Church

Churches and busyness

In The Way of the Heart, Nouwen talks about the temptation to keep people busy in the church. He warns: Our task is the opposite of distraction…The question that must guide all

Doing theology in our context

From Challies: Emergent: Brian McLaren is at it again. “So for people who feel, for example, that the Westminster Confession perfectly contains Christian theology the kind of conversation we’re having is a

The danger of the institutional church

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From  Next-Wave Ezine > church & culture: Dave Kahle addresses the devastating impact of our current model upon believers, when he says, "

Navigating the church in a perfect storm

My first column in ChristianWeek is up: This is not the easiest time to be a Christian leader. Three realities have converged to make this a perfect storm for the Church in Canada…