The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why by Phyllis Tickle
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Whether you like Emerging/Emergent church stuff this book makes a very clear case exactly where it has come from historically, theologically, and sociologically. It makes a very clear and fairly fact based argument that we shouldn’t be [...]
I’ve been talking about a lot of fairly light and happy things lately. I have had a lot of good times lately with family and friends, despite some difficulties along the way. This morning though I’m really struggling. I’m not struggling with a belief in God, but instead with what I believe about God really [...]
It’s been said that children are the future, but what at what point does the future have to finally become the present? This past Sunday night Swift Current held it’s annual ecumenical prayer service, and this year it just happened to be held at our church. It’s supposed to be a time when people from [...]
Well, my friend Brad has a hankering for depth and seriousness, so I hope this will help to satiate his hunger for a while. This post has been brewing in my life and mind for months now and I just haven’t made the time to put it all into words. I’m sure this post won’t [...]
Previous to this date in recorded history all of my sermons have only been available for worldwide distribution on my blog through the medium of word document files, however, I have recently acquired a technology that will allow me to turn the sermons on cassette into mp3’s for your auditory pleasure. If you go to [...]
So, it’s about that time again, when it’s my turn to preach again, and I’m looking for input again, so I don’t get accused of heresy. This is a job posting in the sense that I’m looking for people’s input on what they think of the sermon, and it’s a job posting in another way [...]
That’s right, I said it, “purple monkey brains”. It has nothing to do with what I’m writing here but I figured it would likely get your attention quickly and maybe a few people to read this sermon before I preach it on Sunday. In an effort to become better at what I do and to [...]
So, I’m preaching again on Sunday – I will be basically every second Sunday for the forseeable future – and I’m looking forward to having the chance to make people uncomfortable and angry. I say this in the most loving and encouraging way. I’m not looking forward to preaching because I want to make people [...]
Many of you know that I have long term political aspirations. I haven’t even started my run for provincial office yet and I’ve already won my first election! No I’m not talking about the federal by-elections last night, and no I’m not talking about election in the spiritual Calvinist sense (many of you also know [...]
I was away all weekend speaking at a youth retreat at Redberry Bible Camp and had a great time. I really enjoyed talking to the group of fifty kids about what it really means to be a Christian – yes, I used the label because it’s what everyone understands – and I had all kinds of [...]
