I’ve read on some blogs lately about emerging, emergent, and emergence with lots of clarifying, defining, and justifying going on. Dan Kimball recently blogged about the definition of emerging church changing, and Scot McKnight started a discussion on Emerging vs. Emergent in June. Doug Pagitt does a video blog on Emerging and Emergent Church Distinction. [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Mission, Missional, and Missionary
Posted in Missional, church, faith on September 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Spiritual Transformation and Chrysalis
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While Leonard Sweet considers Alan Jamieson’s Chrysalis as “destined to become a classic” I found the book to be lacking what it takes to rise to classic status in my library. Jamieson himself offers a caution that while he is employing the metaphor of chrysalis in his book, “human faith is far more complex than [...]
From Sedentary to Ambulatory
Posted in human nature on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the midst of my life, AKA mid-life, I have become far too sedentary. In an effort to reverse this trend I have started walking regularly. Not a stroll to the store or a walk to the bus stop, but power-walking that gets my blood pumping and my skin glistening. As my feet hit the [...]