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The Essence of the Emerging Church

TheOoze It seems to me that the essence of the emerging church movement, and even the essence of the church itself, can be expressed in three ideas: an inward journey, an outward journey

Outblogged

We’ve been busy with family stuff the past couple of days. Wednesday was Charlene’s family, and yesterday was my family. Today it’s Char’s family again, and tomorrow I conduct

When Pastors Plagiarize

Christianity Today Magazine – When Pastors Plagiarize The church suffers from the illusion that the sermon is the creative, prophetic effort of the lonely individual. I referred to this editorial earlier – it’s finally

Thanks

This year’s most meaningful gift came from an anonymous person at church. Last Sunday, I came home to a package sitting at my back door containing an amazing gift. I don’t

If Jesus was born today

.:::rejesus – expressions – (c) steve turner:::. If Jesus was born today it would be in a downtown motel marked by a helicopter’s flashing bulb. A traffic warden, working late, would be the first