what we are saved from matters – or – what if Rob Bell has a point?
I’m just a small voice, but I have a two cents to add to the pot on this whole “Rob Bell Universalism” controversy. Before his…
The Body of Christ
a few bytes of inspiration
I took copious notes at the recent GBCS forum I attended in Washington, D.C. And then I came home and had hoped to decipher and…
youth group and hitler
I don’t have the energy or discipline required for 6-9th grade boys and girls. It is exhausting. But I love them, so every Wednesday night,…
Ezra and Nehemiah… rewriting history
In my local emergent cohort, we have been reading Phyllis Tickle’s Prayer Is a Place: America’s Religious Landscape Observed. As this book has been in…
my afternoon as a “telemarketer”
As our church is working on discerning their vision and mission, we have felt led to get some input from the community. We want to…
conflict is a reality
I have now been a part of my church community for three whole years. It is amazing how fast time has gone by and how…
my very own cohort… #reverb10
Still catching up on the 31 reverb10 prompts from the month of December. Little by little, I will get through them all!!! So tomorrow, we…
Who is God?
I realized today how theologically illiterate my congregation is. That may seem like a slam, or a critique, but it is a simple reality. And…