Monthly Archives: September 2005
emerging church learning party – can I play too?
Church of the Apostles in Seattle held an emerging church learning party This past Saturday at their meeting space (abbey). I want to play and learn like that too. I’ve been trying to see if some other emerging church folks in W. … Continue reading
Alternative Worship
I am a big fan of the material put out by the altworship folks in the UK. I think they have a really great way of taking the historical rituals patterns and breathing new life into them. Her are some … Continue reading
faith like jazz
What if faith is like jazz? After a reading Blue Like Jazz, having a EWM conversation with Steve Argue where he suggested we think of doctrine as being like a song and Anthony Smith sharing a quote from Rodney Clapp " jazz can correct … Continue reading
Church Review and Guide
If you ever want your church to be reviewed like a Broadway show or movie? Then check out this web site Church Review and Guide. "Well Bob I give it a 7 for worship style, a 8.5 for creativity & 6.4 for … Continue reading
what does the Emerging church stand for? Brian McLaren says …
Last week I got to hear Brian McLaren in a conversation with two other folks who are not embedded in the emerging church conversation discuss what’s emerging in the emerging church? When pressed to say what the Emergent folks think … Continue reading
new friends for the journey
Last week I met a new friend Anthony Smith known in the blogosphere as postmodernegro. He was in Grand Rapids to be on a panel and present a paper a t the Civitas Conference at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Anthony is one … Continue reading
blogs4god is back
blogs4god a christian blog aggregator is back online. Here’s the press release. blogs4God to rise from the dead — After narrowly escaping a digital death at the hands of spammers, blogs4God has been resurrected with an entirely new format to … Continue reading
cornel west on kanye, bush and new orleans
Cornel West Princeton professor and Counselor West in the Matrix movies has written a powerful analysis of the lessons exposed by the new Orleans disaster. Ironically the piece is in an English newspaper. He is challenging us to to move beyond … Continue reading
the church, new orleans & believing in sin
While many people have decried Kanye West’s comments about the Bush administration and black people there is little hue and cry about Christians who describe the New Orleans disaster as God’s way of cleansing the "sinful" city. So into the void … Continue reading