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leaving for the Emergent Gathering tomorrow
Tomorrow morning we leave for the Emergent Gathering in New Mexico. We’re bringing the laptop so if anyone is going and wants to connect, please let us know You can email me at makeesha@gmail.com We’ll be getting into Glorieta on Monday so if anyone else is getting there early, also please let me know [...]
knowledge and experience - final aside
This report from Barna, speaks a lot to what I’ve been talking about and what my final conclusion post is going to address. I know for a fact (because I’ve been in “that world”) that my evangelical friends will say that the feelings of the other against them is the fault of the other. They will [...]
knowledge and experience, now what?
This is part 1 of a 2 part conclusion to the series, “My Knowledge Trumps Your Experience” Part 1 an aside Part2 an aside 2 Part 3 an aside 3 Telling my stories in this series and all the processing in between has been very helpful to me … and from the comments I have received, to many of you as well. So [...]
knowledge and experience - aside 3
Catrina asked me in my comment below if I can articulate what emerging christians DO believe about the issues of homosexuality, abortion and the inerrancy of scripture. I feel ill equipped to answer this question and I have no doubt that I’m going to get flack for this but I’m going to give it [...]
so who are you? and what DO you do?
I participate on a message board for positive, grace based mothering and one of the moms said something about how confusing our life is hehe..yeah, no doubt. So I decided to sum it up for anyone who hasn’t been following our saga in the past few years. From February(ish) 2004-March 2007 we attended Third Day Victory Church [...]
Jesus is not my go-fer
David shares his heart about who Jesus is…and isn’t. And who we are in relation to Him. Jesus owes me nothing. He doesn’t owe me an easy life or a happy trip. He doesn’t owe me a hotel with a pool to take my kids swimming. He doesn’t owe me happiness. He is not my bobble-head doll, my magic 8 [...]
truth is truth doesn’t mean anything
…and jhimm (who has commented here) says it well in this post. While you’re over there, catch up to his “how a Catholic can be involved in the emerging conversation” series - ask questions, he’s offered to post more by request.
a new kind of question
I have done it and I have had it done to me (how’s that for passive voice? take THAT Mrs. Herder hehe) - the question “so how many people do you have?” or “how are you growing?” or any number of variations. On my way to pick up my kindergarten kiddo from school (I have a [...]