Entries Categorized as 'Emergent'

Songs for a Revolution of Hope

October 25, 2007

I’ve written about songwriting before, but it’s still a huge issue in the musical worship of our churches. It’s been awhile since I’ve led worship on a regular basis in a church - but when I think back to the songs I used to lead, they were all very individualistic, focused on “me and Jesus” [...]

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Presbymergent Conference

October 22, 2007

Last week we had the Presbymergent Conference at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. I already wrote a brief report of the conference here, but I thought I’d mention a few things here:

Brian Wallace and the crew from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary did an amazing job putting together this conference, and they deserve a ton of credit.
We had a [...]

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Signs of Emergence: A Review

October 10, 2007

I have been looking forward to reading Kester Brewin’s Signs of Emergence for a long time. The subtitle alone made me excited to see what he had to say: “A Vision for a Church that is Organic / Networked / Decentralized / Bottom-up / Communal / Flexible / Always Evolving.” When I look at my [...]

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Presbymergent Polity 101: Worship, Sacraments and (Dis)Order

October 6, 2007

Many of you know that I will be presenting the following workshop at the Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church Conference in a week (it’s not too late to register).
Presbymergent Polity 101: Worship, Sacraments and (Dis)Order
Many view the Book of Order as a rigid, rule-focused guide for saying more about what one “can’t” do [...]

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Always Reforming: Presbymergent Conference

September 25, 2007

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I’d like to encourage you to attend the 2007 Presbymergent Conference, “Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church.”
It’s not too late to sign up for the event. It’s going to be held at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary on October 12-13. I’m going to be there presenting a workshop and we’ll hear from [...]

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Mark Driscoll, this Wink’s for you.

September 24, 2007

I promise this won’t turn into another Mark Driscoll rant - if you want something like that, I’m pretty sure you couldn’t find something like that on this site. I ran across a link to a new podcast of Mark Driscoll on Bob’s blog - I don’t agree with much of his analysis. Driscoll is [...]

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Yoga, Christians & GodMen

September 13, 2007

In just a few days, classes at Princeton Seminary will start up again, and so I’m trying to enjoy the last few days of freedom until it all begins. I’ve been doing some webdesign, but also doing something else equally important: fixing up all my archives. When I deleted the old Typepad blog, I lost [...]

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An Experiment in Collaborative Preaching

September 8, 2007

I have spent the better part of the past few days staring at Deuteronomy 30.15-20 and James 1.29-25 and trying to think of something to say about them. Like I mentioned a few days ago, I haven’t preached in over a year and so getting back into the rhythm is something I’ve found to be [...]

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Organic Community: A Review

September 4, 2007

I met Joe Myers a few years ago at an Emergent event and have enjoyed getting to know him since then, as we’ve run into each other a couple times and as I’ve had the chance to read both of his great books, The Search to Belong (short review here) and his newest book, Organic [...]

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PC(USA) Has $20,000 in Funding for Emergent Churches

August 27, 2007

Sherry Britton in the New Church Development office of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Louisville has asked some folks to share the following exciting news, especially for our presbymergent friends:
The director of Evangelism has just found $20,000 in his budget designated for emergent churches. He would like to receive proposals for the use of the [...]

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