Running an errand this morning I began listening to a podcast featuring Scot Mcknight. Speaking to a group of small group leaders McKnight remarked the popular form of the Gospel we preach deconstructs the Church. He described the matter by saying our patterned description of a movement of God … Continue reading
Read MoreI received a copy of Paul Metzger’s, Consuming Jesus, and Brian McLaren’s newest, Everything Must Change. I began reading them both. I thought of an interesting connection. If we take Jesus in rather than make of Jesus a consumer culture “everything must change.”
From Consuming Jesus,… Continue reading
Read MoreDavid helped me relocate my blog and give it many of the features you will find here at “The Edge of the Inside.” I met David in Greensboro last year. Since then we have kept up in a variety of ways – mostly via great technology. He wrote a … Continue reading
Read MorePaul and I have a running joke with Ed Stetzer who reads my blog – not so much. In the past we have written about the increase in blog hits if we name certain folks. Ed is one of them. Since some may not know he is now blogging, … Continue reading
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Shaping worship or being shaped by worship …
Imaginative work means both shaping and being shaped. Creating a bulldozer with Play-Doh requires the imagination to shape the pliable material. Once the piece is complete it shapes the the one who created the work. Thinking about the heavy piece of equipment the image replicates also reminds us of … Continue reading
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