Geoffrey HolsclawIt is quite obvious that I’m not blogging much these days (if I even did), which I regret. But I’ve been working hard on the transition of the “Church and Postmodern Culture” blog over to The Other Journal (which has been great!), and I’m writing my dissertation, and I’m writing a book with David Fitch, […]
“Water” by Ralph Waldo Emerson The water understands Civilization well; It wets my foot, but prettily, It chills my life, but wittily, It is not disconcerted, It is not broken-hearted: Well used, it decketh joy, Adorneth, doubleth joy: Ill used, it will destroy, In perfect time and measure With a face of golden pleasure Elegantly […]
Like many of us, I’ve been longing for something beyond the “bridge illustration” to share the gospel (with others, and my children). Something short, visual, clear, explaining the gospel in an appropriate way. But of course, the more I learn and grow in the Kingdom the more difficult it is to summarize, especially when you […]
The one of the things, several years ago, that concerned me about the Emerging Church Conversation was that for all its concern for the body (exhibited in holistic medicine, organic food, and even body prayer), I saw a gaping exclusion of, dare I say, the literal ministry of healing prayer (not of just emotional healing) […]
(Reposted from last year). Last week I attended a conference in D.C, missing the Ash Wednesday service at our congregation in Chicago. Instead I attended one offered by the conference. The service was beautiful and well thought out. Some words were offered by Dallas Willard, but the only phrase I remember is when he said, […]
So I’ve been reading Scott Boren’s new Missional Small Groups, not a book I would normally pick up because, well, let’s face it, anything with “Small Groups” in the title is suspect. But after I got over that bout of snobbery I dove in, and it’s been quite compelling. I found chapter three very helpful, […]
“On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches are children playing on the floor with their chemistry sets, mixing […]