This book came up in conversation among the YAMIA executive team during a strand of conversations about holding onto tradition while moving ahead in mission. Although we may hold to some differing perspectives on things, we agree that mission and tradition are not mutually exclusive. (After all we are Anglicans…). A lot of American youth [...]
If you have ever had a question or an opinion about the issues involving the Episcopal Church USA, or how the continent of Africa is involved with the Anglican Mission, this book is a must read. If you are a part of the Anglican Mission in any capacity, or in a ministry which involves bringing [...]
I have been looking forward to Mark Oestreicher’s new book Youth Ministry 3.0 for a while and finally got a copy of it. Mark previewed a lot of the book on his site before its release, so I was really quite pleased to finally get the book.
The book starts out looking through how youth [...]
As many of you know, I am not a twit. I understand what it does and what it is about, but I have no desire or need (despite many critics) to begin updating what I am doing and where I am doing it. Here is reason enough.
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p [...]
I have been reading a lot lately about the way things are going in the church in America. There are many ideas out there about what will happen the the western church and the ideals it is built on. From what I understand, some like Phyllis Tickle are thinking it will be a convergence of [...]
I have been reading in the blogosphere a lot about how the economy will impact the church and I had a thought this morning while driving into church. About 3 years ago, I served a church that was in an economic crisis. The church had made good plans, but it found itself in a hard [...]
I have had some great conversations through this series online and off. It is telling how much each of us cling to one side of this over the other. When I started thinking about this idea, I was swinging from a pendulum of the idol of theology. Most of my background has been in a [...]
Talking to people about this idea that theology is people who don’t hear God, I have heard many people say that the church wouldn’t be necessary. I wonder at that. I think the church would be just as necessary as it is today, maybe even more.
Hearing comes from the word
Church would look a lot different [...]
I just finished the Listen Retreat for my youth group. It was a great weekend and for some it was an amazing weekend. The basic idea for this retreat is that theology is for people who don’t hear God. If we heard God (at least perfectly), we probably wouldn’t need theology. So in an effort [...]
While I was away at the AMIA Winter Conference I had a thought that has been with me since. The thought came at one of those random moments and, because it hasn’t left like so many others, I am giving it some space to process. The thought is something like this:
“Theology is for people who [...]
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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