Brazos – Day Glo I hope you appreciated Belcher’s comments on unity and new ecumenism as much as I did. He repeatedly referenced this idea of the “unity of the Gospel,” which he says is embodied in the classic Christian Creeds. Of course, not being familiar with the Creeds could …
The Swell Season – Star Star A little while back, I read Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story and Imagination by Brian Godawa. Don’t let the cover or the title fool you. On first impressions, one might be led to believe that it is artsy-heavy and theology-lite. The author’s involvement …
One of the things this chapter does well is identifying the concerns associated with the “emerging” church. So which (if any) of the protests are ones that you share as well? Just so you don’t have to go back and look them up, here they are again… 1) Captivity to …
For several years now, my understanding of “place” has been developing. That is to say, where we live, work, worship, and play matters. My thinking on this is still relatively scattered, and I’ll share some auto-biographical comments in this post. But my thoughts were stirred again when I came across …
Ok, so here we go. I’m going to throw out several questions that came to mind as I was reading the introduction and first chapter. Feel free to answer any, all, none, others, or ask entirely different questions. In the Introduction, Belcher paints a picture of the rift that has …
The highlights from another great weekend at Castle Bluff!
Ok, so I think about a dozen people or so are committed to reading this book together. We are shooting for having our first “discussion” next Monday (11/16). Just in case, you haven’t gotten your hands on the book yet, and can’t wait to dive in, here’s a LINK to …