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“…a living, breathing, visible, community of faith…”

  “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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Sacra Furia

[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,...

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Tozer 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...

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I 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...

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Education

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...

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Thoughts 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...

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the 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...

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On 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...

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a 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...

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A 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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