From the monthly archives:

February 2008

Responses to Pluralism

by Adam on February 27, 2008 · 20 comments

in Emergent, Theology

I’ve been thinking about pluralism in the context of ministry for the past few days because of an interview question I received from a church in the Bay area. These are some of my thoughts on what it means (or should mean) to do ministry in such a diverse area as the San Francisco/Bay area. [...]

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Natalie Stadnick on the Kingdom of God

by Adam on February 21, 2008 · 1 comment

in Theology

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Natalie Stadnick:
The Kingdom of God.
I didn’t grow up hearing that phrase bandied about. Ask about prevenient or sanctifying grace and I’ll give you a textbook answer – good little Methodist that I am. Sure, [...]

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Lunar Eclipse

by Adam on February 21, 2008 · 0 comments

in General

Download original photograph here
Don’t know if you caught the lunar eclipse tonight. I tried to get a few shots of it with my tripod - this is the best I could get.

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Everything Must Change: A Review

by Adam on February 20, 2008 · 6 comments

in Books, Emergent, Theology

This review will be appearing in Sharing the Practice, the journal put out by the Academy of Parish Clergy.
In his newest book, Everything Must Change, Brian McLaren tackles two questions: first, What are the biggest problems in the world and second, What does Jesus have to say about these global problems? Through the title alone, [...]

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C. Scott Andreas on the Kingdom of God

by Adam on February 18, 2008 · 3 comments

in Design, Theology

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from C. Scott Andreas:
Like Adam, I work in web design and development, looking for ways to wield (subvert?) the black arts of marketing and IT for the Kingdom. I’m one of those guys pounding away on a [...]

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A.K.M. Adam on the Kingdom of God

by Adam on February 15, 2008 · 3 comments

in Theology

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from A.K.M. Adam:
It’s become a fad to distinguish a bad, imperialistic understanding of “the Kingdom of God” from a hip, open, “relational” understanding of “God’s Reign” — sometimes people even advance bogus arguments from the morphology of [...]

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Happy V-Day

by Adam on February 14, 2008 · 2 comments

in General

Happy V-Day.

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Message from Aaron Reibe’s Mother

by Adam on February 14, 2008 · 2 comments

in General

I received an email today from Aaron Reibe’s mother, and she said I could share it with you all. Thanks again for everyone who has prayed for Aaron and donated on this blog. As we thought, with the private matching donors, we were able to raise over $8600 on this blog. That’s amazing and more [...]

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Andy Konigsmark vs. Alex Rai: Preacher vs. Teacher

by Adam on February 12, 2008 · 3 comments

in General

Last night’s episode of American Gladiators was a heartbreaking one for me. Obviously, you could probably guess that my good buddy Andy didn’t make it to the finals. It was Andy versus Alex: Preacher versus Teacher. The first event was the Hit and Run - Andy did pretty good at this last time, but he [...]

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Erin Raffety on the Kingdom of God

by Adam on February 11, 2008 · 1 comment

in Theology

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Erin Raffety:
My confession is that I’d never thought very deeply about the kingdom of God on earth until my feet were practically straddling the US-Mexico border in the summer of 2003. I remember this as one [...]

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