Monthly Archives: April 2014

BLOG 4/30/14. ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE: “DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE.” In our pursuit of an alternative narrative for the church in the emerging culture, it is unforgivably naïve to assume that we do this in neutral territory. The same Lord’s … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/27/14. THERE IS NO EASY ECCLESIASTICAL ALGORITHM It is an established fact that only a small minority of the populace has the capacity to think into the future. Most are consumed with trying to preserve the past, or, at … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/23/14. ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE FOR THE CHURCH IN THE DIGITAL, SOCIAL-NETWORK CULTURE Reading Sherry Turkle’s provocative study: Alone Together, raises a most compelling question in my/our quest for an understanding about, and the form of, the church for the emerging … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/20/14. WHAT ONE’S ‘EASTER INCARNTION’ LOOKS LIKE ON THE STREETS AND IN THE MARKETPLACE. The enthusiastic comments and responses to my last Blog—about Easter not being held captive to Easter Sunday church services, but, rather, turned loose into the … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/16/14. EASTER BELONGS IN THE STREETS AND MARKETPLACE … NOT… Easter is a radical redefinition of hope and, please note, it belongs to be intentionally taken by those who believe in it, not primarily into much-hyped Easter Sunday church … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/14/14. THE SHAMELESS COMMODIFICATION OF EASTER So many thought are swirling around in my head as I sit here in the midst of my fellow caffeine imbibers on the patio of Dancing Goats Coffee Shop. I am contemplating the … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/9/14.  A CRITICAL PRESUPPOSITION FOR OUR ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE FOR THE CHURCH Picking up on my previous Blogs about an alternative narrative with reference to the church for the emerging generation I need to make a point, … it may … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/7/14. A WORD YOU’RE NOT LIKELY TO HEAR DURING HOLY WEEK Our traditional Holy Week services have a tendency to become a bit sentimentalized, and to do re-runs of the events of those days leading up to and then … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/2/14. THE CHURCH … AS HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE? Would you believe that I, as a (would be?) missional-ecclesiologist, am fascinated reading the account of the Google guys: Larry Page and Sergey Brin. These two very young geniuses in information technology, … Continue reading →