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preaching?????

preaching?????

What does it mean to proclaim Christ? This fall I will be guiding/teaching a coarse for a college on public speaking in ministry – preaching. One of my personal challenges is I don’t preach in “that way” any more. Should

Dwight J. Friesen July 24, 2003November 7, 2021

live Me is we

live Me is we

Peace, dwight

Dwight J. Friesen June 29, 2003October 24, 2022

Communal Worship?

Communal Worship?

Thinking about worship… What is it that the church can do in worship corporately that the church can’t do individually? How did worship devolve from a wholistic way of life to a gathering on a Sunday morning? What if how

Dwight J. Friesen November 1, 2002November 14, 2022

Never Go to Church Again

Never Go to Church Again

“Go to church” . . . what does this even mean? I sense it may be time for us to collaborate toward destroying the erroneous notion of “going to Church.”  Jesus never told us to “go” to anything.  Jesus’ invitation

Dwight J. Friesen July 22, 2002November 6, 2021

Discipleship Process

Discipleship Process

I have a working document, that I began as a seminarian, outlining my current understanding of the process of discipleship as seen through a church or community of faith. I was heavily influenced in the creation of this by a

Dwight J. Friesen October 22, 2001October 24, 2022

Community Profile

Community Profile

As a spiritual leader of a small community of faith, I find assessing whether we are maturing to be a challenge. This may be totally nerdy but I’ve drafted, what I’m calling a “Community Profile“… it’s essentially a rubric to

Dwight J. Friesen July 22, 2001October 24, 2022

The Dance

The Dance

Growth as a child of God; how is it measured?  One of the metaphors I was raised with that no longer serves me is the metaphor I refer to as, ” the steady, uphill climb.”  It’s the idea that though

Dwight J. Friesen June 18, 2001January 6, 2023
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Formative Practices

  • Ad Busters
  • Book of Common Prayer
  • Celtic Prayer
  • Center for Action & Contemplation
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  • God Space
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  • Christian Churches Together
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  • Parliament of the World's Religions
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  • The Pluralism Project
  • World Council of Churches

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  • On Being
  • Queerology
  • Reality Studies
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  • Tara Brach
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  • Eugene Cho
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