Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found interesting and thought provoking over the past week with all of you from around the internet. To make sense of all of these links I have grouped them by the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Tuesday on the blog means that I get to share some of what I have found thought provoking and worth a read over the past week with all of you. To help make sense of all these links, I have grouped them into the following categories: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; … Continue reading This Week’s Links
I recently re-read the first social statement of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), “The Church In Society: A Lutheran Perspective,” adopted at the Churchwide Assembly in 1991. This statement laid the groundwork for the importance of such social statements and all the statements that have since been written. They have helped ground the conversation about the identity of the church (and this particular … Continue reading Openness to Imagination and the Church
Maybe you have seen it, floating around your different social media channels. There seems to be a trend to share three positive things daily you have experienced, for a five day period. Some have viewed this as a challenge. I see this more as an invitation to gratitude. So with that in mind, I invite you to list three positive things, attributes or experiences you are … Continue reading Positive Things- Day 1: “An Invitation to Gratitude”
Happy September! Happy Tuesday as well. As it is Tuesday, that means on the blog that I get to share some of what I have read and found interesting over the past week with all of you. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Millennials; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship and … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Today I am picking up the conversation about what the church might be able to learn from millennials. In continuing the conversation started a couple days ago, here are five other observations that stand out about the implications and opportunities millennials may present to the church. Millennials value authenticity, and because of this they value authentic stories– in preaching, leading and relationship. They want to know … Continue reading The Church and Millennials- Part 2
Timothy Siburg 