Yesterday, I satirized the post-modern missional church-planting movement. Let me remind you that I am actually a member of that movement. Many of those crazy things I said were minor exaggerations of things I’d actually caught myself thinking and some of them (I’m ashamed to admit), I’ve actually said out loud.
What brought on the mini-rant? [...]
In today’s church planting movement, almost everyone talks about “mission” and being “on-mission” and what it means to be “missional” or “relevant.” Mission is this really hip, and ultra-cool buzzword that, when used, evokes this sense of understanding in all those “in the know” that proves you are part of the in-crowd… one of the [...]
Finally plenary - notes unedited
Revelation 21
Hopeful subversion - we should all specialize in this
In Revelation, rather than moving from the present to the future to determine the future, God moves from the future to the present.
The Holy Spirit moves from the future to the present
God’s future erupts into our present
6 Things the Spirit does to [...]
This was the final session and it was a discussion with all the plenary speakers… this set of notes is very incomplete as there was a lot said and much was good, but I’ve captured a good bit (plus I wasn’t there right at the beginning)
Question: What is discouraging and encouraging to you right now [...]
Well, we got here a little early for the final day, so I’m sitting here finally typing up my notes from the first plenary session on day one with Andy Crouch. So, once again, here they are… unedited.
Gen 2:4-15
The best definition of culture: what we make of the word, in both senses
raw material fashioned
perception of [...]
Once again - these are raw notes…
There are two kinds of people
People who are artistic
People are supposed to support them
Art is becoming hip to support, but it’s hard to define who artists are though
how are we to respond to that
the domain of the beautiful
the cross of the artist
The Beautiful is the terrain of the artist.
John [...]
Again - I’ll be typing notes directly here - unedited with the same goal of reacting to this incredibly relevant discussion about a purchase mentality versus a practice mentality… (I pray these notes bless you as much as it blessed me to be take them down… this was a fabulous session, I’ve become a huge [...]
Below are my notes from the breakout session I just attended and they are unedited due to the time constraint of actually finding a place where the post will publish due to my problems acquiring an internet connection (I hope to react to and expand upon these notes in time)…
Barbara Nicolosi - www.churchofthemasses.blogspot.com
Why do movies [...]
Over the next few posts, I’ll be posting an accumulation of posts from the course of the day. Apparently, the Wi-Fi connection at First EV Free is saturated and I’ve been unable to get or maintain a connection all day today… but I have been writing… so, here you go.
This morning, we recited the Nicene [...]
I really should go to sleep, but I feel compelled to share a great story that Matt had told us at lunch about something that happened to him a short time ago. I’m bound to get some details wrong… so Matt, if you read this feel free to correct it.
He’d received a phone call while [...]
Hopefully, you see in these writings a man who is staying The Course and pursuing The Path amidst the pitfalls and selfish ways of being a son of Adam. I pray earnestly that my writing would encourage some of you by showing you that this journey - though arduous and sometimes tragic - is a journey of great satisfaction. A satisfaction greater than our greatest imaginings. The trials and refining fire of tribulation are to be recognized as a small shadow of the suffering of our Savior so that we can rejoice, as Peter and the disciples did, to be counted worthy to suffer for the sake of the Name.