Church, Daily Life, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation, Worship

All Are Welcome, Sought, and Implications of Accompaniment for the Congregation

It’s been a couple weeks since the last post in this series. Now its time to return and continue the conversation. As I asked, how is a congregation to really be an “all are welcome,” and “all are sought place?” How is a congregation to help its people grow in their ability and willingness to embody accompaniment, and truly be consistent to the congregation’s creeds and … Continue reading All Are Welcome, Sought, and Implications of Accompaniment for the Congregation

timothysiburgOctober 21, 2013October 25, 20134 Comments

Change, Church, Conflict, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Neighbor Love, Social Sector, Theology, Worship

This Week’s Links

It is Tuesday, so by now you know what that means. It’s time for the weekly offering of links to stories and things I found interesting this past week and think you might enjoy or find helpful too. So without further adieu, here are this week’s links. The categories are as follows in alphabetical order: Church Stuff, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Neighbor Love, Social Media, … Continue reading This Week’s Links

timothysiburgOctober 8, 2013October 9, 2013Leave a comment

Church, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation, Worship

Accompaniment

As I mentioned in my previous post, “All are sought,” which built off of the concept of “all are welcome,” I want to expand on an idea of accompaniment, something the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seems to be moving towards embracing more and more. Accompaniment in this sense means meeting people where they are at, and walking alongside them, being an embodiment of God’s … Continue reading Accompaniment

timothysiburgOctober 8, 2013October 25, 201312 Comments

Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Theology, Vocation

This Week’s Links

Happy October! For those of you in the United States, however, it might not be so happy as the government has shut down as of midnight. As you might guess there will be some leadership and theological reflections offered as links in the following. As always, Tuesday brings a host of links which I offer as hopefully good reads that you might find interesting and … Continue reading This Week’s Links

timothysiburgOctober 1, 2013Leave a comment

Church, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology, Uncategorized, Vocation, Worship

“All are Sought”

What might it mean that all are sought? We pick up the conversation from last week where we discussed the idea of “all are welcome.” If the church, and its congregations are going to actively claim that “all are welcome,” I believe it needs to take seriously the conception that “all are sought.” So what might this mean? It starts in a missional understanding … Continue reading “All are Sought”

timothysiburgSeptember 30, 2013October 25, 20138 Comments

Change, Church, Conflict, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Neighbor Love, Social Sector, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation

Neighbor love in light of the past week’s events

I enter into this post, deeply aware of how divisive this might be. I shake a little at the thought of this, but deep down I know I must write. A week and a half ago, perhaps more than at any other time in recent years, I felt convicted (and really, I still do given our current potential for a government shut-down)! I feel convicted … Continue reading Neighbor love in light of the past week’s events

timothysiburgSeptember 30, 20131 Comment

Church, Daily Life, Neighbor Love, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation, Worship

The Implications of “All are Welcome”

Recently, I had the privilege of having a Facebook conversation with a pastor friend. He was openly wondering questions about welcome and what that really means after having read Nadia Bolz-Weber’s Pastrix. I think my pastor friend unwittingly gave me the start of a series of blog posts, so we’ll see where this conversation takes us. To set the stage, we have all seen it, churches … Continue reading The Implications of “All are Welcome”

timothysiburgSeptember 25, 2013September 30, 20139 Comments