Too often the church and religious communities are afraid of technology and change. There are some noted exceptions, like electric lighting and public address systems in church buildings. Churches have also been slow to embrace and truly utilize Internet technology as well. There are churches with websites but, let’s be honest, most church websites are […]
Scot McKnight has an excellent article in the February 2007 Christianity Today. McKnight examines Five Streams of the Emerging Church: Key elements of the most controversial and misunderstood movement in the church today.
Emerging catches into one term the global reshaping of how to “do church” in postmodern culture. It has no central offices, and it […]
Iggy asks some great questions at his Emerging Thought in Montana blog today. Iggy talks about matters of indifference, or doctrinal issues that are just not important enough to get worked up over. To put it another way, which doctrines are core to our faith and which can we just ‘agree to disagree’ over?
Iggy asks […]
The 2007 Celtic Soliton Sessions will be held during the first week of February. Their theme this year is dangerous living. They make the following observation on the website:
Our traditions are stories of dangerous lives: prophets critiqued dangerously, apostles spoke dangerously, and the early church fathers lived dangerously. Jesus inspired life practices that launched a […]
Just when you think you have heard it all… How about watching live, on-demand sex from the comfort of your hotel room? According to a NY Times article published yesterday (January 16, 2007) this adult entertainment option is actually being discussed by sex industry groups. This type of programming was discussed at a recent sex […]
Will Samson at the Journey Through Willzhead blog is running a 2007 Pantry Challenge. Will argues that we (Americans) are quite wealthy and this is evidenced by our food pantry. The Pantry Challenge involves participants buying only perishable staples (milk, eggs, etc) and consuming the food in their pantry. The challenge is to see who […]
Judges chapter 4 opens with the Israelites in trouble once again. They had been delivered from one oppressive enemy only to forget God and again do what was evil in his sight. God has now sent another oppressive enemy to discipline Israel until they repent and return to him. Jabin, king of Canaan oppressed the […]
The explorer, Ernest Shackleton, placed the following advertisement in a London newspaper in August, 1914.
Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant journey, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.
Reportedly more than 5,000 people responded to the ad. These people did not repsond over the […]
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; […]
One of the great things about the Bible is that God shows us people as they truly were. We see people who chose to follow God as well as people who chose not to follow God. Even those who chose to follow God experienced their share of challenges and problems - and God allows us […]
