If you remember learning about icebergs in Elementary or Middle School you know that what you see sticking out of the water is only a small fraction of the whole thing. Over the last 2 years I have walked through a major change in ministry. God began some things in the church I serve that have caused me to take a fresh and new look at my faith, my theology, my walk, and my views [...]
Church: Have we just become consumers of religious goods and services or are we actively participating in the life and ways of Jesus. For some the content of their spirituality is as intimate, brief and personally vulnerable as a trip through the McDonald's Drive Thru. However, if you paid for the meal of the next person behind you in line it might be more like what Jesus might do than all the sermons and worship experiences we have consumed. Ask [...]
Phelps Apologizes for Marijuana Pipe Photo - NYTimes.com I have hear it said "Your gifts or talent won't take you where your character won't support you." In the world we have a tendency to worship the gifts and talent of people like Michael Phelps. Then we are greatly disappointed when they fail us. Well, actually we do it in the church too. We spiritualize it and call it anointing ; giving credit to man what is [...]
Brace yourself. I am haunted by what you are about to read. So I don't take away from these words I will not say anything else except, please excuse my lack in poetic structure. I copied this by ear. The words are correct but may not be written out like it should as a poem. When I became a Christian I said "Lord now fill me in; tell me what I'll suffer in this [...]
In a recent interview by Jamie Aprin-Ricci with missiologist Michael Frost, Michael shared the following thoughts: "...our christology should lead to our missiology which in turn will lead to our ecclesiology. In other words, the way we understand the gospels and the character of God revealed to us in Jesus will affect our way of thinking about our mission in the world. If we get our christology right, it will lead to a right missiology. [...]