Episodes: Masonry

My Post Is Up @powerintheblog: Facebook Not A Happy Medium After Recent Tragedies – 10 Tips For More Productive Conversations (Todd Littleton)

If the events of last week did not stir some emotion deep within you, then maybe you should Google #AltonSterling, #PhilandoCastile or Five Police Officers Killed in Dallas to find out what happened. Should it be news that failed to touch you, it might be better to move on and read something else.  Related posts:...

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How We Talk About Authority and Submission Matter #AltonSterling: An Interview with Geoff Holsclaw

What keeps you up at night? #AltonSterling’s death kept Geoff Holsclaw up Tuesday night. It made him mad. I imagine he is still mad this morning when he learned of #PhilandoCastle. Related posts: Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark Community Witness Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I...

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Still Making Sense of Church: An Interview with Spencer Burke

There once were churches. Then Denominational Churches. Mainline Churches. Traditional Churches. Evangelical Churches. House Churches. After that Seeker-Sensitive Churches. Traditional Churches. Mainline Churches. Seeker-Friendly Churches. Purpose-Driven Churches. Emerging Churches. Missional Churches. Gospel-Centered Churches. Related posts: Mentors- Get Some: 1 of 20 Looking Back, Looking Ahead Part 2 Legitimizing Power, The Poor, and Jesus Diagnosing the...

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Beauty May Liberate Us From the Cul-De-Sac: An Interview with Bill Walker III

Our current election cycle leaves me prepared to invoke Inigo Montoya. “Political. Pastor, you keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.” Related posts: Not Just Tornadoes and Drought – Earthquakes Too Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah An Uneasy Agent of the State: Part 3 – Pastor as Prophet...

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Don’t Scratch the Devil: An Interview with Richard Beck

I am no Rachel Held Evans. My blog/website does not garner near her number of visits. There is no book to my credit. Interviewers do not line up. But, I am like Rachel Held Evans. Related posts: Do You Believe In Magic? Or, More Sign Than Miracle Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason...

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How Ed Stetzer Helped Me Consider Voting for Hillary

I registered to vote when I turned 18 in 1981. I missed the Reagan Train the first time. I did not miss it the second time. Related posts: Dear Friends . . . You Waved the Wrong Flag The Student Is A Girl or, Advent Hope at Liberty University Controlled Debates – In Politics and...

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Black Olive or Green Olive, What Color Was Jesus?: An Interview with Adam Clark

Today marks the 95th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Riot. A recent article at Smithsonian.com highlighted the recovery of an eyewitness account of the events. Clearly the event was not a riot. Related posts: Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason Micheli Community Witness Love Can’t: An Interview with Thomas J Oord The Color...

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Man-Crushing Tuesday or, When Jason Micheli and Teer Hardy Flip the Script on Me

One of these days I will interview my daughters for the pathological podcast. What would garner more listens than to hear two PK’s talk about life in the fishbowl? Related posts: Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason Micheli Do You Believe In Magic? Or, More Sign Than Miracle Doing Without In A Culture...

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Jesus Spit In Your Soup: An Interview with Tripp Fuller

I like my soup hot, real hot. Patty likes her just a tad beyond warm. Neither of us would like it if you spit in our soup. Related posts: Fleming Rutledge Had Me Chippy, I Blame Jason Micheli Zhand, Sobrino, and Editing Isaiah Community Witness Unfollowers: An Interview with Ed Cyzewski Could Scalia and Ginsburg...

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Diagnosing the Current Normal of the Church: An Interview with Tom Ingram

Is it true the frog does not discern the temperature in the kettle until it is too late? Years ago the answer was, Yes. Today, the answer is No. Related posts: Ingredients for the Pastor-Theologian: An Interview with Tony Jones Plumb Lines and Samaritans – Thoughts from the Edge The Color of Your Eyes – Thoughts...

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Ingredients for the Pastor-Theologian: An Interview with Tony Jones

Breadth increases depth. It may not be possible to master every subject of human knowledge. But, learning what it means to be conversant in a wide array of fields deepens theological reflection for the pastor. Related posts: The Color of Your Eyes – Thoughts from the Edge Sponsoring Conversations and Shout Outs Fleming Rutledge Had...

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Fear Your Own Hard Heart: An Interview with Alan Cross

Hebrew Wisdom, Proverbs, describes the fear of the Lord as the beginning of knowledge and fools despise wisdom. (Pr. 1:7) Learning the Way of Jesus may harbor the need for a greater fear – our own hard hearts. Related posts: Poverty, American Christianity, and The Church, An Interview with Ryan Abernathy Evangelicals Need to Be...

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