Church Matters
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Renegades of Funk (Monday Mixtape)
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4 min read
Now renegades are the people with their own philosophies They change the course of history Everyday people like you and me We’re the renegades we’re the people With our own philosophies We change the course of history Everyday people like you and me As I said in my homily yesterday, the stuff that got Jesus…
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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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7 Keys to engaging young adults in church
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5 min read
Walking through the doors and into the nave, I make pretty snap judgments. [The nave is what some denominations refer to as the sanctuary or worship space] “Oh, they hide the font in the back corner.” “They built a new altar so they could worship the high altar like an idol.” “Choir pews between the…
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Engaging Everyone in Church
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1 min read
Our primary operating assumptions need to be: Church is the people not the building. Every part of the church (the people) is essential. Every person has gifts. In baptism, we are all equal. Our expression of church should match our operating assumptions. My series on engaging everyone in church argues that every single one of…
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Finding the Perfect Scam
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4 min read
It’s Stewardship Season, the time of year most dreaded and hated by Episcopalians and other Mainliners because we are terrible at asking for money and even worse at reminding people that they promised to give money. So we are always on the lookout for the best system that will do the work for us: the…