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Bp. Robinson on Occupy Wall Street
I’m a little late in posting this, but I am happy to see other Episcopalians talking about this in an honest and direct way.
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5 Keys to Engaging Mid-Lifers in church
One of my good church friends is Jimmy*. Jimmy is a Baby Boomer, served in Vietnam, runs a small business he owns. He, like many of his generation, grew up going to church and spent the middle twenty or so years not. Jimmy and I would talk about what matters…
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Renegades of Funk (Monday Mixtape)
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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Finding the Perfect Scam
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…
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On Ecclesiology: Leadership, Emergence, and #Occupy
In the Premodern world, humanity was led by “the divine right of kings,” in other words, authority was bestowed upon a singular human authority from a divine source. In the Modern world, humanity was led by singular representation. Authority was bestowed on an individual to represent the people, either through fiat or election. The Enlightenment…
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Occupy Wall Street’s collective statement
For those following #OccupyWallStreet, click on their first collective statement. One of the criticisms of the movement has been their lack of central authority and a clear, concise statement of demands. What is unique to this movement, and more typical of organizations today, rather than 50 years ago, is the belief that the first step toward…
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To change is a sign of respect
[A couple of weeks ago I began writing about change. I argued that we are called to change and that we actually like change. You may want to go back and read them both again. Now I’m going to write about another aspect of change: intransigence.] One of the aspects of our view of change…