Turnaround churches
Know of any mature churches that made big mid-course corrections? According to some it’s a pretty short list. If you know of any, let us know here. Jordon’s promising your name
Books
Organic Church
I’ve just finished one great book. Now I’m on to another. Both look like candidates for the best couple of books I’ve read all year.
The pages are already getting
Nine core practices of the emerging church
From Emerging Churches, a book I’m currently reading. Nice summary here.
1. Identifying with Jesus (and his way of life)
2. Transforming secular space (overcoming the secular/sacred split)
3. Living as
Theology in community
In his excellent book The Great Giveaway, David Fitch suggests that theology must be worked out in community:
The community of Christ therefore is necessarily the place out of which interpretations of the
Unfurling a reality
I think I mentioned that I’ve been reading David Fitch’s The Great Giveaway. I took the book to the gym today to read on the bike, and today’s chapter was