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Issues in the Church
54 posts
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America’s Overbearing Appetite
Emily pointed this political cartoon out to me the other day. It’s more true than we’d like to admit.
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Alasdair Macintyre On Rights and Protest: Are We Just Talking To Ourselves?
In keeping with the conversation at bay, MacIntyre’s words on protest are fitting. In his seminal work “After Virtue” he focuses on arguing how and why the “Enlightenment project” failed. Essentially it is
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What Do I Mean by Small Churches?
There was a question about what I meant in terms of a small church from a commenter the other day, I thought
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Hauerwas and a Faith and Practice for Emerging Churches
Today I spent time reading a dissertation by a now-graduated Fuller student named Brad Kallenberg. And I found something interesting that points toward a strength within Quaker theory and how it might help
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Do Not Be Afraid…
I spent this past weekend at the Politics and Spirituality conference with the Beatitudes Society both of which I have much to write about and will do so over the next week or two.
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Things I Value in A Church: A Confession of Faith?
After writing three posts about things to look for when church shopping, I got to thinking about what things people would be looking for when they asked those questions. I am of the opinion
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How Do We Look For The Theology of A Church? Part III
Many of us have visited multiple churches in our lives, some stand out more and other’s we probably don’t remember much about. For many people what stands out most is what happens
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More Questions to Ask When Church Shopping: Part II
Continuing on from the first post in this series we will look at what are some things to look for in when we are church shopping and only have a brief time to get
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How Do We Look For the Theology of A Church? Part I
Emily and I are back from our 2 week vacation in the Midwest. We had a lovely time seeing family in Friends in Ohio, and Nashville. And we thoroughly enjoyed our anniversary which we
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The Rise of Christian Terrorism: Fear Based Religion
I admit that can be hard on the church from time to time, but this is in part because I believe that we have such a grave responsibility to bear peace and reconciliation to
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Accessorizing the Christian Life: What Would [Can] Jesus Sell?
Emily ran across an article in the LA Times about a new ‘Christian’ perfume called ‘Virtuous Woman.’ The article is entitled “What
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The Cross and a Statue
I wonder sometimes, whether I’ve gone off the deep end; I find myself criticizing stuff like this so often. There are
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Spending Money as Christians: A Quaker Perspective
Last night Emily and I had the opportunity to hang out with some of our good friends from Ohio and eat some fantastic sushi. During the course of the evening, we encroached on a
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Christendom is Not Over Yet
I was chatting with Shawn who just got back from his trip to St. Louis – on his way back he took a
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Theology on Blogs Continued: Constructive Snippets, Cohesive Thoughts
A couple days back I wrote a short entry on the fact that theology is always on the move, and must be adjusted to the times in order that it makes sense of larger