Monthly Archives: April 2007
McKnight on staying put …
Occasionally when I travel to Philly to work with ETREK and Biblical Seminary I discover a meeting I would enjoy staying around for. I noticed a flier announcing Scot McKnight would be at Biblical and participate in a "workshop" of sorts with John Franke and Dave Dunbar. Scot posts on the event noting the audio [...]
Happy Birthday … Keep on loving …
My mother often told me on my birthday I would not be one year older until the clock hit the time I was delivered. This morning we called Kimberly (she is first on the left of the three women in my life) and I repeated my mother’s logic.
Me: "Kimberly, you will not be 22 until [...]
McKnight on Biblical …
Scot McKnight gives good reason to consider Biblical Seminary,
Just in case you donâ??Ã?ôt know, Biblical is an innovative,
missionally-shaped seminary with solid theological roots in the
Reformed movement and clear commitment to the Scriptures as the story
into which we are called as Christians to live. I canâ??Ã?ôt say enough for
the quality of people teaching there and studying [...]
Afraid you might not follow the link …
I am afraid some who stop by may not click through to the link to John Frye’s hosting of Dan’s thoughts. So, at the risk of offending some and hopefully stirring more I copied the text and make it available here. Should it inspire you to read more, go over to John’s site and look [...]
Weeds and rants …
It always sneaks up on me. I look at those flower beds and they look like just a few weeds need to be pulled. Six inches of rain mixed with plenty of sun and those few weeds multiplied. In the middle of a number of projects I am trying to get some seeds in the [...]
Friday Photo … On Saturday …
Busy week. Jeremy reminded me I missed "Friday Photo." So, here it is on Saturday …
Doesn’t make sense to anyone … and certainly to young people …
I read Rene’s Stumbling Toward Faith not long after it came out in 2004. She linked to a letter written at the YS site for youth workers. Rene wrote,
Iâ??Ã?ôm feeling very vulnerable, adolescent, and easily traumatized today.
(I needed to know that all of this was not supposed to be, including the parts of my life [...]
Critique intended to inspire …
Too much energy is given to combating church done any other way than the way "we do it." Paul concludes a very fine post with,
Still, this is not your grandfather’s church. Shoot. It isn’t even
your older brother’s church. Our world is changing. The church has
been given the task of speaking on behalf of God into [...]
Reading …
My friend Mark made a reference to Jim Collins’ monograph, Good to Great and the Social Sectors: Why Business Thinking is Not the Answer. Right on the front of the little red cover the reader learns the basis for his evaluation lies in his book, Good to Great. Confession – I have not read Good [...]
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