Missional Marty officially breaks out of semi-retirement to offer some initial thoughts on what is hoped to be a constructive conversation about the latest (G)CR turn in the SBC. In one of the many vintage Duren lines from the post is this point that gets at the heart of … Continue reading
Read MoreBuzzwords generally get hijacked and before you know it the word may not mean what we think it means. Missional may be just such a word. My preference is for “missio dei.” One of my good friends writes about how this descriptor fell on hard times or into “bad” … Continue reading
Read MoreSeems like Southern Baptist state newsletters, er uh, newspapers like to be the center of attention. Last week the Baptist Messenger ran a note a graphic used in a previous issue of a “Proclamation on Morality” to be a “misrepresentation.” Talk about soft retraction.
If the shimmer comes off … Continue reading
Read MoreQuick posts are sometimes the bane of blogdom. So, I sat on this yesterday morning. I did not write before the story ran on a local television station. I wanted to hear all of the comments available.
Yesterday I received a call from a local religion news writer about … Continue reading
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Always Wanted to Be Batman – See MissioSpaces League
Some get satire, others do not. Some do not mind poking fun at themselves, others do. The first piece of satire is up at MissioSpaces.com. Take a look. Survey the group. Choose your favorite.… Continue reading
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