Holiness Reeducation

I had said on Monday that I was going to delve into Peter Rollins’ book today, but I wanted to come back for one more look at the Great Emergence first. In the last couple of chapters Phyllis Tickle looks at the different roles that we see Christians in North America adapting during this time [...]

I should be back on the normal blogging routine this week. We have ramblings today with a look at some ideas from Peter Rollins’ book The Fidelity of Betrayal on Tuesday or Wednesday.  As always no animals were harmed in the production of the blog…. Spiritual Lake Effect So last week I finally experienced some [...]

Sorry that I have been totally out of whack this week. I spent three days at a beautiful Catholic retreat center/convent/college here in Indiana along with a group of pastors from our district. It was truly an extraordinary time. That is a holy place. The grounds there have had prayer on them every day for [...]

I am on a pastors retreat for the District for a couple of days, but I will be back later this week with some ramblings, especially after the inauguration today. Blessings- Greg

In the next two chapters of The Great Emergence, Phyllis Tickle endeavors to offer an analogy for understanding the construct of religion (as a cable tethering boat to land) and the events and changes that take place prior to a time of great change within the church. I will leave the cable metaphor for another [...]

16th Century German theologian Johann Arndt was known for being a mystic, pietist and a believer in the transformation that should accompany true faith. His words were a beautiful compliment to the Reformation ideas of Martin Luther. In talking of worship, he talked about the difference between true worship and worship that brings God’s judgment. [...]

I spent all of last week thinking about, praying through and reflecting on the two creation accounts in Genesis 1-2 in preparation for my sermon yesterday. So today I think I will simply ramble on a bit about these accounts for a while, for something different.You can download my sermon here. The Violence In this [...]

A couple of posts ago I posted some videos of conversations between Phyllis Tickle and Peter Rollins. To further augment those conversations, I am reading Tickle’s book the Great Emergence and Rollins’ book The Fidelity of Betrayal at the same time. Both are wonderful books, very different, but beautifully conversant. For the next couple of [...]

A review of 2008, predictions for 2009, and my 2009 theme of What If?