An Election Day Prayer from Stanley Hauerwas
Going to the Margins of the Church – Nouwen
The below is a quote from Henri Nouwen. Click “like” if you resonant with his vision of the church.
Your Strange Super Power – October 30, 2012
A prayer written while flying yesterday…
Loving the Church – Nouwen
I find the thinking and spirit (attitude) of Henri Nouwen some of the most refreshing of all writers. Here are some of his thoughts about the church.
fcb4 – Go & Be the Church today…
This morning, I came across this thoughtful blog by a close friend of mine here in Spokane, Eric Blauer. Eric describes some of the reasons we should be commiting ourselves to a larger body of worshippers. I endorse this message.
It reminds me of this quote by Henri Nouwen:
Thinking and Writing in Forward
It seems to me that until we move beyond the
current theological and ecclesiological reactivity so present in today’s
church (particuarly in the blogsphere), we will not be able to rise up into the cataclysmic need that is before
us as the people of God. It is
incredibly easy to do deconstruction and to cast aspersions on what is
currently going on in the church – it’s current structures and models. This currently occupies, in my opinion,
way too much of the center of what is being communicated. There are some who communicate in
forward like, “This is what the grand Kingdom is,” or “We can grow in our
ability to follow Jesus by…” But,
there are also those that constantly communicate stuff like, “The church is
disappearing from the landscape of western culture,” or “The church has failed
in its______________ (fill in the blank).” Duh! Come on,
how many time do we have to describe how bad things are in the west. Really! How many times do we have to do this? If I hear someone trying to sell
something by telling me how “shitty” the church’s situation is again I’m gonna…I’m
gonna pull out my hair (which is no easy task in my case).
Leadership, the Self-Life and the Kingdom
The Franciscan, Richard Rohr in his book on Simplicity wrote:
What is the Missional Church?
I am always poking around the web looking for resources that could be used to help understand the theology of mission. Here is one that could be a great assest. John Franke has be a bit of a harbinger of the emerging/missional movment. He is bright and rooted. Check it out.
Marks of a Missional Community of Faith (Church)
What
does it mean to be a missional community of faith? There is much talk about what that is, what it looks like
and how it works. Newbigin (one of
the true forerunners of the current movement) identifies six characteristics of
a missional community:
Starbucks Boycott – Here’s How
I thought this was poignant (if you were a Seattle Supersonics fan) and hilarious.