It is, after all, the common sport during and after the EC to suggest that Emergent’s relationship with YS is a corrupting influence that keeps us from doing what we want. Yet it’s too easy to bash on the corporate monster and not appreciate the dynamics the both contribute to and hinder a symbiotic relationship. […]
I’m too tired and its too late to say much, other than I was pleased with the luncheon today on Dreaming of the Multicultural Church. When Rudy and I came up with the idea several months ago, it was somewhat of a wild hair that we quickly put together. But as we got closer to […]
Michael Toy is blogging the EC. Pretty cool.
Welcome to Nashville! Today folks from all over showed up at the Convention Center downtown to connect and participate in Critical Concerns Course. I spent some time in Brennan Manning’s “Experiencing Jesus” and heard again of the radical nature of God’s grace and love. I was planning on going back after the break, but ran […]
If any of y’all are around on Sunday, I welcome you to come and hang out at my church. It’s a traditional United Methodist Church — you won’t find cutting edge music or dutch frescoes hanging from the ceiling. But we have folks that will love you and welcome you and we can have a […]
If any of y’all are around on Sunday, I welcome you to come and hang out at my church. It’s a traditional United Methodist Church — you won’t find cutting edge music or dutch frescoes hanging from the ceiling. But we have folks that will love you and welcome you and we can have a […]
I am pretty psyched about folks coming to town next week for the Nashville version of the Emergent Convention. While I know there will be some good presenters and artists at the gathering, the part I’m looking most forward to is connecting with others who I either haven’t seen in a while, or who I […]
I am pretty psyched about folks coming to town next week for the Nashville version of the Emergent Convention. While I know there will be some good presenters and artists at the gathering, the part I’m looking most forward to is connecting with others who I either haven’t seen in a while, or who I […]
Tony Jones has been staying at the house for a couple of days, and Tony always sets me to thinking in new and different ways. Last night, as I was engaged in the spiritual discipline of mowing the yard, I began to think about what it means to be categorized as “emerging.” Generally, this movement […]
Guys, I’m sorry to be out of touch, but I’ve been blogging sporadically at the Methoblog on my experiences at the United Methodist General Conference. It’s Sunday morning, and I’ve just finished walking around downtown Pittsburgh, and am waiting for a call from some friends to go to brunch. All around me were United Methodists […]
I’m about to head out the door to Pittsburgh for the United Methodist General Conference. I’ll be blogging about the conference at http://www.methoblog.com but will try to post thoughts here as I have time.
Back at our potato drop at the end of March I discovered a new career opportunity — forklift operations. Well at least I know I have something to fall back on if ministry falls through.
A couple of groups in my church have chosen to read Rick Warren’s “The Purpose Driven Life” (it’s like kudzu down here in the South — it’s everywhere!). During the past couple of days folks have asked me if I had read the book (I hadn’t) and then said that they weren’t sure they agreed […]
Okay, it’s time to get back to Kim’ question regarding the centrality of the cross to this story we find ourselves in. As Kim noted, many evangelicals and others as well place the cross at the center of all theological understanding. Thus the story prior to Jesus is merely a setup up to the crucifixion, […]
Okay, it’s time to get back to Kim’ question regarding the centrality of the cross to this story we find ourselves in. As Kim noted, many evangelicals and others as well place the cross at the center of all theological understanding. Thus the story prior to Jesus is merely a setup up to the crucifixion, […]
I’d love to continue thinking about soteriology some more, but we have Grace’s school “Spring Fling” today, our church’s Dinner Theatre tonight (for which I’m running sound and lights), and sometime along the way I have to finish a sermon on Revelation 1. If you want to chime in with your thoughts on Revelation 1:1-8, […]
Recently I’ve been trading e-mails with a friend of Jen Lemen’s who lives here in Nashville. The other day she sent me a message which had the following question: I’ve been really thinking about something I thought you said about Jesus and how our salvation is about more than just his death on the cross. […]
It’s Holy Week. I’m a United Methodist pastor. Who has time to write?
Stacey comments in one of my earlier posts: Why can’t this be easier? why can’t people fall in love with Christ and get a move on, for pete’s sake? why must we constantly label things and define these new realities? why can’t we just BE the church? okay, that’s all naive crap in a lot […]
Here’s a news story on our Potato Drop: http://tennessean.com/davidson/southeast/archives/04/03/49081974.shtml?Element_ID=49081974
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