pastoring

James Grier on preaching in a postmodern culture

Spent the day at Heritage Seminary yesterday listening to James Grier talk about “Preaching in a Postmodern Culture”. This is a subject that could go horribly wrong if it fell into the wrong

Resident Aliens

Just finished reading Resident Aliens for the first time after Jordon mentioned it a couple of months back. What really bugs me is that Hauerwas and Willimon wrote this back in 1989 and

Monday and the pastor’s blue screen of death

Contemporary pastors are expected to have “the entrepreneurial skills of Bill Gates, the counseling skills of Dr. Phil, the organizational abilities of Stephen Covey, the authenticity of Oprah, the compassion of Mother Teresa,

When churches shouldn’t change

In The Church in Transition, Tim Conder argues that transition is essential. Nevertheless, “the church’s journey into the emerging culture will follow no single path, nor will each congregation arrive at the