I will begin tomorrow a series of blogs with Brad Bergfalk on James Houston, The Mentored Life: From Individualism to Personhood. We’ll post something a few times each week until we are done. In addition, I’ll begin blogging now on Embracing Grace, as it is due to be out in about a week — in bookstores in about 10-15 days. This series will be asking this question: “What is the gospel?” So, I’ll interchange these two series. Read more
If there is anything clear about the emerging movement, it is this: the gospel is proclaimed by performance. So, it should not surprise that these articulations, which are themselves laced together with “action” type statements, are now tied together with a global commitment to action. This sets the stage for us to reflect on how churches today, whether they are part of Emergent Village or not, could benefit from thinking about an “orthopraxy” statement. First, the fourth article of Emergent... Read more
I haven’t heard any official rain information about the Yankees deciding to cancel their game today, a game which could have seen the Yankees taking the deep bow in front of millions. But, knowing such fatalities, they up and cancelled their game. It rained the other night in Atlanta, and those teams played. The Cubs play with icicles on the Ivy, and they play in October when the icey winds blow off Lake Michigan. Last night the Yanks fought the... Read more
If you’ve never seen this hilarious clip of Brian Collins suddenly finding himself incapable of presenting the news while he was learning to do the news at Ball State University’s TV station, you’ll love it. Read more
If you’ve never seen this hilarious clip of Brian Collins suddenly finding himself incapable of presenting the news while he was learning to do the news at Ball State University’s TV station, you’ll love it. Read more
I have seen the title Freakonomics mentioned, haven’t looked at it all, but Fr. Rob Merola, of St. Matthew’s in Sterling Virginia, has pointed me to a link that is worth reading and discussing. It is by columnist named Orson Scott Card (a writer’s name if there ever was one), and among other items it discusses studies that correlate the drop in crime rate with abortion. Maybe some of you have read the book and have comments. Read more
So far we have looked at the first three “articles” of Emergent Village. Today I’ll take a look at the fourth, and then tomorrow, after looking at the “actions” section at the end of Emergent Village’s charter, make some suggestions about how a statement of orthopraxy might help our up front statements. This fourth article at Emergent Village’s order may well be a revelation about what the emerging movement form of Christianity is. |inline Read more
Randy Johnson, who throws fire at the plate, threw cool fire tonight. The Angels were getting hits on high fastballs, and the Yankee fans were booing. Cub fans would be glad to be there and would support their pitchers. Another reason why the Yankees aren’t on the poll. Read more
In this series on whether or not it is wise for local churches to cobble together a doctrinal statement on the basis of creeds and confessions, we have also been looking at how Emergent Village has fashioned a “belong to us” statement that is both theological affirmation and praxis exhortation all at the same time. Doctrinal statements, so I think, fall short of our task: a missional task. (Franke’s book does a nice job of making this connection often.) Here... Read more
I got my first copy of Jesus and His Death today from Baylor University Press. I thank its fine editorial folk, Carey Newman and Diane Smith, for their exceptional work. It is hard for me to compare editorial staffs, but there can’t be any that are more precise than Baylor’s. I dedicated Jesus and His Death to four of my doctoral students from days now long past. I also have a blog site dedicated to it. I’ll be making remarks... Read more
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