If we are to live into a vision of theological education for all, we must be single-minded. Yes, money is important. Yes, diversity is important. Yes, paying attention to the everyday needs of our particular institutions is important. But one of the demands of this vision is a single-minded focus on education as a central need for our church.
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The use of technology is now a congregational necessity that comes with significant ministerial advantages. A congregation that does not strategically employ these technologies is likely to be perceived as out of sync with the contemporary world.
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If I read the Great Commission correctly, it is to make “disciples” and not “converts.” It seems to me that “conversion” is seed in shallow soil, while “discipleship” is a lifelong process of increasing commitment both to God and to each other.
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As a response to the financial bruising on the Western church system (church, seminary, publishing, para-church, conference – all of which are co-dependent and therefore suffering together), new forms of Christian-based co-operative structures will emerge.
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Advent can teach us how to face change – at work, at home and in our lives. It may be difficult to grasp, but in order to move forward, we often need to ‘let things die.’ Advent gives us many symbolic representations of how we can embrace this concept, even in today’s fast paced world of downsizing, new technology and cultural changes.
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It did not come as a surprise that there has not been much study of our Emerging Adults because they do not self-identify as “devout” or “religious” – rather, if they identify at all with religious beliefs they name themselves “spiritual, but not religious.”
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Becky Garrison shifts the popular focus from the pioneers who founded emerging congregations to those finding appeal and belonging within them. What draws followers to these ‘emerging church’ communities? Why are they coming back, or are they? How do they understand themselves to be “church” or do they?
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Most middle class/ upper-middle class congregations do. You may know them by another name – “Twenty-Somethings” or “Emerging Adults”- and chances are you know of them in your congregation, but you don’t see them at worship on Sunday. Mostly, you hear a reference to them from a parent who mentions that their age twenty-something is living at home again between jobs, finishing up graduate school or marking time before leaving for the Peace Corps.
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A visitor from another planet might get the impression that “disasters are us” here on earth, and that we’re in the market for a new planet to call home.
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The emerging role of the faith formation curator is to research a wider variety of content and experiences available from a great diversity of sources, assess and evaluate its quality and appropriateness, organize the content, and then make available the content and experiences to people (delivery).
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As educators – people of faith dedicated to plant the seeds of hope in our children and seekers of all ages, we have been preparing for activities to honor the memory of this tragic day and encourage acts of kindness.
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We are shifting from an era of content scarcity to one of content abundance.
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