" this will give you a good description that isn’t a typical caricature.
Last week I posted on a gathering that will be hosted by Allelon in October to discuss the formation of a Missional Order (follow the link for new updated info on the Allelon website). My friend Alan Cross has asked what this missional order might look like. While I don’t have any specific answers for [...]