Thanks to Mark Norridge who posted this on >article which focuses on the Old Testament Sciptureson the Organic Church blog
Category: Church
the Ekklesia Project
The central questions of ecclesiology, in our time as in all others, remain stark and straightforward: to whom or what do we belong? To what body do we pledge our allegiance? What commitments do we recognize as those to which all others must bend or bow? That’s how the “About the Ekklesia Project” starts off!…
Mayhem!!
Well … this is another event I would have wanted to go to … (or would have been nice if we Malaysians could try one of these!). For some taste of it, thanks to (Jordon Cooper for the links) and the rest:- # Paul Oyler for a personal collection of pictures # Alan Creech I…
Go Make Learners
I was surprised to find a stack of this book at the SUFES sales at three Ringgit per book! I read it for free at The Robert Brow “Model Theology” Webpage before I got involved in “re-starting” BLC. It got me interested & thinking about “church models” more theologically (in contrast to just methodological models)….
Crossing Generational Boundaries
I found McLaren’s answer to the question posed to him very helpful and brings our whole engagement with people belonging to our fast changing culture into perspective. __________________________________ I’m interested in knowing how you have been able to cross generational boundaries: to what extent? have you published in this area? what are your plans for…
Star Trek & Church?
Here’s a pretty comprehensive set of Emergent Church notes taken from sessions by Stuart MURRAY-WILLIAMS via Andrew Jones. The Star Trek Analogies were useful!
Enlightenment from Baby Bath
Gareth loves water, so far bathing (& swimming) has been “enjoyable” moments for him! I realized in this picture the blue bathtub actually enhanced his whole “enjoyable” moment … no bath tub – no “solid” to allow him to enjoy the “liquid” environment. During these three years and almost a half of journey in and…
Hunter On the American Church
Todd Hunter’s blog hasn’t been updated lately (i.e. more than 1 month!), but this little bit on the American Church with Relevant Magazine is worth a read & some reflection!
2 Asian Leaders Before us
SUNDAR SINGH: Most influential Indian Christian ever lived DR JOHN SUNG: Greatest Chinese evangelist of the 20th century. Dr. Hwa Yung, Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia at Trinity Theological College. (who taught me Christian Theology & Asian Theology in seminary and got us to read his Mangoes & Bananas?…
Church Dating?
Read this linked from Richard Vincent’s Putting Small Groups in Their Place Blog: Put simply, “[b]elonging happens when you identify with another entity – a person or organization, or perhaps a species, culture, or ethnic group” (p. 25). People are looking for healthy relationships, a home, a place to belong, a group with whom to…