Monthly Archives: October 2014

BLOG. 10/29/14. EXCURSUS: REMEMBERING ‘ALL SAINTS DAY’ I hope the regular readers of these Blogs will indulge me an excursus from my regular thoughts (on: the church as ‘colonies of God’s New Humanity in Christ’) and allow me to offer … Continue reading →

10/26/14. BLOG: TRUE COLONIES BEGIN WITH DEMOLISHING ‘THE MYTH’ Pursuing my attempt in these blogs to find some way to provide a substitute or other terminology for that the word: church, I have chosen to speak rather of colonies of … Continue reading →

BLOG 1022/14. GOD’S NEW HUMANITY COLONIES IN THE POLITICAL ARENA In a couple of weeks we have a national election in this country. One comic quipped that there were three things they didn’t talk about in her church: sex, politics, … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/19/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY BEGINS WITH … Describing the basic building block of the God’s recreation of the human community begins with two or more persons who are believers in Jesus, and whose intention is to obey … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/15/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: NERDS? OBSESSED? Peter Thiel, who is a co-founder if PayPal and a teacher at Stanford, has written a fascinating book about some of the dynamics necessary for ‘start-up’ companies. I think I’d like … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/12/14. COLONISTS: ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND ARCHITECTS In my last blog I was reminding myself, and my readers, that even while I am seeking to provoke an alternative narrative about the church and its form, its mission, its message for the … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/8/14. OUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE PASSING ‘CHRISTENDOM’ ERA I promised at the conclusion of my last blog to remind you, that in the midst of my critiques,…  of our indebtedness to the Christendom era which existed from about the … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/5/14 QUESTION: HOW CAN GOD’S ‘NEW HUMANITY’ PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH, IF … THEY ARE THE CHURCH? The total confusion of so many of us about the ‘church’ could be amusing if it weren’t so misleading. It could even … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/1/14. ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE: SURVIVAL COLONIES As we (whether we like it or not) have moved irresistibly out of a culture formed by a Christendom narrative what with all of the traditions and forms thereof, …and are now undeniably seeking … Continue reading →