This Week’s Links

Tuesday means its time to share some links.  I use the word “some” loosely this week, as it seems I must have done a lot of reading.  This week’s topic categories are:  Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship; and Miscellaneous.  I entrust these to you now and hope you find … Continue reading This Week’s Links

Thoughts and Questions on this “World Water Day”

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”

This Week’s Links

It’s Tuesday.  That means, as always that it’s time to share some of what I have been reading and found interesting with you over 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 Worship.  I entrust these to you now, and hope you enjoy them! … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

It’s Tuesday.  That means that its time to share some of what I have read, found interesting and thought-provoking over the past week.  This week’s categories include:  Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship and Miscellaneous. I hope you enjoy these and entrust them to you now. Church and Ministry Thought & Practice Pastor Keith … Continue reading This Week’s Links

This Week’s Links

Tuesday means that its time to share some of what I have been reading and thinking about over the past week with you.  This week I have links to things related to:  Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Worship and Miscellaneous.  I am really excited to share these with you this week, even more so than … Continue reading This Week’s Links

Discourse- God Is…

This is the first post of eight in a series unpacking a snapshot of my theology.  For a reminder about this process, check out my post from yesterday.  As a reminder from that post, what I seemed to come to land on as a core to my personal theology is the claim and concept that “God is true community.”  In this post and all that … Continue reading Discourse- God Is…

This Week’s Links

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

This Week’s Links

It’s Tuesday.  You know that means its time for the links.  This week’s categories with stories and articles that I found interesting are:  Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Vocation and Miscellaneous.  I entrust these now to you and hope you enjoy them. Church and Ministry Thought & Practice Last week there was a Creation and … Continue reading This Week’s Links

The Misnomer about being Neutral

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

This Week’s Links

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