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Ok, so I just read a story in the Bible that I never knew was in there. It seems like it’s just tossed in at the end of Elisha’s ministry. I don’t know what this does to your “God box” but it shakes up my paradigm a little. So here is the short story from [...]

“First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did [...]

I was reading the nakedpastor’s blog post about vision and I agree with him.  Vision is so promoted in churches as the way to bring life and “purpose” to the congregation. Proverbs 29:18 “Without a vision, the people perish.” is stated to give biblical support for this corporate/business idea. David Hayward points out that the [...]

Lauren is on a Snow White kick. We rented the movie from the library and she loves it. “Grumpy is so funny.” “Dopey can’t talk, cuz he’s never tried.” … This morning she wanted to bring Snow White over to a friend’s house to watch it with them. Instead of a straight out “no”, I [...]

When we hear about a sin that shocks us and we can’t imagine how someone could commit that sin, it is hard to process. It is even harder if the person is a Christian, and even more so, a Christian leader. The fact of the matter is: sin is sin. While some [...]

“We mostly spend [our] lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do. Craving, clutching and fussing, we are kept in perpetual unrest.” -Evelyn Underhill

I believe I am becoming a pacifist. I have always been uncomfortable with war and the pain and suffering it brings, but have thought that it was necessary at times. While I still think that for the most part, I am encountering material on pacifism. Right now I am reading “Passion for [...]

This past Saturday at Faith in Prayer (biweekly prayer meeting) we prayed for our Sr. Pastor and his wife who had been at the BGC conference the past week. Some of the prayers were for the Conference–the speakers, attendees, and decisions. However, the whole thing had already finished and Pastor K. had already returned home.
This [...]

The emerging church conversation deals with the question of renewing the Church so that it lives out its mission in/as the Kingdom of God. The “how” is much harder than the “why” or “what”. Many have taken the idea of a new monasticism and formed communities of house churches.
As one who ministers in [...]

I have been interested of late in the emerging church. As one who grew up in the church I relate with many of those who are hungering for something deeper and wider. However, many are unaware of this movement or conversation that is happening on the fringes of the Church, in small house [...]