Christianity
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How about we occupy the church?
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3 min read
Of course the teens should occupy the church; but not just teens. Us! We should occupy the church! We should demand a better church! We should lay claim to our leadership of an institution that today only benefits some! Brian Kirk asks in a column for Patheos: “Should we help teens occupy the church?” which…
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Halloween, All Saints’, & too much candy
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4 min read
A web-friend was recently asked about Halloween and what he thinks about it as a Christian. His response, as expected, was thorough, honest, and appropriate. Mine, is well…perhaps a little less so. I don’t really dig on Halloween & Church. Not because I think it is demonic or sinful or whatever. And it is not…
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The Future of Seminary: Fix Dioceses
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5 min read
[Over on Patheos, they are doing a great series on the future of Seminary education. I haven’t read it all, and nobody asked me for advice, but I thought I’d throw in at least a couple of cents. Kurt Willems nails the economic burden and Tony Jones makes a compelling case for the very tools of…
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9 Keys to engaging youth in church
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[This post inspired my ebook, A Church for All. I encourage you to check out the information page to find out more!] When I started this series of posts on engaging different age groups in church (so far children and pre-teens), I deliberately chose the word church, rather than ministry. Engaging people in ministry isn’t…
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Forward living or backward obsessing?
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4 min read
My brain is intent on proving me wrong. More than a decade ago, when my two closest friends were living in East Lansing, I moved down to join them. Having only visited the apartment once or twice, and not knowing the area very well, I was confident that I knew the way to get there;…
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Too polished
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3 min read
As I wrote yesterday, I participated in an online conference called The Nines, put on by the Leadership Network. The conference was free and open to anybody. I was relatively pleased with it, and given a different set of circumstances, I would no doubt have made more of an effort to watch all nine hours.…