One of the news stories in Portland this past week was an announcement by the Unitarian (don’t get me started) church in downtown Portland. They haven’t had the money coming in that they had expected and obviously had to make some hard decisions about what to do. They decided to cancel all weekly activities (including…
The Best Thing I've Heard
Friday night listening to Shane Claiborne was, as expected, a very challenging time. He is convicting because he speaks so much truth. At the end of his talk he had a question/answer time and responding to one of the questions Shane said this (it is definitely the best thing I’ve heard in a long time):…
Fortuitous Bouncing
My brain is overflowing. That is pretty normal though. Being in seminary provides ongoing learning, but going to see Shane Claiborne and going to the local church seminar as overflowed my brain. On the bright side, it provides a lot of great blog material for next week. THAT is something to look forward to. Blogs…
Pastor
I’ve been thinking about the role of the pastor a lot this week. Mostly because of my post on the local church and going to the seminar 2 days ago. I am essentially going to seminary right now to become a pastor. But is a degree really what I need to be a pastor??? I…
Recalibrating Concepts of Church
Yesterday I had the unique chance to learn from Dan Kimball, Leonard Sweet, Frank Viola, Alan Hirsch, and Mary Kate Morse. It was a day to look at all things about the church universal and the local church in order to question: why and how. Here were some the highlight thoughts and quotes from the…
Re-Thinking Church and The Simple Way
Today I have a chance to hear from Dan Kimball, Len Sweet, Frank Viola, Alan Hirsch, and a few others. They are a part of a seminar at my alma mater George Fox University. The seminar is called Recalibrating Concepts of Church and I’m hoping it will flow really well from my post yesterday on…