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The Household of Faith
One of those phrases used constantly over the last several years in pastoral ministry and theology is “missional.” Great word. What does it mean? “We are a missional community.” Great thought. Explain that, will you? What is the Church, the Body of Christ? Part of the community of Christ is we are a place where believers love and serve one…
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Sacramental Witness — Part Three
Part One Part Two The beauty of sacramental witness is it helps us tell the story of our faith over and over. The “downside” is not with the method. The downside is with our “been there, done that” culture. We hear something once and then think we have it down. There is very little we truly enjoy in our journey…
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Sacramental Witness — Part Two
Part One Harper and Metzger call the church in North America a “little flock.” It is convicting to read those words. We think the Church is huge. Maybe it is not. Their words are sharp. It is almost like reading one of the letters to the seven churches in Revelation. We need to hear this message. In the past generation…
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Sacramental Witness
Being able to speak at a party convention or say a prayer for a party convention or giving a national address on behalf of a political party is intoxicating. And we need to get sober.
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Engaging the Culture
I have posted a couple of times on an interview with James Davison Hunter in Christianity Today. Hunter’s take on our political activity is critical, and I agree. Yet, he raised the hackles of Chuck Colson, another man I deeply admire. Colson’s critique was a bit too critical, in my view. He felt Hunter’s position meant Christians just withdraw from society.…
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God is Not a Republican
Or a Democrat. No matter how hard we try to SAY that… we just stumble over it. We let our political views sneak through as believers. Listening to someone who wanted to pray for people in a legislative setting, the assessment of how “bad” the situation is during the session was based on tax increases. Politically, we can like or…
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Faithful Presence and Faithful Activism
I wrote some comments on a Christianity Today interview I read. Then, I saw a response from Chuck Colson. Colson is a hero of mine, so I appreciate his thoughts on this subject as well. He disagrees with the premise, of course. So, we read, evaluate, and hopefully reach some good conclusions of our own. Colson’s conclusion is something with…
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What Role DOES the Church Play?
I find it so incredibly interesting that when a thought comes through my mind and I begin to work it over, I find an article that seems to speak directly to it. Just the other day there was this thought: “What role DOES the Church play in this world? Are we really better off looking for a ‘Christian’ culture? SHOULD…
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Why “Relevant” Churches Aren’t Liturgical
“Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo. Repeat after me: “We are not liturgical and dead. We are alive and relevant.”
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Privacy — A Little Late for the Concern
Issues over Facebook’s use of information, stolen laptops that have credit card info, stolen bank numbers that lead to fake debit cards… We wrestle with these issues of having too much information out there. The horses are out of the barn on this one, though. This article discusses the under-30 generation and their penchant for TMI — Too Much Information.…
Category: Culture
