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    No Conviction

    October 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

    I have a hundred things in my head to write about, but no time, it would seem, to get them down.  So, in the midst of my own blogging silence, please enjoy a penetrating parable from a favorite theologian/pastor/author of mine, Peter Rollins.
    The following parable will be included in my forthcoming book The Orthodox Heretic [...]

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    Tags: stories · theology

    What is Missional?

    June 23rd, 2008 · 10 Comments

    This blog post is part of a SynchroBlog - below you will see the names of about 50 folks who are all posting today on the question, “What is Missional?” This is an effort launched by Rick Meigs to try and help people get a handle on where others are coming from when they [...]

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    Tags: christendom · church · community · culture · gospel · missional · spiritual formation · theology

    Fuller and the Emerging Church

    June 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

    The crux of my message this past Sunday, at least as it pertains to my own personal story, had to do with the way in which God used my years at Fuller Theological Seminary to shake me up and refine me.  I simply can’t say enough positive things about my experience at Fuller and its [...]

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    Tags: church · emerging · fuller · theology · western culture

    7 Kinds of Smoke

    May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

    Besides being a gratuitous reference to Dupree’s Self-Help spiel in “You, Me and Dupree,” it’s the best title I could come up with for a post full of randomness and fun linkages. You’ve been warned, no coherency is to be found here!
    Listen to this song, it’s awesome.

    I hurt my knee last week and it is [...]

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    Tags: blogging · church · community · living hope · memphis · missional · music · preaching/teaching · prophets · random · songs · spiritual formation · theology

    The Fuller Seminary Generation

    February 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

    Jim Wallis is an author and speaker who emphasizes the ways in which Jesus is a political figure, the gospel is a political message/lifestyle, and the church is a political body. IMPORTANT: Neither Jim Wallis nor I would ever say that this is ALL Jesus, the gospel, and the church are - just that they [...]

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    Tags: articles · evangelical · fuller · politics · theology

    David Fitch on Willowcreek’s REVEAL

    November 15th, 2007 · No Comments

    Back in October I posted on the REVEAL project that Willowcreek has been working on.  Part of the project involved a humble repentance of much that they realize has been wrong with their ministry philosophy.  David Fitch, who wrote, The Great Giveaway: Reclaiming the Mission of the Church from Big Business, Parachurch Organizations, Psychotherapy, Consumer [...]

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    Tags: capitalism · christendom · church · community · midwest · spiritual formation · theology

    Walter Brueggemann’s 19 Theses

    November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

    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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    Tags: consumerism · culture · modernity · narrative theology · theology · western culture

    A Great Beginning, but…

    October 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment

    I came across this blog post today entitled, “Willow Creek Repents?” and I was immediately reminded of something I wrote a while back where I said that one characteristic of missional churches is their willingness to repent for the things they have said and done which they come to realize were off the mark. [...]

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    Tags: Jesus · christendom · church · community · consumerism · culture · individualism · kingdom · missional · spiritual formation · theology

    Theology of Ecology

    August 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

    Here’s a great short paper by Matt Krick on the relationship between how we understand God and how we understand creation. I’m inclined to side with Matt in asserting that our salvation is inexorably linked with our stewardship of all of creation.

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    Tags: creation · salvation · stewardship · theology

    Emotional Culture

    August 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

    Emotions are tricky little buggers.
    I want to tell 2 short stories and try to weave them together into a theological reflection.
    Dodger Baseball. Or, What Sporting Events Have In Common With Hell
    A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to a Dodgers game where Barry Bonds was expected to tie to break [...]

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