This weekend, one of our lectionary readings is a story of encounter, wrestling, and transformation. It’s the story of Jacob’s name being changed to Israel. As you may recall, it is Jacob’s sons for whom the twelve tribes of the
Start Close In by David Whyte Start close in, don’t take the second step or the third, start with the first thing close in, the step you don’t want to take. Start with the ground you know, the pale ground
Media history – media future If the medium and the message are intrinsically linked what might the gospel look like in our connective world? peace, dwight
Beginning with our next gathering, we will explore questions about life, meaning, spirituality, God, humans, evil, race, patriarchy, classism, or whatever! We’ll begin by voicing some of the questions we can – acknowledging some seem almost too deep for words
This is short reflection piece I was invited to write for The Other Journal after attending the Younger Leaders Gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2006. The younger leaders event was sponsored by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization.
The following was written by theologian LeRon Shults, and was sent out in today’s Emergent/C (the newsletter of emergent). “The coordinators of Emergent have often been asked (usually by their critics) to proffer a doctrinal statement that lays out clearly
I wasn’t raised with the wirings and poetry of Rilke, but I am sure grateful to have been introduced to them. The following is arguably one of his best known quotes, yet I had to post it. It is just
As part of our recent retreat a group of us explored some questions that may help us discover our future. Here are a few of them: How could we experiment in using our gifts and passions to more fully live
My son is four years and he asks a lot of questions. On our drive home from our celebration of my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary Pascal was in exceptional question asking mode. Dallas & Leanne were driving down with us
“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small – and to see takes time like having a friend takes time.” Georgia O’Keefe Many contradictory images of the Sacred exist in our culture, presenting many possible faces of
For nearly as long as the church has existed so have Creeds. Creeds are the “I/we believe . . . ” statements of the people of God. As with all text, once it is “written” and made available(whatever the medium)
I am looking for the book and page number – in the original source – where I can find the following quotes. Somehow I lost them. Usually I do a pretty good job of recording my readings and my citations; I
“The church, like Peter, is both a stumbling block and a cornerstone. It is the latter only when it is consciously contrite for being, and having been, the former.” Gil Baile I can only provide a personal answer to this question. I
What is the relationship between content and transformation? Does context matter? What about one’s body? Is there teaching that is requisite for life change? And what is “life change?” As the Greek philosophers pondered thousands of years ago, can virtue
I got into a discussion with a friend regarding our view of Scripture and our connection to the “world.” She stressed that a very high view of Scripture is essential. What is a high view? And how does a “high
I just picked up this collection of essays by Derrida, Milbank, Ward, Kearney and others. , “Questioning God” edited by Caputo, Dooley and Scanlon. Free Sample What does it mean to Forgive in a postmodern age? If forGIVEness is a
A Gift by Denise Levertov Just when you seem to yourself nothing but a flimsy web of questions, you are given the questions of others to hold in the emptiness of your hands, songbird eggs that can still hatch if
Recently I helped facilitate an “Emerging Leaders” conference sponsored by a modernist-mission denomination. All of the presenters/facilitators were asked the following questions, my responses are listed: Ministry Title? pastor / mystic / friend / artist / missionary / husband /
A few months back I preached at Union Hill Church in Redmond. In the sermon I explored the simple question… “What is a Christian?” Turns out it may not have been as simple a question as I first thought. I
