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Monthly Archives: July 2013
BLOG 8/1/13. WHY MILLENNIALS (AND OTHERS?) ARE LEAVING THE CHURCH
BLOG 8/1/13. WHY MILLENNIALS (AND OTHERS?) ARE LEAVING THE CHURCH There has been a spate of Blogs and journal articles of late on why the Millennial generation is leaving the church. Actually, they aren’t saying much that is new. There … Continue reading
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BLOG 7/29/13. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE GOING NOWHERE?
BLOG 7/29/13. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE GOING NOWHERE? There’s a whimsical (I guess that’s the word) old saying: “Blessed are they who are going nowhere for they shall probably arrive.” I think of that often in conversation with folk inside … Continue reading
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BLOG 7/25/13. A CONTINUATION OF THE PEW ZOMBIES DISCUSSION
BLOG 7/25/13. (CONT) ‘PEW ZOMBIES’ OR INTERACTIVE LEARNERS My last blog had to do with the all-too-common phenomenon of passive church folk, for whom the raison d’ètre, the purpose of the teaching formation of the church, seems to be a … Continue reading
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7/22/13. ‘PEW ZOMBIES’ … OR INTERACTIVE LEARNERS?
BLOG 7/22/13. ‘PEW ZOMBIES’ … OR INTERACTIVE LEARNERS? A few years ago in my own denomination, the Presbyterian Poll discerned that we were a denomination of “Biblically and theologically illiterate laity.” Consider that we’re talking about some 11,000 congregations consisting … Continue reading
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BLOG 7/18/13. CONSUMER CULTURE GOES TO CHURCH
BLOG 7/18/13: CONSUMER CULTURE GOES TO CHURCH I believe it was missiologist Robert Coleman who made the point that: “If you can’t relate your life to the Great Commission, then your life is irrelevant to history.” I frequently reflect on … Continue reading
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BLOG 7/15/13 ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND THE FORM OF THE CHURCH
BLOG 7/15/13. (CONT) ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND THE FORM OF THE CHURCH I asked the question in my last Blog as to whether the church was quite too silent on the subject of economic justice, and I got some inquiries back … Continue reading
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BLOG 7/11/13. IS THE CHURCH SILENT ON ECONOMIC INJUSTICE?
BLOG 7/11/13. IS THE CHURCH SILENT ON ECONOMIC INJUSTICE: MAMMON? I grew up in the deeply segregated South, and until I was in my twenties never heard the church speak to the enormous problem of racial injustice (though there were … Continue reading
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BLOG. 7/8/13: “FEAR OF DYING?’
BLOG 7/8/13. “FEAR OF DYING?” It’s interesting, at this octogenarian passage of my life, to be surrounded as I am by some bright, wonderful and much younger friends, who give me great hope for the future because they are not … Continue reading
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