Author Archives: rthenderson

BLOG 3/31/14. SECULAR WORSHIP AND SACRED WORKPLACE Here’s one for you: I am persuaded that all worship must be secular, and that our ‘Monday morning world’—be it workplace, home, family, whatever—must be sacred. The community’s times of gathering together for … Continue reading →

3/26/14. BLOG: THE POPULAR DESIGNATION AS ‘PASTOR’ IS REALLY FUZZY … Pursuing these Blogs along the theme of an alternative narrative for the church will of necessity bring us to the question of the church’s leadership, and of that role … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/23/13. NEW CHURCH FORMS FOR A NEW CULTURE ? Those wedded to the archaic church forms and institutions (which I spoke about in my last Blog) seldom have ears to hear any critique of such, and will seek to … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/19/14. THE DECEPTION OF CHURCH BUILDINGS HAS A LONG HISTORY There is an ‘idolatry’ connected with church buildings that has a long history. The prophet Jeremiah, for one, surfaced it during his challenges to the nation of Judah. He … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/17/14. WILL THE REAL ST. PATRICK PLEASE STAND UP!  So today is St. Patrick’s Day. So, who in the world was the real St. Patrick? Indulge me while I let my missiological passion come to the defense of one … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/12/14.  THOMAS KINCAID ECCLESIOLOGY There is a commercial artist by the name of Thomas Kinkaid, who produced a lot of very popular ‘schmaltzy’ art (?) pieces that are romantic, idyllic, unreal, sentimental, etc. … always with mellow, rustic, domestic … Continue reading →

BLOG. 3/9/14. INDULGE ME A PERSONAL NOTE I hope my readers will indulge me a personal note. In recent months I have been recording, on my laptop, my memoirs for my family and a few close friends. This has been … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/5/14. LENT 2014: “TELL ME THE STORY OFTEN … I FORGET SO SOON.” Yes, on this first day of the Christian observance of Lent, I am thinking of the old gospel hymn: “Tell me the story of Jesus,” and … Continue reading →

BLOG. 3/3/14. (CONT.) UNCONVERTED BELIEVERS: “I NEVER KNEW YOU.” In my quest with you, my readers, for proposing an Alternative Narrative for the church as it moves ineluctably into a post-Christian culture—to even approach the question of: What makes for … Continue reading →

BLOG 2/26/14. “UNCONVERTED BELIEVERS”—SAY WHAT? It could sound remarkably like an oxymoron, but there is a very subtle phenomenon out there in the church that is not at all new. I refer to it as that of unconverted believers. It … Continue reading →