Author Archives: rthenderson

BLOG 4/18/13: WHAT DO THEY HEAR, OR EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY TURN UP? I sit here in one of my favorite coffee houses (Dancing Goats) and look at all of the energy being generated over computers and/conversations, and the evangelist in … Continue reading →

BLOG. 4/15/13: POST-EASTER … “UPROOTING AND PULLING DOWN” I want to continue a discussion I started in my last blog … For those of us whose whole formation has been in Christendom church institutions, it is near impossible to imagine … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/10/13. WHO SHAPES THE EMERGING WORLD, THE FUTURE? I am totally fascinated by David Burstein’s recent book, Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation is Shaping Our World. David is one of those millennials who is incredibly well informed and … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/4/13. MILLENNIALS: “CHANGING THE WORLD” … AND THE CHURCH? As the readers of these blogs know, I’m somewhat fascinated by the emerging Millennial Generation, and the fascination grows the more I study the phenomenon. One of them, a gifted … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/1/13: ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING … AND SERMONS Let me chase a crazy question here. First of all, we have a generation emerging who have cut their teeth on iPhones, on mobiles, and have access through their apps to a vast … Continue reading →

BLOG. 3/28/13: THE SUPREME COURT, THE CHURCH, AND HUMAN SEXUALITY For the past couple of weeks the news media have been focused on the two cases before the United States Supreme Court having to do with same-sex marriage. I feel … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/25/13: EASTER AND “BRAINLESS TOURISTS ON A PACKAGED TOUR” OK, I confess that having been in pastoral-teaching leadership within the Christian community for a long a time (maybe too long), I may look at what takes place on Easter … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/21/13: BONHOEFFER AND POPE FRANCIS In his first mass with the cardinals after his election as pope, gathered in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Francis made some pointed comments in his homily that reminded me, for all the world, of … Continue reading →

BLOG 3/18/13: MY RESPONSE TO THE ELECTION OF POPE FRANCIS I was asked multiple times last week (as were many of us) about my response to the election of Pope Francis (Archbishop Bergoglio of Argentina). Actually, my response was a … Continue reading →