For those interested in knowing where I am, you can check the link here. Though I am not really a church planter, these nice church planting people let me into their club for the week. Of course, you have to be a certain kind of person to be a real church planter; I could probably…
Category: general discussions
circular (un)reasoning
alternative expressions of church
The following video from 100 Huntley Street explores the question “what is the church” and looks at some new and emerging forms of the church. I am especially interested in the section on the FRWY (“free way”), a Salvation Army Church Plant in downtown Hamilton which is built around a Cafe. This kind of ministry appeals…
more church in action
I love the part where he reflects on the idea that maybe the rich are not so rich afterall, and the poor are not so poor afterall. What we can learn from each other, if only we would break down the man-made barriers that divide us, and discover our roots in God that unite us!
a response to consumer religion
Remember the post with the cartoon two weeks ago entitled “consumer religion”. And remember the great discussion it provoked? Well one person spent some time reflecting on how better to frame the picture, how to pain Jesus community as He would desire it to be. Linda Wielinga adapted an image used by the CRWRC (Christian…
power to heal?
hard passages!?
You are building a relationship with a non-christian, one that is genuinely reading the bible to understand better what you believe. Things have been going well, they are getting a positive sense of God’s love and Jesus’ mission. But then they happen along 1 Samuel 15, and crash into the opening words: Samuel said to Saul, “I…
minimum fuss
Johann has a problem!
You may or may not appreciate classical music, but you will probably recognize most of these songs, they were all written by Johann Sebastian Bach. Here the King’s Singers tell a great story of a time when Johann had a problem, he didn’t know how to finish writing a particular “Toccata”. He needs a “Fugue”…
his crowning glory
Apparently this is not a joke, it is for real. I saw this commercial on TV last night. I laughed like I haven’t laughed in a long time!!!!!! Who thought that honouring Obama with the Nobel Peace Prize could be topped, but here we have it; he has been crowned with the highest honour, his…