It’s time to continue our conversation unpacking the snapshot of my personal theology, using the tools and guidance of the Discourse curriculum. If you are new to the conversation, check out the introduction post to the series. As has been the practice, I will share in the indented text below what I shared with the Discourse class. Following that, I will offer further thoughts, wondering, … Continue reading Discourse: God Guides
It’s important to have self-awareness. This is true in general, but especially in leadership. If you aren’t a self-aware leader, you at the least, aren’t most fully who you can be. At the worst, you are dangerous to yourself and others because you may not be fully aware of how you respond to certain challenges and experiences. Being self-aware is a life-long process. And to … Continue reading Leadership and Self-Awareness
Today we continue our series, sharing and unpacking my snapshot of my current theological understandings. So far to recap, I provided you an overview of this process and explanation about Discourse. And previously in the series, I shared reflections on the ideas of “God is” and “God creates.” Today we move into unpacking the conception of “God Reveals.” We’ll begin, as is the practice in … Continue reading Discourse: God Reveals…
Continuing our series unpacking the Discourse snapshot of my current theological understanding, here is the second post, God creates. To help remind you of the series or to give you some background if this is the first time you have read my blog in awhile, here is the introduction and the first piece, “God is.” God Creates: God creates all with value. God created everything … Continue reading Discourse: God Creates
This past month I have had the opportunity to be challenged, pushed, affirmed, and so much more. I have experienced this mix of emotions and actions by participating in a “Discourse: God” pilot class, taught by my wife Allison. No, in case you are wondering or worried, I don’t intend for this post to be a not so veiled promotion. However, to give you some … Continue reading Discourse: A Snapshot of my Personal Theology
It’s Tuesday, and therefore its time to share some links to things I have read and found interesting and thought provoking in the past week. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; and Miscellaneous. I entrust these now to you for your reading, reflecting, and thinking pleasure … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Valentine’s Day is kind of a strange day for me. Do you know some of the stories that explain why we have a Valentine’s Day? If not, I encourage you to read some of the martyr stories and legends about Saint Valentine (or the many Valentines probably to be more accurate). For the record I prefer the ones that say Valentine was imprisoned for performing … Continue reading Valentine’s Day- a day and reminder about love
I used to think the idea of a “bound conscience” was a good thing. It allowed for communities of faith to support a wide range of viewpoints. My home congregation took some comfort in this idea after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly votes and decisions in 2009. To be fair, I appreciate “bound conscience” in its sense and respect that people have different … Continue reading The Misnomer about being Neutral
I recently had the opportunity to read Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint by Nadia Bolz-Weber. I was excited to finally get the chance to dig into this text. Though I must admit I was a little hesitant. I was hesitant probably for two reasons. First, I was worried that I would be let down by my hope that Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber is … Continue reading Review: “Pastrix” by Nadia Bolz-Weber
It’s Tuesday. That means here on the blog that its time to share some of what I have found interesting or worth thinking about in the past week. This week’s categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; and Miscellaneous. I entrust these to you now for your reflection, thought and … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Timothy Siburg 