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BLOG. 10/28/13. A CHURCH DESIGNED FOR THE MONDAY MORNING WORLD   The role of the ministry of the laity in their daily work-a-day lives is loaded with fascinating potential. It has, however, too often been displaced (hi-jacked?) by church professionals, … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/23/13. (CONT.) THE POSSIBLE LIABILITY OF CHURCH BUILDINGS In J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic, Voldemort is the name “which must not be spoken.” For most traditional and custodial church communities, the same is true of even raising the possibility … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/21/13. THE POTENTIAL LIABILITY OF CHURCH BUILDINGS For centuries we have identified church buildings with the church, which consume a vast amount of money in maintenance.  We “go to church” or “I belong to the church on Sycamore Street.” … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/17/13. “CHRISTIAN FAITH IS TOO WILD AND FREE FOR THE TIMID” I think it was author Madeline L’Engle who once commented about her presence among so many literary colleagues who were resistant to the Christian faith, when she observed: … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/14/13. WHO IS INHABITING OUR ‘CHURCH’? I was the visiting preacher at a neighboring Episcopalian Church on one occasion. After the service I was approached by a stylish lady who was quite a fixture in that church. There was … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/10/13. IF THE CHURCH KNOWS WHY IT EXISTS, IT HELPS A LOT! I keep coming back to the basic questions about the church and its role in the mission of God to the world in Jesus Christ: what is … Continue reading →

BLOG. 10/7/13. WHAT WOULD LARRY PAGE AND SERGERY BRIN DO WITH THE CHURCH? I’ve been fascinated by watching interviews with these Silicon Valley-types who are always coming up with whole new revolutionary concepts of information age technology that render present … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/2/13. PIONEERS OR SETTLERS? Some thirty years ago, an Episcopalian priest in Texas (Wes Seeliger) wrote a wonderfully irreverent and hilariously funny book entitled: Western Theology. In it he does a colorful caricature of two kinds of Christians, and … Continue reading →

BLOG 9/30/13. A PART OF SCRIPTURE WE DON’T WANT TO HEAR   There is a dimension of Christ’s teachings, and reiterated in Acts along with the other New Testament writings that we avoid like the plague, namely, that the word … Continue reading →

BLOG 9/25/13. WHAT IS THE LIFE-SPAN OF A CHURCH COMMUNITY? How do we evaluate the authenticity and genuine vitality of a particular church community? When is a church genuinely alive and a dynamic demonstration of God’s new creation in Christ, … Continue reading →