Category Archives: Community

Bending, Lifting, Dying, Rising – Thoughts from the Edge

In about two months we will welcome our first grandchild. I could not help but think of this coming event as I read through the Hosea passage for this coming Sunday. It is not that I ...

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Constitutive Community – Thoughts from the Edge

The story constitutes the community. It is not that it is only story. It is just that it is not less than story. When we talk about what constitutes a local Christian community of faith ...

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Unity? What Will I Do? – Thoughts from the Edge

A certain perception of unity often leaves people critical of Christianity. The varieties of Christian denominations dwarf Basking Robins 31 flavors. In fact, just the varietals of Baptists leave people spinning as to why so many. Most people consider this an expression of the divisive nature of people. To be sure there is some truth ...

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Helping Others to See – Thoughts from the Edge

David asked where the pic was of me with my new "bi-focals." Yes, it had to come to that. Dr. Womack put me through the rigors of an exam. He calmly noted I had not ...

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Reconcling Perpendicular People – Thoughts from the Edge

Funny how things are at odds with their proper place. People too often experience the feeling of being perpendicular to the way the world works as well as how we live in relation to other human ...

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Lent and Our Stuff – Thoughts from the Edge

"Our stuff" may mean any number of things. In a digitally connected, highly social culture that could mean keeping track of your piece of ground in Farmville. Or, if you are into Second Life it could ...

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Lent and Community – Thoughts from the Edge

Street level theology often remarks, "God will not give us more than we can bear." Aside from all of the accompanying issues the very statement raises, it is generally predicated on one verse, 1 Corinthians 10:13. ...

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The Missional Slope, or Should Have Linked to Kinnon

Here in Oklahoma we are bracing for what meteorologists believe will be a major "winter event." Translation for you not schooled in Okie meteorological euphemisms. We are headed for some rain, followed by freezing rain, then ...

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Body of Obedience – Thoughts from the Edge

Scot McKnight considers the meaning of Jesus life, death, and resurrection to transcend a "single" theory. Instead, using the illustration of a full set of clubs, Scot contends we need to view the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus from the breadth ...

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Poverty and Passion – Thoughts from the Edge

Jesus calls attention to the "religion" of the widow who gave out of her poverty. Rather than applaud the well-adorned religionists with their wealth he pointed to the practice of the woman. Today we tend to applaud the religious celebrities - those we elevate. We like how they articulate our beliefs for us. We marvel ...

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