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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... -
MC500 – day five
Posted on June 28, 2009 | No CommentsThree particular items stood out to me from Friday’s class discussion. First, the significant change from “church” as People of God to “church” as happening when Bishop is present. I... -
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... -
Thinking about Modalities and Sodalities
Posted on January 7, 2009 | 1 Comment(PDF link) The harmony between the modality and the sodality achieved by the Roman Church is perhaps the most significant characteristic of this phase of the world Christian movement …... -
Christmas reflections
Posted on December 25, 2008 | 1 CommentI suppose with a title like that you’d assume this was some profound spiritual or theological pondering on the meaning of the incarnation and God’s missional call to incarnate in... -
The Bish
Posted on October 2, 2008 | No CommentsI met the new Bishop of The Kentucky Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church today at a clergy pow-wow. Lindsey Davis is his name. Here are some notes from... -
How then shall we live
Posted on April 24, 2008 | 11 CommentsSo, there’s a bit of a conversation afoot. The Reverend Marshall started it off with this post, Brother Evans elucidated in response, The Bishop pondered prophetically(?), Co-Conspirator Steve used the... -
New Beginnings
Posted on January 8, 2008 | 1 CommentYes, I really do blog. Life has been overfull of late (as evidenced by the mound of dirty dishes on the counter…. umm, maybe they’ll get washed tomorrow). I really... -
Pondering yourself…
Posted on November 28, 2007 | 3 CommentsFrom blog one another. Which of these describe you best? Entrepreneur - Pioneer, Strategist, Innovator, Visionary - Groundbreaker who initiates an organization’s mission Questioner - Disturber, Agitator - Upsets the... -
Session 4 – Mission, Vision, Values
Posted on October 30, 2007 | No CommentsDoug McClintick Mission - we all have the same mission (God’s). Why do we exist? Vision is a Process – with people. Vision is a preferred future of where we...
