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50 Ecumenical Blogs
“The Biblical Learning Blog Has complied a list of the Top 50 Ecumenical Blogs, and ...”
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Advent 2009
“Today begins another Advent season, and marks the start of another year in the liturgical ...”
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Memorizeth thy Scripture
“An odd thing around the dinner table this evening. We got onto the subject of ...”
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Dressed to The Nines
“...which for some may include a bathrobe in their parents' basement. Or something like that. ...”
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Harvest Moon
“We've been having rotten weather all summer.... far too cool for the season. Many days ...”
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Infectious Dis-ease
“My wife is a nurse, and this morning the chief infectious disease specialist for the ...”
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The Work of God
“"The work of God may be pure, but its earthly application, as often as not, ...”
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Technology SNAFU 2
“So i'm working away this afternoon when suddenly i'm sitting in the dark and everything ...”
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Community
“"We've not found anything where people are passionate where there isn't community. Nothing." -- Kathy Sierra”
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Asides
“This is an "aside" comment. I decided I'd like a way to inject short little ...”
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HoMY 11: I Love to Tell the Story
“Plodding along in my series “Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of My Youthâ€? brings ...”
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Surviving Church
“Matt Stone is talking about How to Survive Church. Many of us have CLB ...”
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Missional: Now in Three Bold New Flavours!
“It's a fairly open secret that I'm in favour of putting forward a definition of ...”
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HoMY 9: I Stand Amazed in the Presence
“Today's selection in my series, "Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of My Youth" ...”
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Brother Maynard Comes Out
“No, not my name. ;^) Coming out in a different way, by revealing something personal about ...”
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Was Jesus a Failure as a Visionary Leader?
“There's a lot of definitions out there these days on what makes a good leader, ...”
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The Being-ness and Presence of the Incarnation
“This post is a continuation of a train of thought I began yesterday in which ...”
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A Few Words on the Inevitability of the Incarnation
“In considering the problem of evil, Robert Farrar Capon tackles creation — its very nature, ...”
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That's the Way (uh-huh, uh-huh) We Like It
“Tomorrow I plan to change the subject and start talking about the Incarnation, so we'll ...”
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More than Words
“Words aren't always what they're cracked up to be... often we're crowded with too many ...”
HoMY 8: Pow'r in the Blood
“As my series "Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of My Youth" continues, we come ...”
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A New Idea: Missional Conversation Collector
“So I was looking at Digg, which has become wildly popular... anybody use it? ...”
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How Location is Affected by Missional Engagement
“Recently I had occasion to consider why in one context I said that location was ...”
Location & Missionality: Prelude to a Thesis
“As many may be aware, I've been mixin' it up with Jamie Arpin-Ricci a bit ...”
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Wikiklesia Release Date
“This is part newsbit and part shameless plug. As I've mentioned, I am involved ...”
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Free Blog Tagline!
“Anybody wanting to write a blog on the specific challenges of missional engagement in the ...”
...in Which I Begin to Describe the Perfect Balance of Structure for the Church
“It was the week before last that we were discussing church structure in our very ...”
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HoMY 7: Great is Thy Faithfulness
“This week in my series, "Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of My Youth" I've ...”
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Any Brave Souls for Beta-Testing?
“My new theme isn't 100% ready for prime-time yet, but I've been plugging away at ...”
Writing an Epitaph: Leaders Finishing Well
“JR Woodward is thinking about Finishing Well - Writing your Epitaph and Areas to Watch, ...”
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HoMY 7: In the Garden
“This week's entry in my series "Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of My ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage #16
“You may correctly infer from the length of this list that I'm reading more feeds ...”
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The Impossible is Possible
“Six months ago, I posted something on a TED talk by Hans Rosling, and I'm ...”
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Missional Church Leadership & Structure
“As followers of the conversation on yesterday's post (Church Structure & Leadership Smackdown: The Academy ...”
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Church Structure & Leadership Smackdown: The Academy vs. The Business Model
“I may have gotten myself in trouble just with the post title, but that's nothing ...”
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Anglicans, Gay Marriage, and the Precious Doctrine of Hell
“The CBC story out of Winnipeg today is that Anglicans vote No on blessing same-sex ...”
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HoMY 6: A Mighty Fortress is Our God
“In case you didn't catch it, I'm taking to abbreviating my series, "Then Sings My ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage #15
“Saturday morning, and I find myself in a rare spot for a Saturday: I've ...”
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Friendships & China
“Two things on my mind today: friendships and China... and the way that the ...”
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Tales of Urban Renewal in the South Bronx
“I'm a big fan of TED Talks, and here's another TED talks moment; this one ...”
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100 Days
“If you've followed along this blog for more than the past three months, you might ...”
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Double-Teamed & Meme'd
“John Smulo and Sonja have ganged up and double-tagged me with two different memes. 8 Things ...”
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The God of Chaotic Expression
“Now that I've finished my Wikiklesia chapter on decentrailzed non-hierarchical structures, and have finished reading ...”
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Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of my Youth 5
“Part of an ongoing series remembering the hymns I recall from childhood with fondness. ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage #14
“In case you didn't notice, I've been leaving my extra links collecting for publication on ...”
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Mission-minded or Missional?
“Last week I said this meme never dies, and linked another one. Here we ...”
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Continuing Discussions
“Earlier in the week, I wrote about The Coca-Cola Packaging Problem and we got a ...”
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Robert Farrar Capon Explains Creation
“At the risk of pushing another metaphor, I wanted to put forward some top-notch stuff ...”
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On Power Imbalances in Pastor-Parishioner Relationships
“I've got another question to toss out today — we'll see if it gets anyone ...”
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The Coca-Cola Packaging Problem
“I understand that when Coca-Cola introduced the aluminum can as a means of shipping their ...”
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Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of my Youth 4
“Another entry in an ongoing series recalling the hymns I remember from my youth. ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage #13
“I've had lots on my plate this week. This includes Missional Conversations (which includes some ruminations ...”
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We vs. They
“One of the things I love doing is taking ideas from one discipline or arena ...”
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Missional Conversations
“This is just an early report — we had a good time last evening with ...”
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Alan Roxburgh's Journal: Live and in Person
“Tonight, Alan Roxburgh of Allelon is in Winnipeg — we'll be having an evening of ...”
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Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of my Youth 3
“This is part of a series on the hymns that I remember from my childhood: ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage #12
“ Family-to-Family is a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting families with more to families with less. The ...”
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Honest-to-Coffee
“A business model for would-be third place operators? A couple of months ago I ...”
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Sluggish Site
“Yes, the site was running very slow yesterday — I expect a large number of ...”
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Doc Searls' Thoughts on Salvation... and Others' Thoughts on Atheism
“Doc Searls isn't the first person one thinks to quote in a discussion on salvation, ...”
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Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of my Youth 2
“The second in a series recalling the hymns of my youth, with or without fondness. ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage #11
“ I'm leading with this because it is without doubt the most inspiring 19 minutes I ...”
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Busy Weekend
“It started out slow, but as this weekend approached, it turned out a lot of ...”
30 Years Already?
“Feel old yet? 30 years ago today, Star Wars was released. You know, Episode IV, ...”
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Phew!
“We haven't finished watching the season finale of Lost yet (I just noticed the official ...”
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Attention, RSS (and Website!) Readers...
“I noticed yesterday that somewhere along the line I seem to have stopped serving the ...”
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Missional 101: Looking Outside (Allelon Reprint)
“I wrote an article for Allelon last month, and since it's dropped off the main ...”
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C.S. Lewis on Being Missional in a Post-Christendom World
“Okay, he didn't use those words... but that's what he was talking about. He ...”
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Guy Kawasaki Interviews Richard Stearns, President of World Vision
“An outstanding interview by Guy Kawasaki with World Vision president Richard Stearns on How to ...”
Then Sings My Soul: The Hymns of my Youth 1
“This is the first in what may become a series recalling the hymns of my ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage #10
“Making footprints on the web... these are some of the places I've been in the ...”
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Photos from etchasketchist
“I can't believe how good etchasketchist can draw on an Etch-a-Sketch. I can make ...”
Formerly Known As... (continued)
“The Meme Continues: The people formerly known as The Workers are getting ready to ...”
Do You Squidoo?
“Squidoo (Wikipedia Link) is the brainchild of Seth Godin. I've seen him mention it ...”
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An impossible approach to unity
“I noticed one of those "pure-Christianity" watchdog websites starting a series on unity beginning with ...”
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Wikiklesia Project
“John LaGrou announces the Wikiklesia Project: Len Hjalmarson and I are launching Wikiklesia: Voices of the ...”
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First Editions
“I was browsing around AbeBooks not really looking for anything in particular. I've never ...”
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...and one more time.
“I'm feeling a bit livid at the moment. I've done a few personal updates ...”
On Tithing
“Steve Sensenig takes A Closer Look at Tithing, in which he cites Jollyblogger's question, Can ...”
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Surf safely from work
“Reading blogs at work? Feel the need to make your browser content look like ...”
Yes, but what *kind* of 'poor' have you been?
“I'm listening to talk radio on CBC, and they're discussing child poverty. Following the ...”
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ThinkGeek :: Palmsize R/C Helicopter
“I really want one of these... just in case anyone is in need of gift ...”
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Alan Roxburgh: Reaching Revisited
“Allelon recently shot a brief video in Toronto with Alan Roxburgh.... "Three churches and a ...”
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Concerning Bible Versions, Editions, & Traditions
“I've been thinking about a new Bible lately, one just for reading and for carrying ...”
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Chicken. No, Egg. Wait—Chicken. Or Egg... Uh, Chicken. Definitely Chicken. Probably.
“Len Hjalmarson played an evil little trick on a bunch of us (just kidding, he ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage #8
“Again, I have way too many browser windows open with pages I've yet to read ...”
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Cliche Finder
“For those missing just the right tired old thing to say, there's the Cliche Finder.”
Top 10 Church & Religious Websites
“The church is catching up with design, I guess. These Top 10 Church & ...”
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Wikipedia Downside; Missional Bibliography
“Six weeks ago, I lamented the state of the Wikipedia definitions for "Missional living" and ...”
The Good to Great Pastor
“I only recently found an interview with Jim Collins (author of Good to Great and ...”
Apr
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The Geekster Moleskine
“A fantastic hack for Moleskine geeks: The Geekster Moleskine.”
Robert Webber Loses Battle To Cancer
“Jamie notes that Bob Webber has passed away.”
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On the Subject of Communion Wafers...
“RLP does a video taste test of communion wafers, rather amusing. We normally use ...”
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The Dream of the Former
“Foreword: This post is offered as a sequel to Bill Kinnon's The People formerly known ...”
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Wine Cellar Update
“About three months ago now, I mentioned that we had just bottled our first wine ...”
Formerly Known
“Preamble: this post is written in a style that's becoming recognizable already — that ...”
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The People Formerly Silent
“Preamble: this post is written in a style that's becoming recognizable already — that ...”
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The Signs of Spring?
“Now that warmer weather has arrived, we're seeing the sights and signs of spring all ...”
Loving your Enemies in a Time of War
“Mark Van Steenwyk links to a Geez article on the difficult matter of trying to ...”
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On Friendships
“Friendships are both fragile and resilient. One way to test both is by saying ...”
Living in a Van Down by the River
“If what we're doing isn't working, maybe we should be living in a van down ...”
Calvin & Hobbes Snowman Art
“A tribute to snowmen, Calvin & Hobbes style.”
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Music, Transcendent Beauty, & Taking Note of the Holy
“Last week the Washington Post ran a story which set about asking and answering the ...”
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Just so you know....
“I'm stepping away from the computer for a day or two — I will be ...”
10th Anniversary of Grand Forks Flood
“Thursday was the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Grand Forks flood. The ...”
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Dunbar's Number & Missional Beginnings
“Remember a couple of posts I did in early March on The Rule of 150 ...”
End of the Shallow God?
“Bill Kinnon posted on Good Friday an ”
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Dear Church (Please)
“Brother Maynard, a servant to the people formerly known as the congregation. To the ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage #5
“The theme for this batch of links is "Questions" — post your answers below, but ...”
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Next-Wave Ezine #100
“Congrats to Charlie Wear and current editor Bob Hyatt... the 100th issue of Next-Wave is ...”
Reflecting on the State of the Church
“The Prodigal Kiwi has posted some notable statistics on the state of the church.”
Filling my Days Lately (Personal Update)
“Bless me reader, for I am but dust. It's been two months since my ...”
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Church Billboards
“One church has an interesting billboard strategy to promote itself. Wonder how well it ...”
New ESV bible seeks to reach the lost
“I got a kick out of this: New ESV bible seeks to reach the lost; ...”
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A Brother in Need
“Not me this time... Blind Beggar Rick Meigs sounds the alarm: Many of you know John ...”
Happy Friday the 13th
“Fact of the day: you may know that triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the ...”
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Redemption
“Bob Robinson posted a video for Good Friday... Johnny Cash, Redemption. Since this theme ...”
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He Is Alive!
“This week we're remembering that Eastertide goes beyond a single Easter-Bunny weekend, and the event ...”
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Thief: Too Small a Price
“One of the things we like to do when we consider the stories we read ...”
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Easter Monday
“Ah yes, here we are... Easter Monday. This is the day that traditionally — ...”
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Happy Birthday, Larry!
“Just thought it appropriate to wish the Godfather of Christian Rock a happy 60th birthday. ...”
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Comment Problems
“I'm having a database problem at the moment which means my comments aren't working — ...”
Ten Years Ago
“Ten years ago this weekend, Winnipeg was hit with what was called "The Blizzard of ...”
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Maundy Thursday: a Kiss
“Tony Miles (who apparently doesn't like to be called Veronica) has some good Maundy Thursday ...”
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To Those Who Care
“I saw this mentioned in a couple of places, but I'm not one to do ...”
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Noted Around the Blogosphere
“I see that my ol' bud Robbymac has made a kinde of Detox Mini-Site out ...”
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Missional Charismatics
“I spotted a post at In The Way that I would call noteworthy for the ...”
Scent of Easter
“Last week Chris Erdman posted a sermon about the anointing of Jesus at Bethany by ...”
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Emerging Church Television
“This is noteworthy: "After years of being an interesting but ultimately niche spiritual-cultural experiment, ...”
You Might Be A Pharisee...
“Here's a test you might not want to take: You Might Be A Pharisee... ...”
Mar
31
Thousands of dollars in free books - Library Giveaway
“You have to know that this would catch my eye: Encyclopedia Kevinannica: Thousands of ...”
Wa-hoo, take that spammers!
“A few hours ago, I installed the freshly-minted version 2.3 of Spam Karma 2, disabled ...”
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Preparing for Easter... Holy Week Ahead
“I'm hauling out Easter traditions, old and new. Firstly, there's the kids. We've got an ...”
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F.K.A. The Congregation
“My new friend Bill Kinnon sent me a note the other evening with a bit ...”
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It must explain something...
“I don't know... maybe it's just that the Intelligence Type Quiz that I did wasn't ...”
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Live-Blogged Conferences
“This weekend Pat Loughry live-blogged the Missional Matrix conference in Seattle with Scot McKnight ...”
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What would you do with a Juno award?
“If I won a Juno award, I would display it safely at home like everyone ...”
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Unchurched Are Fastest Growing Faith Group in America
“Since I blog under the pseudonym of "Brother Maynard," when somebody like Bob Carlton composes ...”
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The Passing of Benedict
“Antony at Coming to the Quiet posted on Tuesday about The Passing of Benedict, a ...”
Serendipity
“I had errands to do today, which included things like buying coffee. We're going ...”
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Emergents Hear a Who
“Over at Cerulean Sanctum, Dan Edelen is causing a fuss by posting The Holy Who? ...”
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Wikipedia Wandering
“The how and the why is a long story for which I blame Jamie Arpin-Ricci, ...”
Brian Orme Hangs it up
“Another blog falls silent, as Brian Orme announces he's winding up his blog. We'll ...”
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Overchurched?
“Following on the conversations within our simple church expression, we ended up with two gatherings ...”
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Oh, by the way...
“Happy St. Patrick's Day! Anyone wanting more info on the actual day might wade through links ...”
Weekly Meanderings & Formula One
“On Saturdays I like to link to Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings — in part, it's ...”
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The Perils of Complexity
“I'm not sure if understanding this post is really dependent upon whether or not you ...”
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Reasons for Simple Church
“Philip Edwards, "The Churchless Christian" offers 7 Reasons Why We Still Do Simple Church, which ...”
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Dylan Hears A Who!
“Okay, this is a riot: Dylan Hears A Who! Yes, Bob Dylan — ...”
Changes at FORGE
“With Alan Hirsch planning a move to North America to (in part, as I understand ...”
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12 Shocking Facts about the church
“Caught my eye this morning: 12 Shocking Facts about the church. This comes ...”
PETA Equates Chicken Fingers with Jesus
“This is just offensive, but that's not really anything new for PETA as far as ...”
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Bonehead?
“I had planned to spend some time this morning writing some further thoughts following on ...”
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Lent Around Town
“Our favorite little Greek place was closed for renovations this evening, necessitating the discovery of ...”
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Scot McKnight: Weekly Meanderings
“A few new blog recommendations in this week's edition of Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings...”
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Missional 101: Getting out of the House
“The other day in the comments on The Rule of 150, we were talking about ...”
Bono Honoured by NAACP
“Bono's speeches are inspiring. He's just received and award from the NAACP, and through ...”
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On Lent
“Lent. We're getting well into the Lenten season already, but I'm still getting my ...”
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Scot McKnight: Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's regular Weekly Meanderings are online for the week ended March 3, 2007. ...”
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Oh, Grace. (on How to Ruin a Church)
“Emerging Grace (not her real name) has done it again... and this time with a ...”
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New Allelon Site
“The new Allelon website is up... at least the beta version. Looks nice, I'll ...”
Postmodern Pilgrims: A wild night ...
“I can't begin to explain the jealousy over how Greg Glatz nabs free tickets for ...”
Feb
28
Church of the Nazarene Affirms Emerging Church
“Looks like someone is affirming the emerging church movement: The Church of the Nazarene.”
following Christ communally: against entitlement
“Ted Gossard is blogging on following Christ communally, and in that context is speaking against ...”
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The Forgotten Ways
“Rodney Olsen has posted an interview with Alan Hirsch done for Sonshine FM in Oz. ...”
Meet the techie sister behind Vatican's Website
“From Scoble: Meet the techie "sister" behind Vatican's Website: Sister Judith Zoebelein, editorial director of ...”
A Modified Two-Source Hypothesis for the Synoptic Gospels
“Turns out the answer to the Synoptic Problem may lie in A Modified Two-Source Hypothesis ...”
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Grumble, Grumble, I'm Back
“I was gone for a few hours there while it seems my Spam Karma 2 ...”
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NextReformation » MCM and the ‘peg
“Len Hjalmarson posts a review of the conference just ended and of the panel in ...”
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MCM Leadership Seminar
“Len Hjalmarson is speaking at an MCM Leadership Seminar "on cultural shift using three different ...”
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Sweet WP Theme
“Spotted one of the sweetest WordPress themes I've seen over at The New PR (theme ...”
Hard Talk: How unhappy can you be with this “evangelical� thing?
“The Internet Monk is asking, How unhappy can you be with this “evangelicalâ€? thing? and ...”
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Prosperity Preaching: Deceitful and Deadly :: Desiring God
“John Piper Prosperity Preaching: Deceitful and Deadly. Well put.”
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Order of Canada gets new Members... Reward for the Missional
“Now this is fitting... and reveals that sometimes it's the Governor-General of Canada who says ...”
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How Canadians Can Save the American Church
“Yeah, the title caught my eye too when I saw it on Andrew Jones' Blog ...”
Post-Charismatic Roundup: Who's in the Herd
“Mark Van Steenwyk has just written On Being Charismatic, in which he describes a bit ...”
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Yet Another Panel: Me & the GC Mennonites
“It's true, I've been asked to sit on another panel to discuss the church and ...”
Firstfruits of "I Told You So"?
“Maybe better to say, "You heard it here first." Scot McKnight links to this tale ...”
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The Weekly Meanderings of Scot McKnight
“Scot's Weekly Meanderings for February 17, 2007 are up... not a 'thin' week, looks like ...”
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International Symbol of Marriage is Approved
“Phil Baker: International Symbol of Marriage is Approved.”
The Christian Formerly Known as a Churchgoer
“Andrew Jones has a post on Leaving Church today which covers three books (Vieira and ...”
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More Thoughts on Leadership, the New Model
“Leadership has been the topic of the week for the past little while, and on ...”
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Bruce Metzger Dies at 93
“Adam Cleaveland breaks the news: New Testament Scholar Bruce Metzger Dies at 93. (more ...”
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Missional Leadership
“Emerging Grace has been working on prooving that "Missional Leadership" is not an oxymoron, and ...”
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Children’s Ministry in the Emerging Church
“Somehow I missed Alan Hartung talking about Children’s Ministry in the Emerging Church last month ...”
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Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight posts his Weekly Meanderings for the past week. Of note: Survey finds 300m ...”
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Emerging Grace: Leadership - Part 4
“Emerging Grace presses through part 4 of her series on leadership, this one calling for ...”
Church Sign #45
“Lucas Land is at it again: Church Sign #45”
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The Missional “Elevator Pitch� & Missional Leadership
“The Blind Beggar was looking for a Missional Elevator Pitch, and after a few comments ...”
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Passion for the Work vs. Passion for the Company
“This afternoon while I was reading for a repair estimate on our car, I sipped ...”
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Missional Leadership, Perhaps?
“This afternoon I spent nearly 5 hours sitting in a Montana's restaurant with Robbymac conversing ...”
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Was Lazarus the Beloved Disciple?
“I've always considered the Fourth Gospel to have been written by John from Ephesus in ...”
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Comment Spam Management
“Maybe I'll take some flak for it, but I've decided that Spam Karma 2.2 is ...”
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Personal Update & Blogging Explanation
“I've always struggled with how much personal information to put on this blog. I ...”
Weekly Meanderings & Commentary
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings are now up for this weekend... a few good items nestled ...”
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en passant
“Brian Orme has been offering some "micro-blogs" from a conference with Rob Bell. The ...”
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Porpoise-Diving for The 7 Rabbits
“The February issue of Porpoise-Diving Life is now online. I confess I've never spent ...”
Jan
31
Free CD Offer
“Yeah, I'm feeling generous... but it turns out I wasn't clear about my offer... I ...”
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Homosexuality: A Personal Reflection (Jamie Arpin-Ricci)
“Jamie Arpin-Ricci offers a very personal, insightful post on homosexuality. Don't let the subject ...”
Reading Reflections on Transitioning Churches
“Phil McCredden offers some good reflections on some reading about transitioning churches in a post ...”
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The Voice of God
“Ben Witherington has posted a personal encounter on Hearing the Voice of God, and is ...”
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Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight continues meandering weekly (not weakly). Several decent reads there for a ...”
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Gapminder
“In a wierd collusion of circumstance, yesterday I was visiting my friend Dan in his ...”
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Marketing the Church
“Bill Kinnon says the church is not marketable, and he backs it up in his ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage
“This is a neat idea: Wear the world on your heart (Via which also ...”
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Star Trek Fortune Cookie Generator
“Geek widget: Star Trek Fortune Cookie Generator”
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the old bill: theocrats, neocons and fatherland/homeland security
“The Old Bill has posted a chilling series of quotes. Fundamentalism, Fascism, Naziism, American ...”
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How Well Do You Know the Words of Jesus?
“Try this Bible quiz: How Well Do You Know the Words of Jesus?”
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Weekly Meanderings for January 20, 2007
“Scot McKnight's meanderings for the past week have been posted — and this week he's ...”
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The Dream that Almost Wasn't
“Jazz Theologian offers a backstage vew of Mahalia Jackson and Martin Luther King Jr. at ...”
Five Streams of the Emerging Church
“Today while I wasn't paying attention, everyone linked to an article by Scot McKnight at ...”
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Comment Troubles
“Not sure what's up, but I've had a couple of people email me about being ...”
Nnoooo.....
“It isn't April 1st, which makes the announcement that much worse. Hamo is quitting ...”
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Re-Tagged
“Robbymac strikes again, tagging me with another meme. So— 1) What’s the most fun work ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage
“Len Hjalmarson posts a review of Jesus Has Left the Building, a book by Paul ...”
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New Blogs in the 'Sphere
“Steve Bell and John Stackhouse are both blogging now.”
More Missional Buzz
“I mentioned JR Woodward's around-the-blogosphere on Missional Buzz the other day, now there's another ...”
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Deep freeze paralyzes Manitoba
“The CBC is reporting: Deep freeze paralyzes Manitoba; Brrrrrrr.... it's a good ...”
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Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight continues to meander, weekly.”
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Missional Buzz
“JR Woodward does an around-the-blogosphere on Missional Buzz. Quite thorough, a good collection ...”
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How to Be Missional
“John Smulo offers ideas on How to Be Missional, a kind of top-ten how-to list. ...”
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Annual Prognostications
“It's good to try and envision what's ahead for the year... and to look back ...”
SimChurch?
“Imagine a game of fantasy church with a complete scorecard to rate your performance.... much ...”
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House Churches Are More Satisfying
“George Barna says that House Churches Are More Satisfying to Attenders Than Are Conventional Churches... ...”
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N.T. Wright: Mere Mission
“Christianity Today has an interview with N.T. Wright, subtited, "N.T. Wright talks about how to ...”
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15 Blogging Tips For 2007
“Andrew Jones offers blogging tips for the coming year, including the advice to have multiple ...”
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Songs to Ban from Sunday School
“One door, and only one, and yet its sides are two; I am on the inside, on which ...”
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NextReformation » the forgotten ways II
“Len Hjalmarson has issued part deux of his review of Alan Hirsch's The Forgotten ...”
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The Story of the Tall Grass Prairie Bread Bakery
“I've mentioned before that I'm a "frequent" listener to Stuart McLean's Vinyl Cafe on CBC. ...”
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Review: The Forgotten Ways I
“Len Hjalmarson begins reviewing Alan Hirsch's new book.”
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Missional Apologetics is Live
“John Smulo announces the launch of a new site, Missional Apologetics. This is of ...”
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The 10 most outrageous civil liberties violations of 2006
“The 10 most outrageous civil liberties violations of 2006 (from Slate / HT: Jordon Cooper)”
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2006: The Subversive Year in Review
“Time to look back on the year just completed. I've had some pretty good ...”
Emerging Church Blogger of the Year
“__________-of-the-year posts start now! Actually, some have already gotten started in the past few ...”
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So, what on earth is the church?
“A question posed and answered (at least provisionally) by Alan Hirsch this past week: ...”
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Barna Lists the 12 Most Significant Religious Findings from 2006 Surveys
“It's end-of-year time again, when all the "-of-the-year" posts start showing up... this time, Barna ...”
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Personal Update
“I don't do a lot of personal updates, and I don't actually get as personal ...”
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Jesous Ahatonhia
“At the Christmas Eve service at St. Benedict's, we sang the Huron Carol... it was ...”
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Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight is meandering for the past week.”
What Child is This?
“MarkO posted this yesterday, and somebody could stand to repeat it today, so here goes... ...”
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Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
“Those who visit my blog in the old-fashioned HTML site-visiting way may notice that my ...”
Cluetrain & the Church
“Someone else is making the connection: Becoming Missional: Missional Cluetrain. Keep at it ...”
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Celtic Daily Prayer
“Scot McKnight posted a Celtic prayer a while back — he tends to post a ...”
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Please Help
“I can't go into specifics of any kind right now, but I am requesting prayer ...”
Church 2.0 & the Time Person of the Year
“Almost a month ago, Kathy Sierra wrote a blog post about Why Web 2.0 is ...”
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Advice to Emerging/Missional Church Planters
“Stellar advice, actually: invite Pernell Goodyear for a visit. The Story (Nathan Colquhoun ...”
Donald Miller Interviewed
“Brian Orme interviews Donald Miller (Ten Minute Audio).”
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Picturing Mary
“Now that Scot McKnight has given permission for all the non-Catholics to take a closer ...”
Christmas is about Promise: O Come Again, Emmanuel
“Hope, Peace, and now Joy to you this third Advent Sunday. Scot McKnight continues reflecting on ...”
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Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“The Weekly Scot McKnight for the week ended December 16, 2006.”
Is the World Lost and Dying?
“Will Samson asks, Is the World Lost and Dying? This almost seems to be ...”
Emergent Hair: Scot McKnight
“Steve McCoy: Scot McKnight and the theology of hair.”
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No Rest for the Grahams
“I like Billy Graham, and suddenly I really like Ruth Bell Graham too... but some ...”
The Ruling Elders
“Len's got a good post on what it means for elders to "rule." I ...”
Lutheran Advent Calendar
“Steve McCoy has posted a nice picture of a Lutheran Advent calendar...”
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Alan Creech figures it out
“A couple of weeks back, Alan Creech posted some conclusions he's drawn, some insightful stuff ...”
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The Cluetrain Manifesto - Innovative Business Ideas for Churches
“Bill Kinnon pointed out a post on The Cluetrain Manifesto - Innovative Business Ideas for ...”
O Holy Night
“Aaron Flores serves up some back story on a Christmas carol... O Holy Night: A ...”
Premature Christmas Card
“Little Premature Xmas Card... amusing, but you may not want to follow the link if ...”
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Listen to the Guy who Isn't Saying Anything
“In my other life, I follow a bunch of marketing, business, and other blogs. ...”
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Crossing the Tiber
“Kyle Potter has an amusing image on his blog.... (For those who don't get it, ...”
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Weekend
“The sun has set on another weekend, this one busier than most. Yesterday we ...”
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Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings for the week ended December 9, 2006....”
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single question
“Alan Hirsch: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single question:     ...”
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Missional Interview - Rick From Blind Beggar
“What makes Rick "Blind Beggar" Meigs tick? For that answer, you'd want to read ...”
Magnificat in Jazz, continued
“Jazz Theologian continues his series with part 2 of The Magnificat in Jazz, which looks ...”
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"Coffee"
“So ran the simple title of the email from Paul Vieira. After the exchange ...”
Robertson's Last Christmas Pageant
“One of the reasons I like getting together with The Old Bill is that every ...”
Speaking of Advent
“Advent is the start of the christian calendar, which puts Ben Witherington's Happy New Year!! ...”
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The Nativity
“Normally, The Nativity Story is a stage production mounted in churches and preschools across North ...”
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Mary & The Magnificat in Jazz
“Jazz Theologian is doing a series on "The Original Christmas Carols", and today's installment is ...”
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To think, I knew him when...
“Congrats to Jamie Arpin-Ricci, the Winner Of 2006 Canadian Blog Award — Best Religious Blog. ...”
02
Driscoll, Again... and In Conclusion?
“While I was busy ignoring the recent Driscoll furor, having mentioned it only once before, ...”
The Weekly Meanderings of Scot McKnight
“Scot McKnight's weekly reading summary is online, right on schedule.”
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Buddhism and spiritual warfare
“Len Hjalmarson has an interesting post on Buddhism and spiritual warfare... makes this old post-charismatic ...”
Benny & the Jets (Hinn, that is)
“Looks like Benny Hinn is fundraising for a new Gulfsream IV. If you ask ...”
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Rolling Stone: The Worst President in History?
“Looks like Bush Junior is in serious contention among historians as The Worst President in ...”
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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...
“I've been fighting off a cold for more than the past week... sore throat, persistent ...”
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Protestants take another look at the real Mary of the Bible
“Protestants take another look at "the real Mary" of the Bible.”
Deconstruction Stories
“I've mentioned this before, but now there are several Deconstruction Stories Collected”
Wineskins Rethunk
“Over the span of our careers as church-attenders, how many movements or "new things" can ...”
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Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings are online for the past week.”
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John Smulo: 23 Reasons on Terminology
“John Smulo has 11 Reasons Why I Don't Like The Term "Christian" and SmuloSpace: 12 ...”
Purpose-Driven Downsizing
“Looks like Rick Warren's Purpose-Driven organization is seriously downsizing. Lest anyone think I'm being ...”
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A Conversation with Jamie Arpin-Ricci
“I have the privilege of being able to get together with the illustriuous Jamie Arpin-Ricci ...”
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Subversive Influence On Wheels
“After demo'ing an Audiovox 6700 for about three weeks, this past week I gave it ...”
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Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings (aka weekly reading list) is out for the week just passed.”
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Thanks, Mark.
“Last week we were having dinner with friends, and they asked me why I hadn't ...”
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Showdown in Levi's House
“Not exactly how I imagined it, but much-better conceived... John Frye tells the story of ...”
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An Ordinary Life: Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant.
“Harry Lehotsky died in the wee hours of November 11th, 2006. Over the past ...”
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This is not a church... this is.
“Elements of an urban church, in a series of graphics illustrating a networked church... nicely ...”
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Canada commits $40 million to developing world microfinancing
“The Global Microcredit Summit is on right now in Halifax (Canada), and the Canadian federal ...”
Religious Left Merchandise
“Religious Left Merchandise: some great stuff available here.”
Free Download: Houses That Change the World
“Free Wolfgang Simson book download: "Houses That Change the World" (HT: EV Blog). According ...”
Deconstruction Stories
“Deconstruction stories are being collected on the House Church Blog, for those who want to ...”
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Impending Blogiversaries
“Cindy Bryan's second blogiversary is coming up in a few days... she wants to know ...”
Warnings for Missional Church Participants
“Most helpful from David Fitch recently: A Warning List For Those Who Would Join ...”
Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's weekly picks are available for weekend review.”
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MPR: Minneapolis church at the forefront of a cutting-edge religious movement
“Solomon's Porch is featured in an article on Minnesota Public Radio. (HT: TSK)”
Poppies & Remembrance
“I was having lunch the other day at a business function, and the conversation turned ...”
09
Worse Things
“I'm on record as having a great disquiet with the whole concept of war. ...”
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Remembrance: The Lessons of War
“Remembrance Day approaches, and this past week, Bill Millar posted a nice piece on the ...”
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...and a Time to Die
“Last evening I attended a lecure by Stanley Hauerwas at St Margaret's Anglican Church here ...”
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Resources for Biblical Studies
“Stephen Shields has posted some Great Resources for New Testament Study, which includes links to ...”
05
Salvationist.ca » Riding the Freeway
“Pernell Goodyear has been featured in the Salvation Army's magazine, the piece is called Riding ...”
04
Weekly Linklings
“Scot McKnight's weekly reading picks are up — and this week, we'll add a list ...”
03
Evangelical Priorities for the Next 50 Years
“The Blind Beggar has a good summary of three CT articles on evangelical priorities for ...”
02
Jim Collins on Leadership & Change
“Len Hjalmarson has some thoughts on Good to Great, which I mentioned recently. Collins ...”
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Crack Squirrel Team
“Squirrels go nuts on crack: it boggles the mind. (HT:Mark-O)”
Oct
31
How to be funny
“I love a good pun.”
The Great Pumpkin Proposes A Toast
“From the Internet Monk, The Great Pumpkin Proposes A Toast... Happy Hallowe'en!”
Missional Leadership III
“I don't know "Pastor Rod" at all other than as a guy who blogs and ...”
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Scot McKnight: What is the Emerging Church? and Misnomers Surrounding the Emerging Church
“Scot McKnight presented a paper at the Westminster Theological Seminary Emergent Church Forum last week. ...”
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Two Years On II
“As I mentioned, it's two years since we began the journey out of Egypt institutional ...”
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Scot McKnight: Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight has posted his Weekly Meanderings for October 28, 2006... linking some good stuff ...”
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50 Potential Christian Bestsellers
“Purgatorio (where else?): 50 Potential Christian Bestsellers”
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Pews, Pulpits, Pastors, & Preaching
“What is, "things that can get in the way of the church 'being' the church"? ...”
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the sol café & other church "venues"
“Bob Robinson writes about the sol café in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Sounds like a ...”
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Missional Scripture List
“As previously mentioned, Missional Jerry has compiled a Missional Scripture List.”
Franklin Graham's Watergate
“We've been mixing it up about Franklin Graham over the past few days, and there's ...”
Jonny Baker: Worship as bedazzlement
“Jonny Baker writes an article for Church Times, "Worship as bedazzlement," describing an event that ...”
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The Forgotten Ways » Alan Hirsch is Blogging
“Alan Hirsch is blogging! Visit The Forgotten Ways Blog and watch for more... not ...”
Franklin Graham, Part 2
“I've been thinking about my earlier post concerning Franklin Graham and his unwise words concerning ...”
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Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings as usual, for October 21, 2006. ”
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The Gospel of Peace & the Not-So-Generous Modern Evangelist
“Well, it looks Aidan Enns of Geez Magazine fame is stirring up some trouble over ...”
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Controversial new Bible cuts out difficult gospel passages
“Seems there's a new Bible being published, (via Father Jake) with a whole new and ...”
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To War, or To End Poverty?
“Noteworthy: a running total of the U.S. taxpayer cost of the Iraq War, which ...”
Liberty Security and Justice for All A Few
“For anyone who doesn't know, I am Canadian... but there's really just been one major ...”
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Can Seminary Education be Missional?
“David Fitch asks, Is “M.A. in Missional Church Studiesâ€? an Oxymoron? Can Seminary Education be ...”
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Of the Reading of Books
“Noted: Christianity Today's The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals: Landmark titles ...”
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New era for Next-Wave
“It's been mentioned elsewhere, but Charlie Wear has broken the news about a New era ...”
Microfinance & The Nobel Prize
“Justin over at Radical Congruency is talking about microfinance again... turns out Muhammad Yunus of ...”
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The Picture of Rene Russo
“My wife and I rented and watched Two for the Money this evening with Al ...”
Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings for the past seven days include a good recap of some ...”
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Level 5 Leadership
“Read (and look) past the exceptionally nice things said about yours truly in a post ...”
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Missional Passages
“Missional Jerry is asking what scripture passages are best to use in teaching on missional ...”
Sacred Cows: Money, Sex, & Power
“I've mentioned before, I'm on an all-out assault against sacred cows. As I was ...”
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Images of Missional
“The Blind Beggar is wondering what "being God’s missional people in everyday life" might look ...”
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Random Acts of Linkage
“Will Samson: NY Times on Evangelical Teens — he's asking, "I wonder what it ...”
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For the Record
“I did not appear appear at a women's retreat las week and I did not ...”
Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings are online, some good reading in there, as usual.”
06
Tithing Debate Heating Up
“Apparently there's a Tithing Debate Heating Up, with a new site out there, TithingDebate.com. Well. ...”
05
How did we live without it
“Seth Godin posts a photo of a DVD rewinder....”
Missional-ology
“Bilnd Beggar posts on the etymology of Missional as well as some missional gleanings from ...”
04
John Piper and the Desiring God Conference
“Seems that everyone's talking about the aftermath of the recent Desiring God conference, Above All ...”
03
The Christian Century: A visit to Jacob's Well
“The Christian Century: A visit to Jacob's Well — see what Tim Keel's up ...”
Puzzle Me This
“Neat Flash Puzzle.... solve it and you get a link to where you can create ...”
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Have we seen this time before?
“First Century CE: Jewish nation carries out their own will and law... but it's the Romans ...”
01
Losing my (Fundamentalist) Religion?
“So I found myself looking at something from an unfamiliar perspective the other night. ...”
Sep
30
Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“This is my regular Saturday link to Scot McKnight's reading list from the blogosphere last ...”
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Concerning Authority
“Nathan Colquhoun is one of my new favorite bloggers. A week or so ago, ...”
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Are the Popular Methods of Doing Church Working?
“It feels like I've been doing "Sacred Cow Week" around here lately. I've had ...”
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Church does not mean Sunday, and Vice-Versa
“One of the most striking things I've found about the whole blogging experience is the ...”
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Re-Thinking Leadership
“Roger over at House Church Blog is Re-Thinking Leadership, and I have to say, I ...”
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Ultimately, Worship
“I went to a Christian bookstore, aka "marketplace" yesterday and browsed through the CDs. ...”
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The Generator Blog
“The Generator Blog: in case you need random error messages, management statements, wartime catchphrases, ...”
VeggieTunes - Bob & Larry Sing the 70s
“Hey, the title says it all: VeggieTunes - Bob & Larry Sing the 70s. ...”
Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings » 2006-Sep-23
“Scot McKnight's regular list of notable things he's read this week is fresh for your ...”
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Spiritual Gifts: A List?
“Scot McKnight asked a question this week about the Pauline lists of spiritual gifts. ...”
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Upcoming Winnipeg Events
“This week I received an email which contained a noteworthy paragraph... I've added some links ...”
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Gone Goth
“MarkO is a Goth, as he's surprised to find out, and apparently so am I, ...”
Ahoy, me Hearties!
“Today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day, AARRrrrr! An' if ye be needin' ...”
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Married since when?
“Hamo's got a good question out there... when is a couple married? As he ...”
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An observation
“Theology geeks play the strangest games.”
Scot McKnight: Weekly Meanderings for September 15/16, 2006
“I normally post Scot McKnight's weekly meanderings as a Saturday reading guide. He posted ...”
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The Weekly Daily Scribe
“So now that I've been accepted as a Daily Scribe, I'm under pressure to write ...”
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The Annotated Lord's Prayer
“Continuing the same vein as the thoughts my prior post on prayer.... Over the years, I've ...”
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God complains about prayer
“I have to say this one caught my attention on the Out of Ur blog... ...”
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Church Planting Reading List
“Jordon Cooper has taken the trouble to compile a Church Planting Reading List with a ...”
Coltrane
“Further to Why church is like a jazz gig, Ben Witherington posts on Coltrane.”
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Emerging Church Overloaded
“Hamo's been mixing it up in Oz with Don Carson, enough so that it takes ...”
09
Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings
“Saturday again — that means Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings are up for his recommended weekend ...”
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Why church is like a jazz gig
“Rodd Jefferson has this idea that church is like a jazz gig. I reviewed ...”
07
Torn Between Three Worlds
“Pernell Goodyear writes (with some prompting from Alan Roxburgh in his books The Sky Is ...”
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The Newest Daily Scribe
“Well, turns out it's yours truly being welcomed to The Daily Scribe. A short ...”
05
Bob Dylan: American Adam
“I stumbled on an old PBS Religion & Ethics article, Bob Dylan: American Adam. ...”
AKMA: Early Church Chronology
“Which came first, Pliny or Polycarp? Council of Chalcedon or Ephesus? Sounds like ...”
04
Ka-Chow!
“Labour day... took the kids out to the cheap theatre to see Cars. This ...”
03
Emergence Theory & the Emerging Church
“Tim Goodfellow writes a blog, the name of which he explains thusly: "The Daily ...”
02
Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings are up for this week. A bit more thin than ...”
01
Barna's Revised Statistics
“Roger over at House Church Blog reports on Barna's Revised Statistics from a conference in ...”
Aug
31
Are Megachurches Wrong?
“With a post title like Are Megachurches Wrong? Analysis of David Wells’ Critique, I'm pretty ...”
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Prone to wander, Lord I feel it...
“Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace; streams of ...”
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Tallskinnykiwi Interviews Randy Stonehill
“Andrew Jones interviews Randy Stonehill. Sorta.”
Footprints II
“For anyone else who found the footprints poem overly trite or just overdone, there's an ...”
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Wickerpedia, the wicker encyclopedia
“Wikipedia lovers take note: now there's Wickerpedia, the wicker encyclopedia. What an insane ...”
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Visitation
“My house is to receive a visitation in a few hours from superblogger and post-charismatic ...”
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Emerging Exclusivity & the Testing of Assumptions
“Erik Keck has posed a question: Topic I am studying power evangelism within the context of Vineyard ...”
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Missional is a Shift in Thinking
“Why yes, it is. The Blind Beggar posts that Missional is a Shift in ...”
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Scot McKnight at NorthBridge Church
“I see while I was away, Scot McKnight has started preaching a series at NorthBridge ...”
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For the Record
“Today Pernell Goodyear posted a blog entry called, "People I Really Want To Meet" which ...”
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Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings are up for the week ended August 18, 2006. Catch ...”
Blogging: How Influential?
“Scot McKnight asked the question several weeks ago, but I'm just getting around to this ...”
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The Unclouded Day
“ O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies O they tell me of ...”
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Don't Try Too Hard
“Jim Margin has a good post from several weeks ago, Don't Try Too Hard. ...”
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Emerging Grace: Who's in the Back Row?
“Emerging Grace speaks up from the back row: I think in the end, it boils down ...”
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Jesus Creed » The Real Mary
“Scot McKnight has penned a book on The Real Mary, which makes efforts toward understanding ...”
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Blog Post about a Blog Post about Blogging when you have nothing to Blog
“Brian Orme spins your head by blogging about what to blog about when you have ...”
08
Sh'ma: The Emerging Spiritual Paradigm
“Adam Cleaveland linked to a Jewish Emergent Article which annoyed me in the first paragraph ...”
07
Missional Impossible
“Michael Internet Monk Spencer unfolds a good tale in "The Coffeehouse: A Story." I ...”
06
David's Bucket: Emerging Churches Quotes
“Found a nice collection of emerging church quotations with several that have a nice ring ...”
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Commentary Recommendations
“Earlier this week, Stephen Shields noted on his blog that Darrell Bock is blogging some ...”
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Anne Frank
“62 years ago today on the morning of August 4, 1944, German police burst into ...”
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Me and Jesus, the Exiles
“Not only is Len Hjalmarson on part 2 of his review of Michael Frost's Exiles, ...”
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[Entity to be revealed later] ...dot-[some GTLD]
“Congrats to on the launch of their new site (HT: Jordon Cooper ...”
Jul
31
Is it Johnny Cash, or is it...?
“Ben Sternke: Is it Johnny Cash, or is it...? Logical question to follow "Folsom ...”
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Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock
“Good article on a megachurch pastor breaking with conservative politics (HT: Will Samson; the article ...”
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Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's weekend reading assignments are now available for July 29, 2006.”
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Realms of Faith: Christian Authors Database
“The Christian Authors Database offers a virtual ton of brief bios including theological positions ...”
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Leon Lamb Morris: Sailing Heavenward
“Scot McKnight offers a wonderful tribute to NT Scholar Leon Morris, who died the other ...”
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Great moments in journalism
“Priceless soundbyte on Seth Godin's blog today, a quote from Salma Hayek... Great moments in ...”
Andy Stanley at the Atlanta Emergent Cohort?
“Not sure if anyone remembers my post "Church Size: Tall, Venti, or Grande?" but it ...”
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House Church Basics: What About Children?
“An older article from House Church Blog: House Church Basics Pt. 7: What About Children? ...”
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Musicians Speaking
“Went to St. Ben's again last night, just me and our oldest daughter. Nice. ...”
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Does the Church Matter?
“Justin Baeder is starting to sound like me... he's asking, Does the Church Matter? ...”
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The architecture of participation
“Tim O'Reilly blogs about Four Big Ideas About Open Source, the first of which is ...”
Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings are up for July 22, 2006. Looks like some good ...”
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Creepy wasn't my first impression
“So I picked up the mail at our post office box on the way in ...”
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The Post-Charismatic Era
“Well, it's official. Now even the charismatics are talking about the post-charismatic era... at ...”
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Spencer Burke Emergicana
“Good little post by Scot McKnight on his meeting with Spencer Burke; pseudo-universalism and Burke's ...”
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Cutting-Edge Heresy and the McLaren-McKnight Continuum
“The Apologetics Index has published an article on the emerging church, "Appropriate Response to the ...”
Classic TV Theme Songs
“Will Samson has a list of his Top Ten Classic TV Theme Songs along with ...”
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Emergent: it's over now, go home.
“I just found Danno's Dangerous Mind and read the post "Why I Am No Longer ...”
Put Your Life...
“I guess it's already early Monday now instead of late Sunday, but from my perspective... ...”
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Anne Lamott on Jesus
“Interview: Anne Lamott on Jesus: 'I Didn't Want Him'”
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Day's End
“I was out the door relatively early this morning — booked myself for breakfast with ...”
Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings are ready for our reading pleasure....”
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Are House Churches the Future of the Church?
“Are House Churches the Future of the Church? Well, the post title pretty much ...”
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Church 2.0: Emergence / chaos theory
“Ben Sternke has a good post on Church 2.0: Emergence / chaos theory which is ...”
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emerging church research
“Bryan Murley is kicking into gear with his emerging church research project, where he intends ...”
Theology Pub Review
“We held our most recent local "theology pub" this past Thursday. Small turnout given ...”
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More Grey Hair Cometh
“Anyone who knows our kids will confirm that if the blame is to rest unequally, ...”
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How many EC Bloggers Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?
“Kester Brewin asks (and answers), How many EC Bloggers Does it Take to Change a ...”
milaadesign.com :. professional flash designer
“This is uncanny, somewhat weird, and I'm not sure how, but it works. (HT: ...”
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Weekly Meanderings for July 8, 2006
“Well, I'm freshly back from a week away at the lake with friends, and feel ...”
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What do you mean by missional church?
“Sivin Kit quotes Alan J. Roxburgh & Fred Romanuk on the question, What do you ...”
06
Time to Change Something?
“Quoting from Crossroads Dispatches: If Not On The Day I Die, Then Not Today: There's a ...”
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Emerging Kids & Communion: The Kids' Table
“Margie Hillenbrand keeps a blog titled "Emerging Kids" with the tagline, "Prayerfully, reading and thinking ...”
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The Kingdom is...
“I guess I'm in good company — Jamie and Scot, at least according to an ...”
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Emerging Church Shibboleths?
“The first thing I thought when I saw Stephen Shields' post "are there emerging church ...”
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Blogstinance? Blogstentia?
“That'd be "blogging abstinence" which I decided wasn't quite right, hence "blogging in abstentia." ...”
Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo military tribunals
“I must have missed this in the news day, but Bob Robinson covers it well: ...”
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M Squared T Blog » St. Irenaeus
“Matthew Thomas says today is the feast day of St. Irenaeus, and among the supporting ...”
Driscoll on Seeker vs Missional
“Kevin Cawley posts links to DGM's Posting of Mark Driscoll on "Seeker vs Missional" parts 1 ...”
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Doing Church the Warren Buffet Way?
“I don't know if these thoughts connect or not, but Randy McRoberts has some recent ...”
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Watching Grass Grow WEBCAM!
“Take note of the Watching Grass Grow WEBCAM! (Well, it was worthy enough for ...”
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Does Ministry Fuel Addictive Behavior?
“Sally Morgenthaler asks the question, and provides some revealing personal background. In general, as ...”
25
What is Church? What is Church 2.0?
“Matt Rupert (at From the Morning) is asking What is Church? as prompted by my ...”
24
Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings
“Saturday, and here are Scot McKnight's Weekly Meanderings, right on schedule for weekend reading.”
23
Generate your own Brazil football shirt!
“World Cup mania... get in on the action and Generate your own Brazil football shirt! ...”
22
The Missional Church
“According to this blog post I stumbled across, it sounds like the upcoming Urbana 06 ...”
21
Dear Julia
“I begin with an aside, as I sometimes get sidetracked before I even get started. ...”
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On Friendship
“In browsing around blogdom on Sunday morning, I was greeted by a recurring theme... friendship. Scot ...”
MooTube
“MooTube... too funny. (HT: Kathy Sierra)”
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Going to Church by Staying at Home
“Recent article in the Washington Post: Going to Church by Staying at Home (HT: The ...”
Hey Starbucks, are you Listening?
“Attention Starbucks: Wendy's is renaming their portion sizes... to small, medium, and large, which ...”
Weekly Meanderings of Scot McKnight: June 17, 2006
“Saturday morning, and the Weekly Meanderings are fresh.”
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ex Libris Len Hjalmarson
“Looks like now we've got Len going with the bookshelf image thing. He can ...”
For the Love of Pod
“I had some time to spend on the road today driving between some of our ...”
50 Books on TallSkinnyKiwi's Emerging Church Bookshelf
“Since we've been picturing bookshelves lately, I can't not link Andrew Jones' 50 Books on ...”
13
Emergent Village Coordinating Group
“Jamie Arpin-Ricci of (e)mergent Voyageurs fame has a good inside look at the Emergent Village, ...”
12
A Bible for Our Times
“With no disrespect intended toward Eugene Peterson... I found the Puragorio spoof of The Message ...”
11
Spam: Just Say No
“Argh. I was getting innundated with spam a month or so ago, so I ...”
10
Jesus Creed » Weekly Meanderings for June 10, 2006
“Scot McKnight's "Blogs of the Week" are now called "Weekly Meanderings," and he's posted them ...”
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On Terminology: Pre- / Modern / Post-
“Terry Heaton posts on The roots of postmodernism, including a quick but astute summary contrast ...”
06
The next Billy Graham?
“Is Rob Bell The next Billy Graham? (HT: Steve McCoy)”
05
Da Vinci Code Dr Seuss style
“Dr. Seuss reviews The Da Vinci Code (Maggi Dawn)”
The Post-Man Cometh
“Can't believe I missed this before... our very own Rob (Robbymac) McAlpine has been interviewed ...”
04
On this day... Reminiscing
“Today is June 4th. On this day in history... 780 BC - The first historic solar eclipse ...”
Happy Blogiversary, Tall Skinny Kiwi
“Well, it's mostly over now, but it's appropriate to mark the day anyhow... not many ...”
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Adventures with Bugs in Narnia
“So I'm sitting on the couch reading Narnia to my eldest daughter just before bedtime. ...”
May
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Church Reviews: Solomon’s Porch
“Reading someone else's review of Solomon's Porch reminded me of my own visit there (at ...”
Linkage
“Andrew Jones is lining up a debate with J. Jacob Prasch, which he recounts as ...”
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The De-Churched and the Future of Missional Emerging Congregations
“David Fitch is talking about The "De-Churched" and the Future of Missional Emerging Congregations, which ...”
27
Jesus Creed » Blogs of the Week for May 27, 2006
“Scot McKnight's weekend reading assignments are out (aka Blogs of the Week).”
26
Great Commission & Getting it Wrong
“Rick Luoni discusses Great Commission and the Great Commandment. As he explains, "It is ...”
25
Maybe you had to be there
“The other day there were four of us sitting on the sidewalk patio at The ...”
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Considering the Code
“Reviews and links to blogs discussing the Da Vinci Code movie are a dime a ...”
23
How some people understand the gospel
“How some people understand the gospel: "God became one of us, so you can ...”
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isnoop.net Magnetic Fridge Door
“isnoop.net's fridge 3.0. urges, "Play with my magnetic words." Cool. (HT: Addison Road)”
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Young Pastors Exiting Ministry, an Official Trend?
“As I mentioned at the time ack in October and November (2005), Brad Bergfalk composed ...”
Jesus Creed » Blogs of the Week for May 20, 2006
“Saturday morning, the "official" Blogs of the Week are out for your weekend reading stimuli. ...”
19
If Microsoft Made Sudoku
“What if Microsoft Made Sudoku... and called it "Grid Masters IV"?”
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Why English Teachers Die Young
“I've seen it circulating via email ass well, but this list of analogies and ...”
17
Missional in the News; Prayer Needed
“It isn't every day that while driving home from work, you hear a story on ...”
16
Love is....
“Donald Miller shares thoughts on love in an interview posted on the Out of Ur ...”
15
On Marking Books
“Scot McKnight has posted On Marking Books just to remind us how he can make ...”
14
How Deep?
“Eighteen months ago, I took the Red Pill. I still don't know how deep ...”
Momentary Insight
“Hope this isn't one of those you-had-to-be-there things, but here's what I came up with ...”
13
Low-Tech Day
“This morning I discovered via my email that I'd been flooded with comment spam overnight, ...”
12
When not to shop
“It's common knowledge among housewives that a little tidbit of wisdom is to never do ...”
How Beer makes you Smarter
“If this explanation of How Beer makes you Smarter doesn't make sense, you might need ...”
11
Christian Rock: Blessing or Blasphemy?
“Laugh, shake your head, or shrug it off: CHRISTIAN ROCK: Blessing or Blasphemy? (HT: ...”
10
He'd Rather be Fishing?
“Reuters: Bush's best moment in office? Reeling in big perch. (HT: Will Samson) ...”
09
Scot McKnight’s Latest Book
“Scot McKnight’s Latest Book as shown on Purgatorio. Note to Scot — you know ...”
08
I thought Change was Inevitable
“Brad Bergfalk has a couple of posts up lately on change in the church, Why ...”
07
...but some are more Complementarian than others?
“Michael Bird blogs on Together for the Gospel and the manner in which complementarianism is ...”
Memory Lane & the Ongoing Life of a Church-Leaver
“I added a new feature to the blog this past week, the "one year ago" ...”
06
Saturday Morning Tradition
“Scot McKnight's Blogs of the Week are fresh again, and have become a weekend tradition ...”
05
McLaren, Heresy, Creeds, Hell, and Modernist Hypocrisy
“The subject line is just to warn you I'm about to rant and ramble. ...”
04
Christian Exodus?
“This isn't new at all it seems, but it only just came to my attention ...”
03
Spencer Burke on the Church that Consumerism Built—and Why I Fled
“One paragraph from Out of Ur: Spencer Burke on the Church that Consumerism Built—and Why ...”
The Orginal [sic] JesusPan Seen and Heard Everywhere
“Amazing cookware: "Worship at every meal with JesusPan" — how can you miss? ...”
02
Mark Palmer Reminder
“Just a quick reminder following the passing of Mark Palmer to keep praying for Micah ...”
WSJ: www through Hollywood eyes
“The WSJ has compiled a collection of video clips showing how the Internet has been ...”
01
Web Sudoku
“I just solved my first Sudoku online. Good — and not. I don't ...”
The Unmentionable E-Word: Evangelical
“Seems there's a bit of a tizz lately about the word evangelical. UK-based Christianity ...”
Apr
30
Talking at Starbucks
“Real Live Preacher has composed an excellent (and much-linked) blog post, "We Can Talk at ...”
Web 2.0 Bible: preview of eBible.com alpha
“Tim Bednar previews Web 2.0 Bible, a.k.a. eBible.com alpha. This looks to be of ...”
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one red paperclip
“What would you trade for an afternoon with Alice Cooper? Help Kyle MacDonald in ...”
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Coke BlaK
“I gotta get me some of this. Where have I been not to have ...”
Jazz and the art of connecting
“Garr Reynolds at Presentation Zen has compiled a great series of quotes from Jazz musicians, ...”
Tapestry Faith Community: Just for fun 2
“Amusing: competition with God on creating life.”
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jonnybaker: the cure for information overload
“Finally, The Cure for Information Overload provides some good insight for those with the common ...”
24
Oh be Careful Little Hands...
“I've been thinking a little about guilt lately. I decided some time ago that ...”
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Scot McKnight: Blogs of the Week
“Scot McKnight's Blogs of the Week are posted for April 22, 2006.”
Trouble will soon be over...
“Quoth Blind Willie Johnson: Trouble will soon be over, sorrow will have an end Trouble will soon ...”
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MusicExchange and the Idea of Kingdome Come
“ideaExchange is a discussion series sponsored by St. Benedict's Table and hosted by Aqua Books. ...”
Origins of the terms Emerging and Emergent church - Part 2
“More from Dan Kimball on Origins of the terms "Emerging" and "Emergent" church - Part ...”
21
More on unused gifts and callings
“Further to my post the other day on "dormant" or unused gifts and callings, and ...”
More on the origin of the EC term
“Further to Marko's thoughts, Dan Kimball at Vintage Faith offers further thoughts and recollections on ...”
20
In pursuit of catholic worship
“Topic of discussion this evening: worship, in the musical sense. Contrasting worship of ...”
19
willzhead: The Problem With Power
“Sometimes I particularly like Will Samson for the political views comingled with his writing: ...”
this is emergent
“Marko has a good post up titled this is emergent and it's getting a good ...”
18
The gifts and callings of God are not rescinded.
“I've been thinking about dreams, visions, and callings again lately... and then ol' Robbymac posts ...”
17
Ellsworth AFB foam test
“Proving the unexpected is amusing, especially when it happens to somebody else: Ellsworth AFB foam ...”
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Celebrate!
“Sometimes it's the odd things that bless your socks. So far today, it's the ...”
15
the journey is the destination
“Jonny Baker posts a cool photo: the journey is the destination; think on ...”
bob.blog: Don't Forget to Grieve...
“Bob Hyatt has posted a Good Friday piece titled "Don't Forget to Grieve..." Good ...”
Where is God?
“On the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, one is prompted to wonder what ...”
14
Further Easter Reflections
“In the Passover celebration, there is the key part of the feast called the haggadah, ...”
13
Holy Week: Thursday
“Thursday is my favorite day of Holy Week (hit the link for the blow-by-blow account). ...”
12
Stations of the Cross
“On Monday this week we took the kids down to St. Ben's to do the ...”
11
I Know Not the Man
“I'm thinking about Peter's denials. Thinking about ways in which I might deny Christ. ...”
10
An Account of the First Easter (Continued)
“The next two parts of the series are now retouched and re-posted. These retrace ...”
Jesus Creed » One Year of Blogging
“Congratulations to Scot McKnight (Jesus Creed) on his first blogiversary.”
09
An Account of the First Easter
“Last year during Holy Week I posted a sermon I had preached some years previously ...”
Stationary Stationery?
“So we're driving in the car yesterday and my oldest says from the back seat, ...”
08
Jesus Creed: Blogs of the Week for April 8, 2006
“I've been growing a little bored with the blogosphere lately — or maybe it's just ...”
07
Muppet Matrix
“Everyone's escaping the Matrix, even Kermit the Frog; see the rather amusing Muppet Matrix from ...”
06
Thoughts On Pascal’s Pensees
“Dan Wilt offers some Thoughts On Pascal’s Pensees.”
Lost Gospel Revealed; Says Jesus Asked Judas to Betray Him
“National Geographic is creating a little stir with a recent article, Lost Gospel Revealed; ...”
05
Does the Emerging church have a problem with evangelism?
“Steve Addison is asking, "Does the Emerging church have a problem with evangelism?" Turns ...”
TallSkinnyKiwi: Silver Anniversary
“Congrats to Andrew (Tallskinnykiwi) Jones on celebrating his Silver Anniversary as a follower of Jesus. ...”
Reflections from the Edge of Death
“Bob Robinson has posted on The Power of Prayer, and he should know — he's ...”
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Easter for Simple Church Kids
“Yesterday we gathered ourselves together with for simple church, kids' edition. That is to ...”
Charismatic Movement
“Happy anniversary, Charismatics — the Charismatic Movement is considered to have begun on April 3, ...”
Journaling the Emerging Church
“Seems the emerging church is popping up in some new places. First off, the ...”
02
Cell Phones: Progress Report
“Scot McKnight entertains with Cell Phones: Progress Report... he's still getting used to his first ...”
Ten Years On
“Last night we were meeting with our simple church gathering, having a grand discussion as ...”
Kids in the Hall - Dr. Seuss Bible
“HT: Bob Carlton: Kids in the Hall - Dr. Seuss Bible... a new abbreviated ...”
01
Jesus Creed » Blogs of the Week
“Scot McKnight's regular weekly is up: Blogs of the Week. ”
Mar
31
It is essential that seminarians become a part of the emergent conversation
“The subject line is Jake's thesis at Theofragen: Let me tell you a secret, which is ...”
30
Palmer's Day
“Alan Creech remembers his friend Mark Palmer.”
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Church Membership
“Chad at Addison Road has posted on the subject of church membership, as in, “And ...”
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Palmer Memorial Button
“Alan Creech: Palmer Memorial Button ”
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Mark Palmer
“It's an odd sensation to mourn someone you've never met, yet here I am. ...”
26
Top Ten Reasons Why Men Should Not Be Ordained
“Maggi Dawn summarizes the Top Ten Reasons Why Men Should Not Be Ordained; these sound ...”
25
Reformed Roots in the Emerging-Missional Church
“Andrew Jones has a great thoughtul post on Reformed roots in the emerging-missional church. ...”
Blogs of the Week for March 25, 2006
“Scot McKnight rings in with his regular Blogs of the Week... let your weekend reading ...”
24
[He's] BAAAAAAAAACK!
“The blogosphere is back to its abnormal self — Bob Robinson is back in the ...”
23
Brian McLaren: The Secret Message of Jesus
“Chris Monroe at Paradoxology reviews Brian McLaren's The Secret Message of Jesus. I'm not ...”
22
Jesus Flickfest
“Bill Millar has all the cool ideas. Over soup at Ken Hong's a month ...”
21
Bob Robinson Update
“Scot McKnight has the details — Bob Robinson seems to be well on the mend ...”
Five Years On…A Churchless Faith…the Journey Continues
“Alan Jamieson has a new book coming out next month: Five Years On…A Churchless Faith…the ...”
20
BBC: Rabbi calls for UN of religions
“There's an interresting call for a 'UN of religions' in the news today. As ...”
19
Meeting Doodles
“Last evening we gathered with our simple church crew as is our fortnightly wont. ...”
18
Jesus Creed » Blogs of the Week
“Some, myself included, seem to be feeling an overall blogging malaise lately... but Scot McKnight ...”
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Bemuse Pews Accrues
“Everybody's taking note of Dan Kimball's pews post, including FTM and some More on the ...”
15
Who is like you?
“Jason Clark points out a way of finding out whose blogs are similar to yours... ...”
14
Emerging Worship is about Who Gets to Play
“Emerging Worship is about Who Gets to Play; Ryan Bolger hits the nail on the ...”
globeandmail.com : Archaeologists in Israel discover ancient tunnels
“Archaeologists in Israel discover ancient tunnels for storing supplies for the revolt against the Romans ...”
13
The Kimball Treatise on Pews
“Dan Kimball has the definitive treatise on emerging church seating, What are these strange things ...”
12
Post-Charismatic Conversations
“The March issue of Next-Wave is out, and the cover story is an intro to ...”
Just in from the Star Wars Geeks
“Star Wars fans: how about the 2014 Olympics on Hoth? (HT: Addison Road)”
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Jesus Creed: Blogs of the Week
“Scot McKnight's Blogs of the Week for March 11th, 2006. ”
10
Formula One
“It's here — the Formula One 2006 series gets underway this weekend.”
09
NAR and other series updates
“Len Hjalmarson hs published the fourth installment in his series on the NAR. Speaking of updates, ...”
08
New Apostolic Reformation
“In the wake of Robbymac's Post-Charismatic Series, Len Hjalmarson has a series of posts on ...”
07
Postmodern Churches Distinctives
“Blind Beggar has a good post titled "Ten Distinctives of Postmodern Churches" and I'd say ...”
06
Manamana
“This is the best: Manamana; as Michael Lee (HT) put it, "Go relive your ...”
Post-Emergent Redux
“I mentioned the other day about Andre Daley being post-emergent, and it turns out he's ...”
Separated At Birth XX - purgatorio
“Rah, Rah, Lonnie Frisbee? Purgatorio: Separated At Birth XX ”
It’s Not About Me - purgatorio
“This publisher needs a better editorial board, might save them from publishing an obvious oxymoron ...”
05
EC Commentary
“Looks like our own Jamie Arpin-Ricci has an article published at emergingchurch.info on "Emergent Diversity" ...”
Funny Cat...
“I got a good laugh out of this cat... but then, I really don't like ...”
04
Update on Bob Robinson: Good News!
“Scot McKnight posts an update on Bob Robinson's condition... and it's good news. Sounds ...”
C'mon Over to Jesus' House
“This is a thought that rather intrigues me... Did Jesus have a house in Capernaum? ...”
Gladwell Blogs
“With a HT to a bunch of folks who posted much like I'm doing, Malcolm ...”
03
The Church in the Perfect Storm
“Darryl Dash has written an article on Navigating the Church in a perfect storm. ...”
Church Sale
“Church for sale by owner.... think about it. Another stranger-than-fiction photo at Purgatorio.”
02
Post-Charismatic, to be Continued...
“Spent the evening in an interresting experiment... had a few friends over to discuss Robbymac's ...”
01
House Church Time
“Really... Time has published an article on house churches (HT: Aaron Monts). You know ...”
Feb
28
Pancake Day
“This is the day of the year where I continue to try spreading the message ...”
27
2006: The year that is emerging... less word, more work.
“The other day Andre Daley posted about why he now considers himself "post-emergent," to which ...”
26
Olympic Cartoon Review
“CBC offers a selection of cartoon Olympic moments: Torino Instigator: The Whine Tour”
Detox: Cold Turkey
“A.J. Schwanz is asking a great question, about whether detoxing from church has to be ...”
25
Olympic Observations: Finishing
“Well, I guess we Winnipeggers are pretty proud of our girls on ice these days. ...”
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Ginktionary
“The Ginktionary is something new... "The idea of this site is to create an ...”
23
Quiet
“I don't post a lot of personal details owing to the fact that I'm blogging ...”
22
Field Guide to Evangelicals
“Gotta love that Lark News... they've put up a A Field Guide to Evangelicals and ...”
21
Emerging Pete
“Scot McKnight is starting another series, this one looking at 1 Peter as a potential ...”
Olympic Observations: Hockey
“How about that Canadian Women's hockey team? We're all pretty proud of them back ...”
Emergent Movement Insignificant
“Sounds like Desert Pastor Chris Monroe had a great lunch with George Barna: "turkey, ...”
20
Now Bono was a Prophet, oooh-oooh....
“Sorry, for those who don't know it's one of the Veggie-songs from The Jonah Movie ...”
Literal Blogging
“Here's a good one: a blog dedicated to documenting the misuse of the word ...”
19
Kingdom Lost
“Interesting book concept: It's the nightmare men are planning for you right now. Set forty years into ...”
Bob Robinson Update
“Scot McKnight posts the details: progressing slowly with good signs; waking up for brief ...”
18
Olympic Observations: Hats
“Okay, I get that the toque is about as Canadian an institution as hockey itself... ...”
Jesus and Homosexuality
“Scot McKnight wraps up on Jesus and Homosexuality; I'm linking the last in a 10-post ...”
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Future or Fad (On the Emerging Church Movement)
“A few months back, Scot McKnight wrote Future or Fad (PDF), a piece on the ...”
Olympic Observations: Skeleton
“Suppose you're selecting the sport in which you're going to compete in the winter Olympics, ...”
15
Bob Robinson update
“Scot McKnight has the details, sounds like Bob's condition has slipped further — please continue ...”
Site Maintenance
“In case anyone noticed some oddities over the past few hours, that'll have been caused ...”
Mixed Bag of Updates and Other Bits
“According to Ryan Bolger, the emerging church is not hiring any youth pastors. He's ...”
Bonhoeffer
“I watched one of the newer documentaries on Dietrich Bonhoeffer on PBS the other evening. ...”
14
First Andrew: To the E-MC in North America
“I have this almost-irresistable urge to quote the whole letter, breaking it down into two ...”
13
The Post-Charismatics
“Well, it's finally come to fruition. Post-charismatics, a subject that comes up around here ...”
12
Ingenuity Gap
“Jordon Cooper has a great post about the Ingenuity Gap, which is a book I ...”
Jesus Creed: Blogs of the Week
“Scot McKnight's Blogs of the Week are out again... a great weekly feature which Scot ...”
Olympic Observations: Women's Hockey
“How about that Canadian Women's Hockey Team, eh? After trouncing the Italian team 16-0 ...”
11
Emerging-Missional Definitional
“More emerging church definition discussion, and notes on the marks of a missional church at ...”
10
Bob Robinson: Update
“Scot McKnight has the details. In a nutshell, his situation sounds promising but there ...”
09
Apostolic/Missional Hirschisms
“Sam Metcalf reports his notes from an evening conversation with Alan Hirsch (Forge, TSOTTC; HT:TSK). ...”
08
International Bono Blog Post Week
“It seems everyone's linking and talking about Bono's address to the National Prayer Breakfast — ...”
07
Further Prayers for Bob Robinson (Urgent)
“Prayers were requested on Saturday for fellow blogger Bob Robinson, and he seemed to be ...”
06
In Memoriam: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Allelon has posted In Memoriam: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2/4/1906 to 4/9/1945) to mark the fact that ...”
05
And a rock star shall lead them.
“I kept reading everyone blogging about Bono's speach to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. ...”
04
Prayers Requested: Bob Robinson
“Bob Robinson is a fellow blogger in 'the conversation' and has left his share of ...”
Multigenerational Church & Event-Based Christianity
“Found this EmergingBlurb from EmergingChurch.info Monthly Pick of the Blogs. 'Garth' writes, I have been ...”
03
What Missional Looks Like
“Blind Beggar has summarized What Missional Looks Like. Asking not what the kingdom can ...”
02
Structures for Church Growth
“Continuing an earlier thought about the primary contributing factors fueling expansive church growth in China... I ...”
01
Emerging-Missional Church
“Andrew Jones opines on the meaning of "emerging-missional church" which sparked a lot of linkage... ...”
Jan
31
Underground Church?
“It's not disputed that the growth of the church in China has been explosive... but ...”
Colonialism
“After such pride in being post-colonial, after distancing itself from European colonialism for so long... ...”
30
Re-defining and Celebrating(?) Church
“Mike Devries posts an image of the churchtrap t-shirt.... I wonder if there's a quantity ...”
29
Emerging Rethink... Asking Good Questions
“Steven White is talking about Emergent Eschatology but in true EC form, don't expect a ...”
—Disconnect—
“1. Jesus' mission was not to get more people to attend weekly temple meetings. ...”
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Rock me Amadeus
“Turns out that Mozart would have been 250 years old today, had he lived. ...”
26
Theology Pub Report
“A group of us met earlier this week at the legendary King's Head Pub in ...”
More M-DNA: Disciple-Making
“Over at Signposts, Phil has been adding to the mDNA series with a couple of ...”
25
Signs & Wonders for Post-Charismatics?
“Desert Pastor has a post up on Signs and Wonders which puts me in mind ...”
24
Well, there you have it.
“The election results are in and Canada's government is changing. I didn't think to ...”
23
Election Results
“On the off-chance you're in Canada and looking here instead of watching election results, here's ...”
The Church, the Activists, and the Homosexual Question
“Seems there's a recurring subject these days, one that just won't go away... no matter ...”
22
Worst-ever metaphor for church?
“ISTM there couldn't be a much worse metaphor for being the church than, I'se The B'y ...”
21
Bless you, St. Vincent!
“See, I'm learning all kinds of new reasons to pay attention to the liturgical calendar. ...”
Summoned to Lead III
“Someone pointed out an article in Thursday's Winnipeg Free Press concerning the recent conference with ...”
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The future of the inherited church
“So yesterday at the Summoned to Lead conference, we did a short panel discussion right ...”
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Summoned To Lead II
“A couple of one-liners from Leonard Sweet yesterday: Excellence is one of those metaphors that's killing ...”
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Summoned to Lead
“I had so much fun as an emerging church panelist back in October at an ...”
16
The three types of emergents
“Ed Stetzer's recent article for the Baptist Press on the emerging church has gotten a ...”
Another EC-Critique Looms
“Matt Glover wants to critique the emerging church... he says, "What I’m after is a ...”
15
Canadian Election Prognostication
“Conservatives gaining ground, could now be in striking distance of a majority government, depending who ...”
14
Seen on the boulevard
“Driving down a busy street today (Route 90 near Ness, for the Winnipeggers), I saw ...”
13
It's the deeds, not the creeds
“Keith Drury writes an open letter to Emergents, (he also reads it) which makes good ...”
12
Marks of a Missional Church
“Ryan Bolger recaps the Marks of a Missional Church as promped by a half dozen ...”
11
Prince Caspian: Reepicheep and Mickey
“I was talking about big cats earlier in the week, and today it'll be big ...”
10
False Dichotomy
“Seeker/Believer. Sense & Sensitivity: Why It’s Time to Abandon the Seeker-Sensitive Model on the Out of ...”
09
16 Characteristics of Missional Church
“Larry Chouinard quotes Robert Webber, then Frost & Hirsch, followed by his summary — or ...”
08
The Medium is the Message
“I didn't realize that it was Marshall McLuhan who first coined the phrase "global village" ...”
07
Aslan or Hobbes?
“An interesting question, being asked in a CT article (HT: Cindy, who just dubbed Bill ...”
06
Should Emergent Church Trade Modernity for Postmodernity?
“Yesterday's quote was controversial enough, I thought I'd mention that David Fitch is asking, Should ...”
05
Renewal and the Church that is Emerging
“We are not talking about renewal. Renewal is a concept foreign to the emerging Church. ...”
04
Federal election looms in Canada... now featureing an online debate
“Mike Todd has decided not to vote Liberal later this month (with reason) but those ...”
03
A Short, Nebulous History of Modern Christianity
“This is interresting.... a recent addition to the blogosphere starting to tell his story with ...”
02
Emerging Churches
“Will Samson reviews Emerging Churches, the new Gibbs/Bolger book which I also received for Christmas. ...”
01
Resolved... To Hope.
“I've really never done new year's resolutions. I think in general the whole thing ...”
Happy Changing-of-the-Calendar
“Harkening back to the pre-Christmas "happy holidays" hubub, I heard on the radio last week ...”
2005
Dec
31
Church 2.0: Journeys Without Maps
“Lots of talk lately about what is starting to be called "Church 2.0" — aka ...”
30
More 2005 in Review
“Scot McKnight reflects on his year in blogging; Randy McRoberts discovers Robbymac, noting that they're ...”
29
Spiritual Progress
“Alan Creech has some good thoughts on measuring spiritual progress. Much can be said ...”
28
Toward a Missional Bibliography
“Paul Fromont recently published Way-markers on my Journey toward a missional understanding of church and ...”
27
Top 5 of 2005, twice; the Subversive Year in Review
“Bob Carlton is collecting people's "Top 5" posts from 2005, and upon request, I attempted ...”
26
First paid staff member
“There comes a time in the life of every new church when it's time to ...”
25
Bethlehem
“Bethlehem means "house of bread." The city of David, the birthplace of Christ. ...”
Catholic Jesus?
“I'm considering the various nativity scenes that I'm seeing around, both as figurines and as ...”
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And what of the innkeeper?
“We know nothing, really, of the innkeeper who gave a place with the animals to ...”
22
Tim Berners-Lee's To-Do List
“ Invent World-Wide Web (done, 1989) Found W3C at MIT (done, 1994) Make Time Magazine's list of top ...”
Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
“The tree of life my soul hath seen, Laden with fruit and always green: The trees of ...”
21
An Advent Encounter
“Back in 1999 during the Advent season as Christmas was drawing very near, I put ...”
20
Mixing metaphors, and Kicking your way to the Light
“I love John's gospel; it is easily my favorite book of the Bible. It ...”
Just a Girl
“Hamo has a great reflection on Mary titled Just a Girl; he says, "Today I ...”
19
Couch Church
“A year ago today I "invented" something I called "couch church," and I talked about ...”
18
Advent IV: They that Wait
“Continuing our Advent 2005 series, with Advent IV we're considering Simeon and Anna. ...”
17
CTiE Blogosphere Status Report
“And just for the record, CTiE would be the "church that is emerging" — the ...”
16
Reconciled
“A stable lamp is lighted Whose glow shall wake the sky The stars shall bend their voices And ...”
15
Portraiture
“Photo Not Available It's come to my attention that some people tend to wonder who Brother Maynard ...”
14
Spiritual Formation, the New Way
“Brian Orme takes a stab at contrasting the old way of spiritual formation with the ...”
13
God speaks in mysterious ways... through a blog?
“We've had some discussion about the roll of the prophetic ministry in the emerging church, ...”
Advent for Kids
“I picked up a little Advent book for the kids a few weeks ago — ...”
12
Conversational Tips
“Scot McKnight has some tips up in an effort to foster conversation, first as Seven ...”
11
10
Percolation
“I've got something percolating right now, and will have to wait and see if it's ...”
09
Nine core practices of the emerging church
“Daryl Dash quotes from Gibbs/Bolger: 1. Identifying with Jesus (and his way of life) 2. Transforming secular ...”
08
Closing on Christmas
“There's a lot of blogdom ink spilling this week about churches being closed on Christmas ...”
07
Terminology: The church that is emerging
“Jake at Theofragen considers the church and why it is. Reflecting on a quote ...”
06
A Meal too Cheap
“Have you ever been out at a restaurant with someone and hoped they flinched ...”
05
Indigenous Church
“Aly at Addison Road points out a manifesto for the church that is emerging. ...”
04
Advent II: The Muses of Joseph
“For the second Sunday of Advent, the character we're considering is Joseph. As I ...”
03
Well, Geez!
“When I was a kid, we weren't allowed to use cuss-words. At all. ...”
02
Internal Combustion — and the Wind in Your Face
“I just got in about a half-hour ago from the launch party for Geez Magazine ...”
Blogstorm following more EC-Critique
“John Hammett has issued a paper critiquing the emerging church, and it's stirred up a ...”
01
More Bazaar Church on the Cluetrain
“I've made a few mentions of The Cluetrain Manifesto and allusions to The Cathedral and ...”
Nov
30
29
Outcast... Disaffected.... Disconnected.... Disavowed.
“Emerging Grace has some good musings on those of us doing an "exit-stage-left" on the ...”
28
Which way was the target again?
“Some good thoughts today on how the thing we think is the goal or the ...”
27
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25
You can get anything you want
“I remember back in my college days when I used to visit Alice's Restaurant, the ...”
Church incorporates culture and cross
“Daryl Dash points out a Christian Week article. He seems partial to the article's ...”
24
Modern church, take note
“Fred Peatross does it again, with Conversation to Movement: Fifteen Thoughts for the Modern Church. ...”
23
22
Eberhard and the Two Jacks
“According to popular blogdom, November 22nd is the anniversary of three people's death... coincidentally. In 1963, ...”
21
Christianity turned Cancerous?
“The news article of the day is the story, Falwell fighting for holy holiday: He'll ...”
20
19
Citizenship
“Kyle Potter recently posted some thoughts On Being a Diaspora Christian which offers some good ...”
18
Emerging Church, within & without
“Kevin Cawley makes note of Evangelical Theological Society & The Emerging Church with a good ...”
17
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Are you still shopping at Wal-Mart?
“So the other day I was contrasting shopping at Ten Thousand Villages vs. shopping at ...”
15
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Contemplative Kids & Emergent-No
“A Christianity Today article suggests "Children may be the people most receptive to quiet, reflective ...”
13
Missional
“Fred Peatross notes, "The question came up…who coined the word 'missional?'" He quotes responses ...”
12
Things said elsewhere
“Today is one of those days where in the 20 minutes I have while passing ...”
11
10
A new definition of Emerging Churches
“This is the Gibbs/”
09
Tears, Recognition.
“I remember feeling called to ministry. Everyone said I had giftings for it, they ...”
08
Community Spark
“Robbymac's latest post is People of the Spark, which describes well how I feel lately ...”
07
Crisis of Ecclesiology
“I coined a phrase a while back to describe the growing dissatisfaction, almost despair with ...”
06
Lost labour & gifts in your sleep. Choose your bread wisely.
“Our help is in the name of the Lord the maker of heaven and earth. The angels ...”
05
Five by Five
“Robbymac tagged me with one of these memes — this one mostly about "five's." Ten years ...”
04
The Emerging Church: Not Just Protest Anymore
“Scot McKnight's series on the EC-Movement now contrasts the protest post with What is the ...”
03
Scratch that, I'm no longer Emergent.
“I've just read Michael Lee's article titled Why I Am Not Emergent and based on ...”
02
What is the Emerging Church?
“Scot McKnight is tackling "the question" in a series of posts... some good stuff in ...”
The Quaffing of Pints
“Just a reminder, if you're in the general vicinity of Winnipeg, The King's Head is ...”
01
Why Brother Maynard is Emerging
“Preamble: I originally wrote this response to James MacDonald's piece on why he is not emerging ...”
Oct
31
More on Hallowe'en
“Soul Pastor was telling us the other day about standing in line at an airport ...”
Scary Costumes
“Happy Hallow'een... I suppose. Last week I got an email from someone in our ...”
30
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The Magic Cauldron
“I love it when people "get it." This time it's The Magic Cauldron…, a ...”
27
Bloggers ask great questions.
“We've talked a fair bit about people leaving church, but Brad Berkfalk is talking about ...”
26
Spiritual formation sources?
“Scot McKnight has a new poll up that's quite an interesting muse... he says, George Barna, ...”
25
24
The Post-Conference Post
“If you're just tuning in after hearing the emerging church panel at Prov Emerging Church ...”
23
What would you say to them? (Input Requested)
“So I mentioned before that I'm sitting on a panel at an emerging church forum ...”
22
Ancient/Future Dreaming
“All through my involvement in and teaching on the prophetic ministry in charismatic circles, I ...”
21
20
Leading Emerging Church Blogs
“Okay, so with Andrew Jones gone walkabout and only posting sporadically, what's everyone reading these ...”
19
Dying Church
“I quote: Starting this site was a bit of a milestone for me. I was at ...”
18
Dead Youthpastor Walking...
“Final post from Dead Youth Pastor Walking: bye kids. tired of church and its abuse of ...”
17
BolgBlog: Please, no more doing church for 'them'
“Quoth Ryan Bolger: I just received a question from an associate that asked how to start ...”
16
The extra place at the table
“Today we met with our simple church family (with an extra couple as guests). ...”
15
Emerging Church Pastors/Leaders Conference
“It's disappointing that Peregrinations, the emerging church forum in Kelowna has been cancelled — or ...”
14
13
Differences between Traditional Church and the Emerging Church
“This one from Fred Peatross contrasts the modern church with the postmodern/emerging church. The traditional church ...”
12
What is the Role of the Prophetic in the Emerging Church?
“You might have to be charismatic or post-charismatic to really want to dig in on ...”
11
Jesus and the Fishermen
“It was Jesus who, in calling the first members of his faith community, the diciples, ...”
10
Seven States of Church Attendance
“Phil Smith points to a good post by Yasmin Finch on the "de-churched." She ...”
09
08
Emerging Who?
“Rudy Carrasco points out an article at Charisma, "30 Emerging Voices" which profiles 30 leaders ...”
07
More thoughts on Megachurch & Missional Church
“Technorati rocks. I can almost always find interesting material through its search field, stuff ...”
06
Still reading
“And still not catching up with my reading... it's been a busy week in my ...”
05
New Blogs and Other Updates
“A bleary-eyed Scot McKnight did a second post on emerging doctrinal statements, Doctrinal Statements and ...”
04
Mark Palmer, the postmodern Job of emerging blogdom
“Sometime over the past many months I've been blogging, I noticed a lot of people ...”
03
So many posts, so little time
“I've got so much on the brain right now it's hard to get it all ...”
02
On Christian Community
“Discussion with our regular gathering last night ran along the lines of christian community... this ...”
01
Church: The Return.... (a Personal Update)
“It was bound to happen eventually. Friends at the church we left behind are ...”
Sep
30
29
Promises
“Jason Clark is asking, "How many times do we over-promise on church?" I've had ...”
28
It's all about...
“Sivin Kit has a post about some recent meetings with a couple of slides comparing ...”
Prayers for Bob Carlton
“I don't really know Bob Carlton except as a fellow blogger who warrants a slot ...”
27
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Meetings IRL
“A post by Conrad Gempf a few weeks back had me thinking, so I'm finally ...”
23
22
5 issues for a new Reformation
“Andrew (TSK) Jones notes, Marc Van der Woude, the tall skinny Dutchman from Connect Europe, has ...”
21
Can Anyone Tell Me What Preaching Is For?
“Not my question, but Kester Brewin's question the other day. Kester of The Complex ...”
20
A New Kind of Conversation
“A New Kind of Conversation is an interesting experiment: This blog-book will discuss what a postmodern ...”
19
Emerging Church Forum
“Len & Co off in Kelowna are hosting Peregrinations: An Emerging Church Forum from November ...”
18
10 Steps towards a redefinition of church
“Richard Passmore offers 10 Steps towards a redefinition of church, also titled A Manifesto Calling ...”
Ryan Bolger: A Brief Snapshot of the Emerging Church
“Ryan Bolger offers an excellent Brief Snapshot of the Emerging Church. He summarizes eight ...”
17
Q&A with Rob Bell: 'We have to ... keep exploring'
“Rob Bell's in the spotlight these days with his new book, Velvet Elvis : Repainting ...”
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Mightier than the Sword
“Scot McKnight is in fine form, as ever — this time he's extolling the virtues ...”
13
More Cluetrain
“How about this — The Cluetrain for Churches, a "translation" of the book that reorients ...”
12
Discussing Spiritual Abuse
“Emerging Grace has a post today talking about spiritual abuse, which is a subject one ...”
Comments Posted Elsewhere
“The following is a listing of comments posted by Brother Maynard on other blogs.”
Soul Pastor
“Oddly enough, I've had an easier time arranging meetings with local pastors in Winnipeg since ...”
11
Church Size: Tall, Venti, or Grande?
“As you all recall, I have no real idea what those three sizes actually represent. ...”
10
Theology Pubs: Two in One Week?
“You may have noticed the emerging-Winnipeg gang planning a soiré this Monday evening the 12th. ...”
Chick Bloggers, Dude Bloggers... Kid Bloggers?
“Not to be outdone, Emerging Grace has started a list of Emerging/Missional Dude Bloggers... in ...”
09
To Blog, or not To Blog, that is the Question. Whether 'tis more Spiritual...
“The Spirituality of Blogging... or The Spirituality of Not Blogging; take your pick, both from ...”
08
The Participatory Church Manifesto
“Tim Bednar's article, "We know more than our pastors" is getting a fresh look from ...”
07
Point : Counterpoint — Apologetics & Athiests
“Chad Hamilton emailed the other day with a heads-up on an experiment they're doing over ...”
06
In Search of the Spiritual
“Jason Clark has written about a recent Newseek article, In Search of the Spiritual, — ...”
Collected thoughts at the end of a hiatus
“We rolled back into town earlier this evening, so it's back to the daily grind. ...”
05
Convinced or Confused?
“Church Clothes The chameleon charms with wizardry to escape his humble lizardry, blending in with vain show blizzardry, Chameleon ...”
04
Theology changing with the times?
“Lots of big questions these days about developing postmodern theology.... somewhere between, "The church will ...”
03
Difference Between U.S. and Canadian Seekers
“As noted on Planet Emergent, Mike VanderKwaak is plugging Bruce Gritter's newly-minted blog. For ...”
02
01
The Labyrinth Experiment
“I've been thinking for a while about labyrinths — a short while back, we discussed ...”
Aug
31
30
29
The Blogging of Grey Owl
“By way of a "heads-up," there's a new kid on the Blogk. A bunch ...”
28
Segment of Evangelical Christianity Rejects Rigid Right and Timid Liberals
“Another mainline published article has appeared discussing the emerging church — this one after visiting ...”
27
404
A Bridge Far Enough?
“Brian McLaren in the September/October issue of Sojourners: A Bridge Far Enough? How would ...”
26
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Further thoughts on leadership
“I'm following up my Analog Conversations post with a few other articles which further thoughts/discussion ...”
23
The kind of Christian I'm not
“Of course I hate to define myself by what I'm not, but I guess there ...”
22
Jesus Outed in Megachurch, Film at 11
“Rick Luoni points out a series by Mac on his blog, Doghouse. The series ...”
21
20
At the Lake
“The thing that Winnipeggers do in the summers is head to the lake. I ...”
19
McLaren: Finding the Right Words Is Difficult
“Here's one you don't see every day: McLaren: 'Finding the Right Words Is Difficult' ...”
Jesus = Pastor = Missional and Don't Forget It
“John Frye rants again in Jesus = Pastor = Missional and Don't Forget It. ...”
18
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Maintenance
“Sorry to anyone who's been getting wierd results when visiting over the last 48 hours ...”
16
Overdue Analog Conversations
“As has been blog-mentioned already, old friend Robbymac passed through town last week. He ...”
15
14
Wanted: Emerging/Missional Chick Bloggers
“An observation was recently made about the absence of women in leadership positions in the ...”
13
Discipleship 101 – A Practical Guide to Entering a Truly Heavenly Quality of Life
“Brad Hightower over at 21st Century Reformation just sent me an email flagging a new ...”
12
WWJD: What Would Jesus Drink?
“I want to say the answer is Guinness, and I figure that'd probably be right. ...”
Conversations
“Made good progress with Robbymac this afternoon as we deconstructed and reconstructed the whole notion ...”
11
10
Profile of post-church groups
“This one is noteworthy. Alan Jamieson publishes an study titled "Friends Exploring the Frontiers ...”
09
And now a "Bad Book" List
“People are talking about the ten worst books for the church as listed by Sam ...”
So Many Books, So Little Time: More Book Lists
“There's no way to catch up with all this book-buying, let alone the reading of ...”
08
You might be Missional...
“"Missional" is definitely "Buzzword 2.0-Compliant" these days. Trevin Wax offers Missional - The New ...”
Ecclesiology Roundup
“Hamo has a good post on Incarnational v Attractional Mission, which is linked by Van ...”
07
"Going to the Mattresses"
“In The Godfather movie trilogy, the phrase "go to the mattresses" appears, but without a ...”
Exodus: The Postmodern Diaspora
“Well, it turns out I've been holding "Exodus Week" here at Subversive Influence... don't know ...”
06
Art... or how many Words?
“Mike Todd relates a powerful moment from his course last week with Gordon Fee. ...”
Paul Fromont Away From and Toward: Emerging Hope and the Dreaming of Dreams.
“Paul Fromont is published in the August edition of EmergingChurch.info where his article Away From ...”
05
Leadership, Pastors, and Apostles
“Signpost Phil writes further in the mDNA series, on finding those with an apostolic gift. ...”
Dear Jesus, the Exit is This Way...
“Sometimes a theme recurs so loudly and so often that the reverberations never seem to ...”
04
Exit Signs: Pentecostal, Wisconsin
“The Winnipeg Fringe Festival wrapped up last week (to be replaced this week with Folklorama; ...”
40 Books for a Personal M.Div
“Of the listing of books there is no end. This post contains such a list. ...”
03
Barna Makes a Major Ministry Change
“From a post by Jason Evans: For 20 years, in book after book, Barna has been ...”
Emerging & Missional Church Reactions
“Darryl Dash quotes Zander and Willard on the emerging church, while Si Johnson reports that ...”
02
Institutional Chronicles: The Shawshank Analogy
“In the movie The Shawshank Redemption, there are a number of images and themes which ...”
01
Musings from the Beach: De-institutionalization
“Turns out the beach is a good place to catch up with people you no ...”
Jul
31
Reading List on the Roman Empire
“Following up his list of Jewish reading material, Mike Devries posts a list of reading ...”
30
Leadership Structures in Missional Churches... Can we Stop "Swinging Past"?
“Phil over at Signposts has some good thoughts on leadership. Leadership structures are important as they ...”
29
Peak Oil: An Update.
“As a followup to a previous post on the subject of Peak Oil, I notice ...”
28
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Jewish Understanding of the Bible
“You can still get sideways looks in many Christian circles if you refer to the ...”
26
Recap and Update: Forge and Emergent
“The source documents have all been removed and only the blog posts and comments remain. ...”
Movement spurns the megachurch model
“More emerging press coverage. To Nathanael Allison , Sunday worship means dropping in at a Greek ...”
Communion as a Culinary Art
“I've mentioned before that I've been hanging out at St. Benedict's Table, putting in an ...”
25
I'm getting a little tired...
“...and I just thought I'd mention it to everyone, as I passed the tipping point ...”
Missional DNA... Describing Foundational Missional Concepts
“The Aussie blog Signposts is running an occasional series on missional DNA, or mDNA... a ...”
24
Study on the American Emerging Church Released
“Several months ago, finished graduate research (for now) on the emerging church in ...”
23
I Hate IE
“IE to some of you is "Internet Explorer" but to me it's "Internet Excrement" that ...”
22
Eavesdropping on Emails: Love the Church, Hate Christendom
“There's a great email conversation summarized at as.it.is. Jason and Ryan discuss Emergent as ...”
21
Carson v. Emergent v. Forge
“Seems the nice folks at Forge in Australia have released a position paper written on ...”
20
The New Leadership Dilemma
“Mark Van S has an excellent post at OrganicChurch.net discussing a challenge to church leaders ...”
Coffee As A Means Of Grace
“As a followup to my post on Starbucks the other day, I thought it would ...”
19
Missional is as Missional does
“Joe Thorn explains what is a missional church, while Steve McCoy points to a series ...”
The Human Image of God
“The Human image of God (Col 1:15): It has been noted that in the ...”
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The Jesus Creed as a Table
“The observant person's table story: You can eat with me if you are clean. ...”
16
People Leaving Church, and Church Needs Wheels
“So here's an observation. Turns out that I'm the #3 result on Yahoo for ...”
15
Yin and Yang
“Yin Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient ...”
14
Missional Chicks
“Post title is ripped from this recent post at signposts because, well, it's catchy... and ...”
13
It's a *Post-Modern* Movement
“Finally someone else understands what I've been saying about the emerging church as a movement. ...”
12
Sola Missional Scriptura
“Scot McKnight has an excellent post on how the emerging church views the Bible, which ...”
Site Maintenance
“If you've popped by here in the last 90 minutes or so, sorry about the ...”
11
Happy Feast of St. Benedict
“I had an email in my inbox this morning from St. Benedict's Table (it's okay, ...”
10
Consider our Average... Improve by Being Missional?
“Stephen Shields asks, "you can get the christian out of the church, but can you ...”
09
Emerging Movement?
“There's an updated Wikipedia definition for the emerging church now, thanks to the conversations and ...”
08
Evil Street?
“Jordan points out some changes that are allegedly being made to Sesame Street... and it's ...”
The Purpose-Driven Emerging Church: No, No, No, No, No!
“Daryl Dash blogs a blurb from Rick Warren's Ministry Toolbox which offers a healthier EC ...”
07
Everyone is Going to Heaven
“Had a revelation this morning, one of those that suits a controversial blog-post, or at ...”
Bowing at the Altar of Relevance: The Church Has Sold Out
“As noted on My Four Walls blog, Lucas Land has an article, "Bowing at the ...”
06
EC Critiques (Again)... DA Carson, Al Mohler, Frank Viola
“Not to mention critiques of critiques. From a few days ago, we have Ken ...”
05
12 13 Tension Points in the Emerging Church
“Andrew Jones does it again, this time with 12 13 Tension Points in the Emerging ...”
04
More Post-Charismatic Thoughts
“Jason Clark continues his post-charismatic thoughts, and Len Hjalmarson jumps in with some reflection, also ...”
Rock Stars, Jesus, LIve8, and the G8
“I commend Rick Luoni's musings titled "Rock Stars, Hate & Jesus." I quote a ...”
03
The Dangerous Shape of Church to Come
“Well, the post title is something to hope for. For consideration is a rough ...”
02
The Last Gasps of Literate Christianity
“From The Last Gasps of Literate Christianity (with HT: Weary of the Moon): Michael Spencer, who ...”
Jesus wants His church back
“Notes for a panel discussion to be held at an upcoming Forge Emerging Church Summit ...”
01
Jun
30
Post-Charismatic: Across the Pond
“Looks like Jason Clark is discussing what it means to be post-charismatic, perhaps echos of ...”
29
Worst Church Sign
“I'm always pleasantly amused when I drive by one particular sign at a church in ...”
28
Thought of the Day
“"You can't buy your way into heaven, only out of it." While we're on the subject ...”
27
How to Start a Pastoral Lynch-Mob
“Robbymac has a great post up based on the premise, "You have one hour to ...”
26
Nothing but the Best for God
“Bob left a comment on my second $Trillion post about a church who justified a ...”
25
The Four Spiritual Laws, reconsidered
“Scot McKnight has completed a series that several of us bloggers have been watching with ...”
24
$1Trillion Reconsidered
“I've still been thinking about the $1Trillion collected by American churches over 20 years. ...”
23
Backward Thinking in an Upside-Down Kingdom
“Opposite Day bravery: or on "opposite day" would you call it cowardice? this ...”
How so is Orthodoxy Generous?
“Scot McKnight has been churning out a few excellent posts of late. "Excellent" in ...”
22
Aslan Intervenes
“This is stunning — an AP story: Lions Rescue, Guard Beaten Ethiopian Girl (with HT: ...”
Robert Bly Ceding the Men's Movement to the Church?
“Maybe it's the way things are... or perhaps the way they were in the modern ...”
21
Dialogue and Spiritual Formation
“Steve Knight offers some excellent observations on dialogue being integral to spiritual formation: In his book ...”
20
The Hope of the Emerging Church
“Alan Roxburgh has a brief report out about the emerging church (also at Allelon, with ...”
19
Billy Graham: A Generous Modern Evangelist
“There's an outpouring of love going on right now for Rev. Billy Graham, who may ...”
18
The Fruit of the Spirit: How are You Doing?
“During our regular Thursday evening with friends this week, the subject of the "Fruit of ...”
17
Generation What??
“The other day Robbymac mentioned that he was not part of Gen-X, but was part ...”
16
Of the Collecting of Books...
“...there is no end, thanks be to God. Arlen tagged me with a book meme, and ...”
15
Spiritual Formation Test
“From Scot McKnight comes a different kind of test... this one isn't a snappy meme ...”
Theological Worldview Quiz Explained
“Well, sorta explained. For everyone scratching their heads at the answers to their "theological ...”
14
More Statistics
“I saw the post Not in Kansas anymore... today over at the One House Blog. ...”
Tony Jones: Emergent's first National Director
“The Emergent kids are growing up! According to Report From Emergent Summit - Part ...”
Why Daddies Tease Their Daughters
“We've had to explain to our girls while they were young that there are two ...”
13
10 Questions for Brian McLaren
“I wish certain of the critics would read a few of these responses before they ...”
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TTFN, going MIA.
“Just fyi, I'll be off the blog (or at least mostly so) for a couple ...”
W's Observation: Living Psalms
“Last time we met together, we read Psalm 73, and watched how the Psalmist began ...”
10
The Trajectory of a Movement, Part 2
“In Part 1, we described religious movements which spring out of their preceding movements. ...”
09
Considering the Movement
“Len Hjalmarson asks, Are we a movement? which jumps from there to conversations with Robbymac ...”
08
Stupid comment spammers.
“I've got the comment-spam filters tweaked by now so that not a lot gets through, ...”
Dear Dignan: an Answer on the Emerging Church
“You asked What IS Emergent? and it doesn't look like you've gotten an answer yet. ...”
07
Christianity: Tweaking A Seriously Failing ROI
“Barna does it again, as reported on Next-Wave (HT:TSK). I'm just going to pick ...”
06
Blah (and Thanks)
“I've been down with a bug since Saturday evening. Yesterday I was wondering if ...”
05
Emerging Church Blog Weekend; Critiques & Post-Charismaticism
“First off, there's D.A. Carson, who receives reviews and responses from Sam Storms and from ...”
04
Glorious Strangeness
“The gospels immerse the reader in the strangeness of a relationship with Jesus where those ...”
03
A Timely Response: A Collective Response to Critics
“Over the past week or so I've been considering a particular criticism of Brian McLaren ...”
02
Who, Me?
“Like a lot of bloggers, I check my page stats — not religiously, but enough ...”
01
7 Years
“Seven years ago this evening I became a first-time Dad... so we're celebrating my oldest ...”
Alan Roxburgh: Crossing the Bridge: Church Leadership in a Time of Change
“Alan Roxburgh's book, Crossing the Bridge: Church Leadership in a Time of Change, is available ...”
May
31
Yes, 'tis True.
“(But what is truth?) A good friend that I hadn't seen in a few months walked ...”
30
Sometimes You Side with the Minority...
“I'm trying to decide if this is one of those times again, or if I'm ...”
29
The Church Needs a Movement, Pastors Need a Conversation
“Excerpted from a post by Alan Hartung: Established church pastors, denominational heads, other "leaders" need a ...”
Preachers Who Have “Everything But ‘It’”
“Snipping from Chris Erdman's post, Preachers Who Have “Everything But ‘It’”: Michka is asking his friend, ...”
28
Terminology
“Question for thought: What is the difference between a postmodern theologian and a theologian ...”
27
Why fast?
“The gang has cleared out for the evening now after a great "simple church" meeting ...”
26
Shabbat Shalom
“Mike DeVries has a couple of interesting posts on a subject I've been considering off ...”
25
What Heaven is like
“If you prefer to picture heaven as pearly gates and streets of gold and jasper ...”
24
Things that Might have Been
“I just read Andrew Jones' post, "My 20 Year Pilgrimage" (yes, every word, Andrew, with ...”
23
22
Emergent Convention 2005
“I wasn't there, lacking both the time and money for these things... but the Internet ...”
Hedonism & Guilt?
“Internet Monk: The Spiral of Despair in Christian Hedonism: Steve Brown's Take on John ...”
As the pot said to the kettle...
“HT:Will... Mike Todd points out something which has in my mind a strong tendency toward ...”
21
Anachronistically speaking
“Andrew (TSK) Jones wonders what it would be like if the Bible were blogged. ...”
20
A kindly critique
“As TSK points out, a good critique of EC has emerged from Canada, no less... ...”
19
Gospel, gospel.... let's see, I used to know what that was...
“More Bob Robinson on the gospel... good stuff. D.A. Carson, Dallas Willard, and Leonard ...”
18
The Sin of the Prodigal
“Leonard Sweet on the Parable of the Prodigals: It has become fashionable to see the elder ...”
17
Sin is...
“So I was reading Leonard Sweet's Out of the Question... Into the Mystery yesterday, and ...”
16
Past Prayer Life Regression II
“Still thinking about prayer, and about prayer lives past. I used to do a ...”
15
Past Prayer Life Regression
“Call it therapy. Last night we met with our rag-tag band of merry men persons. ...”
14
All things to all people?
“Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a ...”
13
Intentionally Incarnational
“Alan Creech inspires Arlen, who blogs up a storm with Church: Trying to Live Differently ...”
12
Total Forgiveness
“Good discussion this evening on forgiveness... read together a chapter of Total Forgiveness by R.T. ...”
11
Surfability
“I love the 'net for its "surfability." I don't normally visit Brian Orme's blog, but I ...”
10
8. I long for a church that is not uncomfortable with mystery or with the sacraments.
“I long for a church that is not uncomfortable with mystery or with the sacraments. ...”
09
The Urge to Organize
“Jonny Baker has convinced Bill Millar of Knox United Church in Winnipeg to start blogging ...”
08
Sin, sin, sin, sin, ihateit, ihateit, ihateit, ihateit!
“The title is from a song by a Christian punk band back in the 80's. ...”
07
Anonymous Blogging
“I blog anonymously for a particular reason, and expect that reason to come to a ...”
06
3 Books, 3 Names, 3 Blogs, 1 IRL EC?
“So a chap named Davey visited the blog not quite 24 hours ago, and left ...”
05
The Essay
“Scot McKnight's recent blog post, Emergent Style? The Essay Form provides an exceptionally good perspective ...”
04
First word, last word, and in between: NextWave interviews Brian McLaren
“You'll find the interview a good read, but nothing blazingly new... except perhaps a great ...”
03
Banner of Critique, Part 2
“Evidently I'm still thinking about this. EC is charged with weakness two: 2. It ...”
02
Banner of critique
“Banner of Truth has always been a good place for reformed theology.... whether you're looking ...”
01
Fire without brimstone
“Brian McLaren preaches tolerance and environmentalism, making him one of the country's more unusual yet ...”
Apr
30
What would you call it?
“When in the midst of a conversation among friends, one says, "...and you're not allowed ...”
29
Sometimes you just resonate: True/False Community
“Chris Erdman writes: Moving past the charade that passes for true community? There is such a ...”
28
What is EC? — Part II
“So in discussion on this blog, Bob Robinson asked me (backed up by Robbymac), What ...”
27
What is EC?
“I keep getting asked this and although I give an answer each time, I'm never ...”
26
Church and Community
“... "Community is overused indeed -- but find a better term for what Jesus came ...”
25
24
An anniversary missed
“Recalling an email conversation with Robbymac back in January, I realized then that this April ...”
23
22
Stirring up relationships
“Margaret Mead was married to an equally renowned anthropologist, Gregory Bateson. One of my ...”
21
My Vatican Connections
“Just a heads-up that this post has nothing much to do with anything, and I'll ...”
20
But What is a ____?
“Arlen has a riddle (kind of) in this post. What is dying but practices ...”
19
DA Carson's new book, in 25 posts or less
“Scot McKnight's summary of and reaction to D.A. Carson's new book critiquing EC is now ...”
18
The new 4 laws/steps program...
“I've been engaged in a conversation lately over at Bob Robinson's Blog with Bob, Scot ...”
17
Storytelling
“Martin Buber liked to tell the story of a grandfather who was paralyzed. One ...”
16
Scot McKnight: DA Carson and the Emergent Movement
“looks like Scot McKnight is right on the ball and, as promised, has his first ...”
15
Andrew Jones: An Open Blog Post for Don Carson 1.0
“Our favorite height-endowed girth-challenged Kiwi has virtually inked "An Open Blog Post for Don Carson" ...”
14
Leading in the Kingdom
“I'm swamped at the moment, and so rather than think anything original, I direct you ...”
13
The Emerging Conversation: Unabridged
“The Emerging Conversation: Unabridged Worship Leader Magazine interviews Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, Karen Ward, Dan Kimball, ...”
12
Pew Position Proposition
“"One of the main functions of organized religion is to protect people from a direct ...”
11
7. I long for a church that recognizes the value of ancient traditions.
“I long for a church that recognizes the value of ancient traditions. I’ve long been ...”
10
Follow.
“"Want to learn how to live?" asks Quan Yin. "Follow the feminine." "Want to learn ...”
09
Frank Viola - entering the conversation?
“As noted by Andrew Jones, it seems that Frank Viola has published a critique, of ...”
08
Why
“I saw Michael Card in concert (a Worldserve fundraiser) last evening with friends. ...And why ...”
07
Post-congregational
“With a nod to Sivin Kit, take a gander at this Charisma article, "When Christians ...”
06
05
04
Attention, Choir: Dallas Willard can mess you up
“Next-Wave is running a journey article by Pastor X, which sparks a few thoughts, starting ...”
03
How are you different?
“Christians may not be aware of the extent to which they have conformed to a ...”
Internet Evangelism & Church Planting
“Elements of various conversations... Stephen Shields has a substantial post with a few notes from ...”
02
Flaws in the Church's DNA
“From the brief 2002 article Flaws in the Church's DNA by Michael Frost: The ...”
01
Mar
31
Why Define the Emerging Church?
“Spoiler: Because it's practical to do so. Now here's the long answer... A Hanson ...”
30
6. I long for a church that can be outwardly-focused...
“I long for a church that can be outwardly-focused without constantly pushing evangelism on the ...”
29
Why Emerging Church is not "Seeker Sensitive II"
“A side-trip on the way to the abbey pointed out this post by Bill Bean ...”
28
Where do you go to church?
“Hmmm. Bear in mind that "Church" isn't something you "go to" — unless you're ...”
27
The Events of Holy Week: Part 7
“He is risen! He is risen indeed! Part 7, the final chapter of my series on Holy ...”
26
Humans are Humans, Ants are Ants... but Sometimes One Can Learn from the Other
“The other day Maggi Dawn posted about ants, saying "humans are not ants." She's ...”
For on the cross...
“Easter thoughts, particularly for those in turmoil. My soul finds rest In God alone He only is ...”
25
Rethinking Small Groups
“Len Hjalmarson reviews Joseph Myers' The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community and Small Groups. In ...”
24
The Events of Holy Week: Part 5
“Part 5 of my series on Holy Week events is now online as a continuation ...”
Quo Vadis, Robbymac?
“Many friends who know me will also know a dear friend, who blogs under the ...”
23
Say it IS so!
“Bill Bean posts in this entry an excerpt from The Holy Wild by Mark Buchanan ...”
The Events of Holy Week: Part 4
“Wednesday was a dark, quiet day during Holy Week... Part 4 of my series on ...”
22
Events of Holy Week, Part 3: Tuesday
“Part 3 of my series on Holy Week events is now up for viewing. ...”
Emergence and Reformation
“I've been considering reformation and emergence lately... partially in "reality check moments" but also partially ...”
21
An Orderly Account of The First Easter: Part 2
“Part 2 of my series on Holy Week events is now online. If you ...”
20
The Events of Holy Week: Part 1
“The other day on the subject of preaching and/or reinventing the sermon, I mentioned a ...”
19
Are we mainstream yet?
“Alan Creech notes, the word gets out.... as he and several others have reported, The ...”
18
Update on Preaching
“Jason Clark is asking questions about preaching — not exactly the same as I was ...”
17
St. Patrick
“The meaning of St. Patrick's Day... rather than do my own homework, I refer you ...”
16
Post-Preaching: is the Sermon still Relevant?
“Today a subversively-thinking friend sent me a link to an article by Michael Frost titled ...”
15
'Soldier-ing' reconsidered
“Spencer Burke takes on warrior imagery in SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES: A Former Soldier of Christ ...”
14
On the passing of Stan Grenz
“I watched as the sad news broke on Friday evening and through the weekend, but ...”
13
Why is the Church?
“A chewy excerpt from McLaren's A New Kind of Christian (p.155): In my thinking, ...”
12
About Servant Leadership...
“Turns out that there are secular examples of servant leadership as well, people advocating servant ...”
11
"Community"
“Talking about community lately.... had an insight last evening. "Community" is often used to ...”
10
5. I long for a culturally relevant church.
“I long for a culturally relevant church. I don’t understand why cross-cultural missionaries attempt to ...”
09
Milestones in our thinking
“I've had a lot of 'new kind of conversation' lately, but sometimes a thing or ...”
08
A kindred spirit as regards church structure?
“Nice to hear (courtesy of Steve McCoy via Planet Emergent) about somebody doing church in ...”
Post-Christian, Redux
“In view of the obvious and embarassing error in my last post wherein I misrepresented ...”
07
Another Post- ?
“A few years ago now, the common practice of denoting time as BC or AD ...”
06
4. I long for a decentralized structure, and I long for servant leadership among peers.
“I long for a decentralized structure, and I long for servant leadership among peers. Power ...”
05
An Open Letter to Stuart McLean
“Sometimes I start writing things which I then put away on the shelf and forget ...”
04
Scenes from an Email Conversation
“Scene 1, in which I consider the impact to the group with whom we meet ...”
03
Sneak Peek at the Penultimate Word
“Brian McLaren's third installment in the trilogy begun with A New Kind of Christian isn't ...”
02
The honour is in the nomination
“Adrian over at emergingchurch.info sent me an email the other day asking if they could ...”
3. I long for the attainable challenge of Jesus.
“I long for the attainable challenge of Jesus. Put the other way, I’m tired of ...”
01
A Theology of Missional Church: The Kingdom Made Visible
“As seen on Prodigal Kiwi Blog, the February 2005 Stimulus is on missional church, and ...”
Feb
28
Future Shape of Church?
“Serendipity. While browsing, I found future-shape-of-church.org, which asks the question, "What is the Future ...”
27
What is church?
“So I was scrolling through Len Hjalmarson's blog today and this jumped out at me: ...”
26
2. I long for a church with deep interpersonal relationships.
“I long for a church with deep interpersonal relationships. I was attracted to a place ...”
25
Can we fix it?
“Desert Pastor posts a question after citing Jeremiah 6:14, "They dress the wound of my ...”
24
The authority of church leaders?
“Interesting question this evening as the topic of conversation... concerning what authority is held by ...”
23
1. I long for a church that is low-key.
“I long for a church that is low-key. I’m tired of hype, I’m tired of ...”
22
The Rest of the Story
“The following is excerpted from an article I wrote in November 1997 to illustrate how ...”
21
To clarify this 'journey'...
“Seems there's some misunderstanding about the journey we're on. To some, it looks like ...”
20
What is the Emerging Church?
“Glenn Kaiser thinking about the emerging church: There are many reasons- good and bad- for ...”
19
'Emerging Theologians' - theology by the masses, for the masses?
“As I've mentioned before, Brian McLaren's Open Letter to Worship Leaders contains an interesting idea ...”
18
Don Miller Interview; Will that be Cool Jesus or Offensive Jesus?
“Don Miller is interviewed by that bastion of conservative evangelical publishing, The Wittenburg Door. ...”
17
Setting the DNA for a Community of Faith
“A small group of dear folks that we've been meeting with is feeling recently that ...”
16
Letter from a Young Prodigal Slacker
“Ouch. Take a look at this letter on Brian McLaren's site which is copied ...”
Simple Church, Simple Challenge
“The height-endowed Kiwi posts about a gathering in Switzerland that included a 5KM sled run ...”
15
Make Poverty History in Canada
“As discovered on Mike Todd's Blog. You're probably seeing white bands on a growing ...”
14
Naked in the Pulpit
“Not a bad dream but a Leadership Journal article by Tim Keel in which he ...”
13
Worship as a Lifestyle
“Right off, take note that I hate the title of this blog post. The ...”
12
Why I Am A Post-Evangelical
“Dave has named what the real issue is in evangelicalism — power. Evangelicals ...”
11
Pomos Toward Paradise
“Hey with a title like that (above), links are circulating to this article at Publishers ...”
Beautiful Beatitudes
“I've mentioned previously that I feel God wants to speak to us personally and significantly ...”
10
The Trajectory of a Movement, Part 2
“I may get my full-length article out of this yet. Anyone who missed the ...”
09
08
Happy Pancake Day
“It is a very little-known fact, but each year on Shrove Tuesday, the Pancake Turtle ...”
07
Question of the Day, 1984
“New thoughts this morning; I'm reading A New Kind of Christian and I feel a ...”
06
Interesting Factoid: Welcome back from EC-05
“Just wanted to welcome everyone back from Emergent Convention 2005 in San Diego. Wish ...”
Another Emerging Church Article in the Mainstream
“This time, Plugged In is in the LA Times... free registration required, else visit BugMeNot.com ...”
05
Confess Your Emergence One to Another
“I have to go back and read this article again, so I thought I'd share: ...”
Congrats to 21stCenturyReformation
“Looks like Brad Hightower's Blog has been nominated in two categories in the Evangelical Blog ...”
04
Relationships are not Structural
“A good home group meeting involves a very small group, a bottle of wine, good ...”
03
Would Jesus Make the List?
“Rick Luoni asks the question captioned above concerning the Time list everyone's blogging about. ...”
02
Speaking of Change and Conflict
“Chris Erdman and Al Roxburgh write about Change, Conflict, and Missional Leadership: Change and the ...”
01
McLaren et al on Larry King
“For those who missed it, here's the transcript of the February 1st Larry King Live ...”
Interview with Dan Kimball of Vintage Faith Church
“Over at Next-Wave, Brian Orme interviews Dan Kimball of Vintage Faith Church. Dan, could you ...”
Jan
31
Tony Jones, Looking Back...and Ahead
“This looks like a good quick history, leaves one wishing there'd been space to fill ...”
Lectionary Readings
“I was just Googling to try and find a lectionary with RSS feeds so I ...”
New Books on Order
“Well, we ordered a whole new stack of books over the weekend... the order includes: Out ...”
30
Re-Church
“Did church twice today... still discovering, still trying to figure out where to be. ...”
New Blog Feature
“I added a new blog feature that I wanted to point out, and just thought ...”
29
Sympathy for Bono
“I used to feel sorry for Bono. Poor guy never seems to have found ...”
28
The Importance of Story
“I have a story. It's a part of me, and in some way, it ...”
27
25
Leadership: What the Church Needs Now
“I just found these thoughts by Rick at New Life Emerging: "Looking for a role model ...”
24
23
Good Friends
“Feels like we spent the weekend with friends. Spur-of-the-moment on Saturday afternoon, followed by ...”
22
Rhetorical question of the day
“Why are missiology and ecclesiology not the same conversation?”
The Gentle Healer
“Michael Card   Psalm 146:5 The Gentle Healer came into our town today. He touched blind eyes and the ...”
21
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The Sermon on the Mount
“In our little home group (the church we're still a part of does the home/cell ...”
Emerging Critiques: A False Start
“A month ago there was discussion about Emerging Critiques and many of us were saying ...”
18
17
My Answer to PE Question #1, Influential Books
“So here's my answer to Question #1. The three books that have been most ...”
PEBloggers: Question #1, Influential Books
“Further to the idea of a discussion question for PEblogdom, here goes with Question #1. ...”
16
A Call to Planet Emergent Bloggers
“Sunday afternoon musing... Planet Emergent seems to be catching on, and was a great idea ...”
15
Time to restock the library
“Well, I have some money to spend in the form of Chapters gift certificates — ...”
14
Jason Clark: Emergent is not the Emerging Church
“Jason Clark points out that the Emerging Church is larger than Emergent, noting that some ...”
13
This much we do know... (more about the church)
“Considering the nature and expression of church was one of the primary reasons I started ...”
12
The Church is in the Way!
“From the bookshelf, currently reading and recommending Don Miller's Blue Like Jazz. My wife ...”
Planet Emergent
“As has been blogged elsewhere, Daniel Farrell has created a new site, Planet Emergent, launched ...”
11
The Myth of a 'Pure Gospel'
“Jake the Seminarian over at Theofragen posts today, The Myth of a 'Pure Gospel'. ...”
10
Church Planting, by the Stats
“Darren Davenport has a piece published at Next-Wave enticingly titled "Churches: The Pamela Anderson Syndrome." ...”
09
Rending the Veil: Letting the Kids into the Holy of Holies Grownup Meeting
“Seen on Radical Congruency: What About Kids In Organic Church? Part One: Integration Is ...”
08
Individual Church vs. Corporate Church
“Brad Hightower over at 21st Century Reformation has a few posts up with some good ...”
07
Emergent Society, Semantically Speaking
“I kinda like the way this is shaping up... Dave Paisley uses Merriam-Webster for backup ...”
06
Tsunami Relief Donation News for Canadians
“An unprescidented disaster calls for unprescidented generosity.... from all corners. Credit card firms are ...”
Emergent Society as Mover of Theology from the Cathedral to the Bazaar
“Will Samson is resuming his discussion on Emergent as a Society — after a few ...”
05
Saul's Armour: 2005, The Year of the Emergent Movement
“As seen on Emergesque, it seems that Fred Peatross is asking a question: After blogging off ...”
04
Emergent is...
“this, according to Andrew Jones; also answered, "Why are you involved in this?" and "Seeing ...”
Reactions to Tsunami Reactions; "The Sea" as Motif for Evil
“Seems some people don't like what Piper had to say about the Tsunami... typically reading ...”
Next-Wave's Most-Read of 2004
“Next-Wave has posted their Most Read Articles of 2004. It doesn't specifically say these ...”
03
Toward a Structure for Church, Part 3
“The question of who provides a "covering" to a ministry, a group, or an individual ...”
02
Christi-Anarchy... Catchy Title
“A bit of surfing led me to this interview with Dave Andrews, author of Christi-Anarchy. ...”
People of the year: Bloggers
“According to ABC News, Bloggers are the People of the Year... apparently they (we???) were ...”
01
Toward a Structure for Church, Part 2
“Having summarized my own journey in Part 1 of this series, I turn my focus ...”
2004
Dec
31
Thoughts on raising daughters
“Right off, I don't know if this works or not, but so far, so good. ...”
30
Another Man's Journey
“After blogging my church story in in this article I received an email from Frank ...”
Brian McLaren on Emergent as a Movement
“I have previously mentioned some thoughts on emergent as a movement, and Robbymac has posted ...”
Tsunamis & Teardrops
“I read a blog the other day that cited some statistic, of something like 127 ...”
29
The Thinker
“The mind is a terrible thing to those comfortable with the status quo... The thinker... disturbs ...”
28
Toward a Structure for Church
“As I seek to understand the changing wineskin of the church and to grapple with ...”
27
The Church in the House
“While rooting through my filing cabinet looking for a quote that continues to elude me, ...”
26
The 1914 Christmas Truce
“Articles in The Guardian and in The Observer provide fresh detail on the famous Christmas ...”
23
What is Emergent?
“Tony Jones Answers in a sidebar created for an article by Chuck Smith Jr. in ...”
22
"Is that Jesus?"
“Some years ago, friends of ours decided not to tell their kids much about Santa ...”
Theology of Coffee
“Vitamin C. Elixir of Life. If you ask me, coffee is proof of a ...”
21
Theology comes to the people
“Brian McLaren's An Open Letter to Worship Songwriters (not a new read to some, but ...”
20
More on the network structure for the church
“I discovered a blog post from Andrew Jones' Blog this morning which he titles Emergent ...”
19
Advent: We All Heard It
“Seems a lot more recent, but it was five years ago that I published a ...”
18
"Burn your bridges"
“Andrew Hamilton advocates the burning of bridges, and you know, he's right. He discusses ...”
Documentaries on Church Life
“My thought for today comes from the author of my favorite documentary on church life, ...”
17
Emerging Critiques
“You can tell a lot about a group by how they respond to criticism. ...”
16
Desperately Seeking Detox
“I'm considering two articles at the moment, both titled "Detoxing from Church." The one ...”
15
Regarding Spiritual Abuse
“This thought comes from the current stack of books beside my chair. (Is it ...”
The Emergent matrix: A new kind of church?
“From this Christian Century article comes a description and contrast between emerging church and the ...”
14
The Cluetrain and the Evolution of a Movement
“Some little while ago (in 1517), German monk nailed his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg ...”
CT: The Emergent Mystique
“Christianity Today has a feature article in the November issue on the Emerging Church, subhead: ...”
13
On Gay Marriage in Canada
“I hadn't planned to blog on this issue at all, but then I noted this ...”
Why people leave the Church
“This weekend I read Alan Jaimieson's Ten Myths About Church Leavers, which sets out with: ...”
12
How to be Salt and Light
“A thought came to me earlier in the week about being salt and light, while ...”
11
Get with the Program
“Conversation one evening earlier this week considered the nature of home groups or cell groups ...”
10
Campolo on the Emergent Church
“Spotted over at Jason Clark's blog today was this link to a Tony Campolo article ...”
08
Advent
“Most of the churches I've been in haven't made much of a big deal about ...”
07
Imagine
“I've always liked John Lennon's Imagine, but maybe I'm not supposed to say that because ...”
06
The Beauty of Broken Systems
“This post is article-length, largely due to a lengthy quotation from David Weinberger's Small Pieces ...”
05
Sunday Morning Again.
“I feel like I'm on an inevitable march toward leaving my church congregation. I'm ...”
04
Luther
“This evening was spent (in part) watching Luther, a movie made last year based upon ...”
03
on spiritual warfare (the kind anyone can do)
“Remember back in the 80's, when spiritual warfare meant praying for people and casting out ...”
02
God speaks in threads
“When you complete the task of gathering the threads of how God speaks to you ...”
01
Here beginneth the journey
“Actually, the journey began long ago, but sometimes you don't know you're on a journey ...”
Nov
30
Blognito ergo sum
“A 'first post' serves many functions. This one is so that there will be ...”
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