Episode Archives

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

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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

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“Say What?!” … Hearing what is said …

SaywhatGrowing up in the late 60’s and 70’s it was not uncommon to hear someone reply during a conversation with, "Say what?!" The expression signaled disbelief at something just spoken. It may well have been an exclamation calling for clarification. Occasionally the idiom suggested someone just may be out … Continue reading

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Thoughtufl reflections on hospitality … working through “all” …

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And when a church takes a stand to allow "whosoever will" to come into
the church because they believe it is what Jesus would want, then it
must be prepared to work through the consequences of such a stance.

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