Discovering the Daily Office
I’ve been writing a fair bit on themes around a missional order since Seabeck. Anyone new to this blog might think I write on little else, but this is simply a current theme… we’ll be onto other...
View ArticleThe Transfiguration & The Feast Thereof
Today is the Feast of the Transfiguration, which is apparently one of the high holy days in the Christian calendar, a “major feast.” Hey, I’m always up for feasting. Odd that this would be considered...
View ArticleThe Upheaval of Emergence
When Christians despair of the upheavals and re-formations that have been the history of our faith–when the faithful resist, as so many do just now, the presence of another time of reconfiguration...
View ArticleThe Work of God
“The work of God may be pure, but its earthly application, as often as not, isn’t.” — Phyllis Tickle, Great Emergence, p.57 Related posts: How is God at Work Outside the Church… If At All? Surf safely...
View ArticleThe Gifts of Protestantism?
A more long-range benefit of the Reformation’s placing ultimate authority in Scripture was that, when coupled with the principle of the priesthood of all believers, sola scriptura required absolute...
View ArticleEarly Thoughts on a Missional Renaissance
Monday morning after logging my menu selection and discussing Bosnia with my waitress, I began to dig into Reggie McNeal’s Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church. I’ve not had...
View ArticleIn Which I title my Post like Sarah Bessey Does
Because I enjoy Sara’s posts, even if she’s no longer putting them on Missional Tribe… because it’s about the voice first, and hers should be heard. But that’s incidental. It won’t take an overly...
View ArticleNavigating Changing Times
I think I mentioned an event coming up here this October featuring Phyllis Tickle speaking on her book The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why. I’m one of several people who have...
View ArticleThe Great Emergence Postscript
This past weekend was the The Great Emergence one-day seminar in Winnipeg with Phyllis Tickle, sponsored by FaithForum (and others). Clearly, the event centered around Ms. Tickle’s book, The Great...
View ArticlePost-Great-Emergence
I spent last evening with an exceptional group of folks having some great conversation. Among the nine of us, it was billed as a debrief session for The Great Emergence conference with Phyllis Tickle...
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