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“The confessing church … calls people to conversion, but it depicts that conversion as a long process of being baptismally engrafted into a new people, an alternative polis, a countercultural social...
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[originally posted October 25, 2004] Interesting thoughts from Tony Jones’s blog about anger: …lately I’ve heard a wave of, “You’re so angry,” and “You emergent people are so angry.” To which I say,...
View ArticleTozer on Conflict
“Some misguided Christian leaders feel that they must preserve harmony at any cost, so they do everything possible to reduce friction. They should remember that there is no friction in a machine that...
View ArticleI Don’t Go To Church Anymore (Again)
Thirteen years ago Amy and I made the decision to resign from paid ministry in the local church. During the previous decade, I had worked at three congregations (one for only a year, another for...
View ArticleEducation
The fact that the above meme is popping up (apparently without any attempt at correction) on people’s Facebook statuses makes a great case that at least a little academic education, knowledge, or...
View ArticleThoughts from an unchurched pastor
A few years ago I walked into a local church’s all-purpose gymnasifellowship-halliam for a local denominational pastors meeting a friend who lives elsewhere was speaking at. I’d never attended this...
View Articlethe church as a collective
Some have asked for me to share more about my journey. This is an attempt to unpack some things in my head. First a bit of foundational stuff in my head. In the beginning was God. God made creation...
View ArticleOn Spending Your Next 60 million Dollars
Background A local church near my house relocated about 10 years ago to reach more people. They bought the land and built a bigger sanctuary. By the time it was all said and done, with a building that...
View Articlea short list of activities to find freedom as a pastor
Pastors, here’s a short list of activities to find freedom: 1. Stop feeling like you should have all the answers to the questions people ask. We both know you don’t. Freedom is found in not being...
View ArticleA Summary of Popular Responses to Donald Miller’s Posts About Church
Last week Donald Miller posted some thoughts regarding his reasons for “not going to church very often.” His firstpost, “I Don’t Worship God by Singing. I Connect With Him Elsewhere” primarily...
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