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Tag Archives: missional
Make me Clean: a reflection on illness and salvation
I have a benign essential tremor. My hands have a tremor. It’s worse in my left hand than my right. Some days are worse than others and I can’t seem to pinpoint any reason why. I am, it seems, subject … Continue reading
Posted in Christian practice, missional theology, theology
Tagged benign essential tremor, death, disease, healing, illness, Jesus, mercy, missional, salvation, separation, Unclean
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The First Great Commission: mercy, not sacrifice
We all know how the gospel of Matthew ends: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go into all the world, making disciples…” These verses, are less well known. “Woe to you scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites! … Continue reading
Why Ministry Training Must Change: forming learning communities
I am fully convinced that situated learning, or learning in context, is the way to prepare ministers. I was dubious about whether learning that depended a great deal on online delivery would work toward these ends. I was particularly concerned … Continue reading
Why Theological Training Must Change: cultivating a God-centered identity
The great NT scholar, Richard Hays, once spoke at a conference I hosted on the topic, Reading Scripture in Community. He made a brilliant presentation on “practices of the resurrection” that should inform the way we engage Scripture as a … Continue reading
Mercy, Not Sacrifice: Welcome to the table of the Lord
I grew up in a tradition, the tradition in which I still participate, that practiced the Lord’s Supper every Sunday. It was impressed upon me by those presiding at the table that this was not a practice to be trifled … Continue reading
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Tagged eucharist, hospitality, Lord's Supper, mercy, missional, Richard Beck, Rochester College, sacrifice, Streaming, welcome
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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
Mercy, Not Sacrifice: The Missional Imperative
In Matthew 9, Jesus challenges the Pharisees, “Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’” A few chapters later, the Pharisees find themselves on the wrong side of a dispute about the law with Jesus. There he … Continue reading
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Tagged emergent, mercy, missional, not Sacrifice, Richard Beck, Rochester College, Walter Brueggemann
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