Monthly Archives: February 2006
emergent west michigan
conversation wednesday Begins: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 at 10:00 AM Ends: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 at 12:00 PM Entry fee: 0 Location: the bite 151 Ottawa Ave NW Grand Rapids, MI Link: Emergent West Michigan a connecting point for conversation … Continue reading
how long emergent? soon and very soon
I remember learning the song soon and very soon when I was a little kid coming up in the church. I remember discovering the sentiment in it was used by white Christians to placate blacks during slavery telling them that their reward, … Continue reading
thurman quotes for black history month
As we close out black history month I thought I’d offer Howard Thurman some quotes to ponder for the rest of the year During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the … Continue reading
the emerging church and neophilia- Is the emergent conversation coming apart?
Is the emergent conversation coming apart and drifting into neophilia? Kester Brewin introduced the concept of neophilia in a series of posts on his blog ‘Neophilia’ -being in love with newness for newness’ sake. Neophilia is a revolutionary mode. It tries to effect … Continue reading
hoop dreams come true
Saw the story on this kid who saw all his hoop dreams come true on CNN. Check it out http://us.video.aol.com/video.index.adp?mode=2&pmmsid=1469747 He got game!
Jesus as he was, Jesus as he is, Jesus as he will be.
Yesterday I picked up N.T. Wright’s The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is in preparation for my talk a the next emergent west Michigan "conversation Wednesday". The quote that caught my attention. "We cannot assume that by … Continue reading
can the emerging church emerge without racial reconciliation?
I’ve been asking myself this question for a while now. Steve argue posted his impressions of Randall Jelks talk at Calvin College’s January series prompted these thoughts. He quotes Jelks I am not free if my sister is not free. I am … Continue reading
post-emergent conversation continues
Maurice Broaddus has been continuing the conversation about my post emergent post cross pollinating on his message board. There have been some interesting thoughts added to the conversation. Thought I’d post some and my responses here. Dark-skinned theologians???…wait…but…but….isn’t Jesus that pale-white, … Continue reading
Testing BlogJet
I have installed an interesting application – BlogJet. It’s a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com “Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate … Continue reading