Missional Leadership Paper
My independent study this semester focused on Missional Leadership and here, if you are interested is my final paper. It is very much a work in progress…I mean it is done and turned in for the sake of my grade (I passed), but there are some obvious holes at this point. This is just one [...]
“Shout to the Lord” on American Idol
Now, I have to admit I am long since tired of the song “Shout to the Lord” but it was a pleasant suprise to hear it as a featured song on last night’s “Idol Gives Back” show and as the lead performance of the result show tonight. What struck me the most about the song [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
