Monthly Archives: February 2006
emerging beyond emergent. can I be emerging & post emergent?
Shortly after I wrote my post about being post emergent I started to ask myself this question. After all this blog was called emergent mosaic. I decided I could call it emerging mosaic instead. Because I do think that the … Continue reading
here’s a novel idea for the emergent conversation
truth-seeker reports idea for emergent’s future that she shared with Jason Clark. Among other thing it included this “novel ideas” 1) Emergent should provide scholarships for women and ethnic minorities to attend ‘core’ gatherings, like the one in S.F. last year, … Continue reading
positive discrimination???
Though I don’t always agree with his every conclusion (which is a good thing) Kester Brewin has a way at getting at some of the critical shortcoming of the whole emerging church thing. His post Is It Time for Positive Discrimination … Continue reading
hope for north american evangelicals
Yes there is hope for North America evangelicals! At least it looks like it, since in a week they have gone against form twice. Some brave souls have crossed the Christian political right and come out in favor of doing … Continue reading
preach preacher – bono’s homily at the National Prayer Breakfast
Here’s a transcript from Bono’s talk at the national prayer breakfast. I’m certainly not here as a man of the cloth, unless that cloth is leather. It’s certainly not because I’m a rock star. Which leaves one possible explanation: I’m … Continue reading
why I’m post emergent
It finally had to happen I guess. I’ve just felt to often that the values I embraced for living the faith and I thought I saw in the emergent conversation have not materialized in reality. So I finally have to … Continue reading
home church burns
North United church, the church I grew up in on the island of Jamaica burned to the ground on Tues. It seems the fire was started by a bad electrical transformer owned by the utility company. It makes our planned mission … Continue reading
Howard Thurman & the spiritual practice of reconciliation
Recently the Emergent West Michigan cohort asked me to talk about racial reconciliation I’ve been encouraging folks to read the writings of Howard Thurman as a way to broaden their theological framework, a couple have followed through. Thurman was a man before his time. In … Continue reading
the return of the mosaic man
This always seems to happen despite my best efforts. I seem to have a season of blogging intensely then life & ministry take precedence over blog chatter. But there is a time a season for everything under heaven. So its … Continue reading