lifeasmission

This is a bit old by now, but I am just running across it.  Taken from the 2004 Emergent Theolgical Conversation, these are 19 theses from Dr. Walter Brueggemann which, in concise fashion, sum up the grand scope of the “cultural problem” for the church in the United States.  These 19 theses, especially number 12, [...]

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From Leadership Blog: Out of UR
September 25, 2007
ATMs: Automatic Tithing Machines
How can you pass the plate to people who don’t carry cash? You can’t. So
the next big wave may be the “Giving Kiosk” in your church’s lobby.
“A lot of people no longer carry cash or a checkbook,” says Marty
Baker, pastor of Stevens Creek Church in [...]

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I have been going crazy trying to figure out how to write a post in response to all the great conversation that was going on in the comments of this last post. Thanks Josh and Andy for having such a thoughtful and even-handed discussion. I was going crazy because I was trying to [...]

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The gulf which exists between the life of local church communities and centers of theological education is an atrocity created by a combination of a Christendom context and the effects of the Enlightenment within modernity. Just as truly right faithful Christian living cannot happen apart from theological reflection and study, truly good faithful [...]

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At the risk of confusing those who associate “The Move” with my friend Babs’ dancing talents…

I actually feel like offering a thought or two on a different kind of move - the one from an attractional way of being the church to a missional way.
More and more churches are attempting (or at least saying they [...]

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This is the title of my masters thesis.  The subtitle is, “Exploring the Relationship Between Culture, Theology, and the Church.”  It is divided into 3 main sections - the first with regard to the relationship between God’s people and the idea of culture, a second on narrative approaches to theology, and a third on missional [...]

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Ok, I know I promised an apology and explanation. Believe me, it’s coming. In fact, it’s half written - I just had to get this on there first.
 
Today was a monumental day in the life of JR Rozko. With the push of a (send) button, a project, quarter, school year, degree, [...]

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Yesterday I was listening to a great message by Rob Bell about the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). He does a great job of contextually exegeting the passage so draw out the point of the parable and helping to work around how we often hear the passage because of our [...]

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