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  1. Church in Mission 6 min read

    Four Models of Emerging Churches

    I’ve had a lot of vested interest in the emerging church for a number of years now, partly because of my own previous experience in communities that reflected many of the qualities present

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    Sit Back And Relax

    Chillin to In Rainbows from wess on Vimeo. This is our first music video, Cindy Lou Who (her decided pseudonym) loves listening to Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” probably cause it’s about the only

  3. Church in Mission 5 min read

    Church in Mission: Five Practices For The Church in the World (pt. 5)

    Series contents | Introduction | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five For this last post in my church in mission series I want to explain the five practices that John Howard Yoder offers the

  4. Church in Mission 6 min read

    Church in Mission: Post-Christendom, Effectiveness and Reshaping Ethics Pt4

    Series contents | Introduction | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five According to John Howard Yoder, one aspect that distinguishes this bi-cultural faith community we call the Christian church from the world is

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    Dress Down Friday | Facebook Privacy and the Fisherman

    Things have been a little slow this week since I am in the process of finishing up the quarter, but I’ve got some interesting links this week. Oh and sorry to flood your

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    Article linked to photo – original picture from flickr.

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    Advent and The Gift of Life (Luke 1:57-80)

    Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

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    A Day Trip to AAR to Have Theological Discussions on Quakerism

    I had the chance to have a little road trip and drive down on Friday to San Diego and go to AAR

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  10. Church in Mission 8 min read

    Church in Mission: Translation and The Bi-Lingual Community (Pt.3)

    This is the third part of the Church in Mission series where I am attempting to appropriate some of John Howard Yoder’s thinking in direct relationship to the mission of the church in

  11. Church in Mission 9 min read

    An Emerging Profession: Sharing Power In A Flattened World

    Drew Ditzel asked me, along with a number of other bloggers (see below), to participate in a project he is doing for his class on emerging models of church at Columbia Seminary.  Drew wants

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  13. Church in Mission 5 min read

    Church in Mission: Culture and Jesus The Missionary Pt 2.

    This post is a part of a series where I am addressing the church’s mission as it pertains (or doesn’t) to relevancy within culture.  I am trying to build the majority of

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    Church In Mission: The Problem With Being Relevant Pt.1

    Series contents | Introduction | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five A big question concerning the church in Western culture is, “how do we make the church more relevant for today’s world?” We

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