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OrthoPraxisCommunitas
Posted on February 28, 2012 | No CommentsContinuing my pondering on discipleship, spiritual formation, and how we mature as followers of Jesus. I offered this question on Facebook (feel free to click through and vote or comment): What... -
Modalities of Maturation
Posted on February 23, 2012 | No CommentsI’ve been thinking a lot lately about discipleship. If we consider ourselves followers of Jesus then this implies that he is leading and that he is going somewhere. If he... -
On Religion? Over Religion?
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsHere’s the deal. I’ve got to get this out. It’s like a splinter and it’s starting to fester (and I’ve already saved this post in draft form for too long).... -
Book (chapter) Review: Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsThanks to generosity of David Johnston I have a copy of chapter 16 of Ellen Davis’ book Getting Involved with God. Here’s my review: Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the... -
Quote: A Spirituality of Waiting
Posted on December 21, 2010 | No Comments“Most of us think of waiting as something very passive, a hopeless state determined by events totally out of our hands. . . . But there is none of this... -
Refresh Conference
Posted on December 14, 2010 | No CommentsI’m sitting in the Refresh Conference listening to Trent Sheppard talk about his book God on Campus: Sacred Causes & Global Effects at Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS... -
Community For Dummies
Posted on October 10, 2010 | No CommentsI’m getting really excited for our next Formed guest lecture. Mark Van Steenwyk is coming in from Minneapolis to teach on Community. Here’s the scoop: the Wesley Foundation is partnering... -
Distractability
Posted on September 25, 2010 | No CommentsWhat was that? Oh, yeah. Hang on, let me check Facebook. Ah, now that’s an interesting post. I “like” that. Then there’s this link to a video. Oops, hold that... -
On Success.
Posted on November 18, 2009 | 11 CommentsBeen pondering “success” lately. What does it mean to be successful? Specifically, what does it mean for a campus ministry (or church) to be successful? And how the heck do... -
Four Areas of Ministry Focus – UMC.org
Posted on February 18, 2009 | 4 CommentsWhat do you think of these 4 areas of focus? Are they too broad? Too specific? Is it possible to focus on 4 things at once? Can a large institution...
