Today marks the first birthday of this blog. The first post appeared right here on March 23, 2013. Since then, we have gone through a few design changes. But the topic and focus on the intersections of and thought about the church, leadership, and the neighbor have remained consistent. I believe we have covered a wide range of topics and asked important questions as we … Continue reading Happy Birthday to the Blog!
The theme and potential doomsday catastrophe of the second Daniel Craig “James Bond” film, “Quantum of Solace,” had everything to do with water. Particularly, it focused on the challenges, need, and resource (scarcity/potential scarcity) of water. Its kind of scary to think about how the next great conflict or war could well be fought over water rights and usage. But when you take a step … Continue reading Thoughts and Questions on this “World Water Day”
Tuesday means that its time for me to share some links to things I have read, found interesting, and thought about over the past week. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Vocation; Worship; and Miscellaneous. I hope you enjoy these! Church and Ministry Thought & Practice Friend and pastor Frank Johnson shared … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Today we continue our series unpacking a current snapshot of my personal theological understandings. This series of posts again is an extension of my own discovery and thoughts created by taking the a class with the Discourse series. For a refresher on the series, and for links to all the posts in this series, please visit the introductory post. As has been the practice in … Continue reading Discourse: God Heals
This past Sunday I heard a sermon (which you can watch below) shared by Pastor Dan Poffenberger at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stillwater, Minnesota. He reflected on Luke 15, and its inclusion of three separate but very much connected parables. They all have something to say about being “lost.” What might this mean? What particular questions come to mind when we hear these familiar words … Continue reading Some thoughts about being lost (from Luke 15)
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…
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
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 went back and forth about whether to write a post about the Super Bowl on this blog. But, despite my hesitation today I have decided to go ahead and share some thoughts. These are my own thoughts and I think this is a fun way to tie in my love of sports which is not usually referred to in great detail on this blog. … Continue reading Super Bowl Reflections
I have never claimed to be a poet or a good writer. I enjoy writing though, so thus I blog. A strange thing happened to me after attending a worship service yesterday though, I sat down and I started writing with a pencil on a scratch piece of paper. What came from that strange experience kind of looks like a poem (admittedly it doesn’t really … Continue reading Strange…
Timothy Siburg 