a different perspective from alan hartung on the emerging church, politics, faith, and life
“Structures are needed, but they must be simple, reproducible and internal rather than external. Every living thing is made up of structure and systems. Your body has a nervous system, a circulatory system, and even a skeletal system to add structure to the whole. The universe and nature itself teach us that order is possible [...]
My most trafficked posts right now, outside of my pop culture posts on the TV shows Weeds and Lost, are the ones about children’s ministry. This is due, I believe, to a real need and desire for emerging forms of ministry to and for kids.
The more I think about it, the more I am convinced [...]
Using the InnerTube player, you can watch the CBS series Jericho starring Skeet Ulrich from the pilot to the most recent episode.
Warning: This show is addictive.
CBS.com has risen above ABC.com, in my opinion, as their player offers a full screen mode and the episode continually plays after the one commercial (a small price to pay [...]
Since I began posting about children’s ministry, I’ve noticed there are quite a few persons out there asking the same questions. A common theme is that segregating the children from the parents is a bad thing.
I think for the main corporate worship time, this is true. But we shouldn’t forget the value of adults being [...]
It’s Fat Tuesday, everyone.
The day where in many catholic countries and regions the religious let it all hang out before the Lent season of sacrifice.
So… I’m interested to know if there’s a positive spiritual spin on Mardi Gras that goes beyond the usual rhetoric I hear denouncing it (it shows that Lent is a rote [...]
What are you doing?
We cannot define the emerging church by a distinct set of doctrines, nor can we define her by common practices. While there are similarities within parts of the emerging church, these things are not the thread that ties us together.
Rather, God has been birthing in the hearts of Christians all over the world to break [...]