Journal Article Reflection
Living Out-Carnationally - Journal Reflection
By living incarnationally we not only model the pattern of humanity set up in the Incarnation but we also create space for mission to take place in organic ways.In this way mission becomes something that ‘fits’ seamlessly into the ordinary rhythms of life, friendships, and community and is thus thoroughly contextualized. Thus these ‘practices’ form [...]
Old Church Model ‘Killing the West’ -Journal Article Review
Old Church Model ‘Killing the West’ | Christianpost.com
This is a pretty light article… simply reporting on what is being said a conference in Texas, but there is a challenging quote from Leonard Sweet. He says, “The “Achilles’ heel” of the church is the practice of attractional Christianity. “It’s all ‘come and see’ and not ‘go [...]
Five Streams of the Emerging Church - Article Review
The emerging church is a challenging “movement” to define. In fact, most involved in what is labeled as “emerging” would argue that it is not a movement at all, but simply a conversation. Add to this the organization “Emergent”, which has become a prominent voice in the conversation because of their published works, [...]
Defining Missional and Organic
This was a helpful article from Alan Hirsch
http://www.christianitytoday.com/smallgroups/articles/smallgroupmissionofgod.html
He offers some good clarification of over-used (yet often misunderstood) terms. IE:
What does the term missional mean to you?
Well, that’s one of those very difficult terms because it’s so widely used. But for me, it primarily refers to a church that organizes itself around the mission of God, [...]
Intimacy and Orthodoxy
Worship music sung during any given church service is a nexus of cultural and theological elements. Lyrics that a congregation sings and hears regularly can be deeply spiritually formative in that they are easily retained and often repeated. However, much of contemporary worship music does not challenge cultural distortions of intimacy and the way the [...]
An Efficient Gospel?
What is the Gospel? It sounds like a simple enough question, right? But is it? In some Christian traditions “The Gospel” is simply the term given to the the means by which a person gets to heaven when they die. “The gospel was understood to be a series of propositions meant [...]
Who Stole My Church?
This article highlights the conversation at a “Discovery Group” meeting between Gordon Macdonald, a pastor and the editor at large of Leadership Journal. There has been much written on the time of transition in which we live…a time when the dominant worldview is shifting from “modern” to “postmodern” and the challenges that result from [...]
Outside In: What it takes to Minister to Those on the Margins
I have always prided myself in ministry to be able to reach out to those who are on the margins. I am coming to realize, however, that my definition of “on the margins” has probably been to narrow. I’ve always thought of the kid who sits off by himself, or the girl who [...]
