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Tag Archives: Holy Spirit
On the way to an alternative proposal, a review of Spufford’s “Unapologetic”
Because my last few years have been spent reading the same books over and over as I try to finish a dissertation, I often have to give a sheepish “no” to the question of whether or not I have read … Continue reading
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Tagged Amos Yong, hermeneutics, Holy Spirit, missional theology, public theology, theology, Unapologetic
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Leaving Room for the Spirit: Practices of Spaciousness
In my last post, I suggested that it takes spaciousness or roominess for a community of faith to discern the moving of the Spirit and gave a few examples of how that space might be collapsed. A few of you … Continue reading
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Tagged discernment, Holy Spirit, missional leadership, missional practice, missional theology, practices, sensemaking
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OK, here’s the deal. The Holy Spirit is always moving in the world, bringing it closer into line with God’s coming future. But we aren’t always discerning of the Spirit’s movement. The key to this kind of discernment is space. … Continue reading
The Divine is in the Details: Process and the Leading of God
As with so many things, Luke Timothy Johnson says it right. “If we identify the church as a community of faith, the process of decision making ought to make the structures and implications of this response to reality called ‘faith’ … Continue reading
Why Ministry Training Must Change: we’re not in Kansas anymore
No one has invested more in the way we have been training ministers for the past 200 years than I have. I have a BA in biblical studies, an MA in Christian history, an MDiv (the gold standard ministry degree), … Continue reading
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