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...Archive for April, 2007...

…the missional church: what’s wrong with church?…

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

First let me say that Alan Hirsch has said more in 50 pages that reflects my current state of mind than any other author i have read in the last 10 years. of course, the last book i read was a novel about zombies, so that might not be saying much… but i guess it […]

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…the missional church: introducing the issues…

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Alan Hirsch presents an interesting question. How did christianity spread from one man - Jesus - to 20,000,000 people in less than 300 years? How did a once-illegal religion practiced by a handful of traditional Jews become the “most significant religious force in the Roman Empire?” And how is it that, in the last 100 […]

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…exploring the missional church…

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

I’ve been reading a lot lately about the so-called “emerging”/Emergent/post-evangelical/post-modern/missional church movement. The last few years have been tricky because i have been feeling increasingly disconnected from my home church. As my church becomes more and more a modernist/conservative evangelical/baby boomer enclave, i have been more and more dissatisfied with how it operates. Do we […]

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…You’ll Never Shop Again or What About My Levis?…

Friday, April 20th, 2007

6 cents/hr.
6 cents/hr x 18 hours of labor.
(6 cents/hr x 18 hours of work) x 120 days with no time off = my $40 Levis.
Not much is made in America anymore. I’m not saying this out of some sort of patriotic longing for USA, I’m saying this as a statement of fact. In the 21st […]

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…what would Bono do?…

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

A lot of people really resent the public stance celebrities take on political and social issues. Sean Penn, The Dixie Chicks, George Clooney, Bono, Angelina Jolie, they all have their pet causes and they all have a great platform from which they can reach the ears of hundreds and thousands of people. Pundits decry celebrities […]

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…free reads! march archive…

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

Extolling the Virtues of Sacrifice The Global Policy Forum states: “Never before has the goal of abolishing poverty been within our reach: there are no longer any insurmountable technical, resource or logistical obstacles to achieving it.” Broadcast Him. See for yourself how to confound atheists with a banana. The Atheist Who Went To Church […]

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