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23 yo male cyclist, chai drinking poet seeks small group
How do you feel about programs and small groups in churches for every imaginable sub group and sub sub group? Here is a list from an “emerging type” church in our area. They are known for being pretty open, progressive and generous in service to the community (to their credit). They’re pretty young and hip compared [...]
how to encourage women leaders
Heather Kirk Davidoff over at the emerging women group blog kicks off the conversation with a few GREAT ideas of her own. If you’re so inclined, go over there and add your own ideas in the comments. Please dont’ comment here, go there instead. Thank you. Heather writes, “I’ve been seeing way too many comments here [...]
Notable Quotable: Henri Nouwen on the Body of Christ
photo courtesy of zen♫♪ “It is the parts of the body which we consider least dignified, that we surround with the greatest dignity” (1 Corinthians 12:23). The Church as the people of God can truly embody of the living Christ among us only when the poor remain its most treasured part. Care for the poor, therefore, is [...]
circle of friends
Did you know that you cannot maintain a social network of more than about 50 people? Interesting. There are serious real life applications if we apply this to our lives.
stirring the waters
Kneeling by the bank of the small river that ran behind her house through a public park, the old woman leaned over near the water surface and peered in thoughtfully. The water line had receded by close to 5 inches in the past 24 hours alone even though they had received quite a bit [...]
this gave me chills it’s so beautiful
picture used with permission from imageafter a Maasai Creed thanks to Mike We believe in the one High God, who out of love created the beautiful world and everything good in it. He created man and wanted man to be happy in the world. God loves the world and every nation and tribe on the earth. We [...]
deep church?
So is this the next big thing? Is “deep church” a new subset of emerging? Is it the new Emergent Village? What do these new “movements” or new “language” mean for the existing conversations? Were you aware of “deep church”? What does it mean to you?
church as organism
What you are describing is church as an organic creature, going through the life, death, rebirth process. By trying to artificially keep it alive through programs and whatnot, we have a truly man-made construction: a soulless machine. This was a comment on naked pastor’s blog made by jovial_cynic and I haven’t been able to stop thinking [...]