My sermon from St. John’s Church this morning: Where is your hope? Two years ago we were hearing a lot about hope. One of the presidential candidates’ campaign centered around the word, but both campaigns talked about hope. Hope for a better future. Hope for a quick end to the economic crisis newly looming. HopeContinueContinue reading “Temples, Fire, and Hope”
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Slideshow from Emergence Conversation
This is the slideshow from our Emergence Friday at the Seminary discussion: http://public.iwork.com/document/?a=p78147876&d=Presentation_Power_Point.key
Low Anxiety Evangelism
Reading my own words in the last post made me nervous. Evangelism scares me. The very word still makes my spine sort of wiggle against the back of my chair. I know this is specific to my odd liberal culture. On NPR, in the New Yorker, and in most of the Episcopal Church “evangelism” isContinueContinue reading “Low Anxiety Evangelism”
Emergent Worship Letdown: It’s Whoopi Goldberg’s Fault
It’s Whoopi Goldberg’s fault. At least I think it’s partly her fault. In the 1992 movie Sister Act a single scene gave a false hope to the Church. In the movie, Whoopi plays an undercover lounge singer hiding under witness protection in a San Francisco convent. She has a hard time fitting in until sheContinueContinue reading “Emergent Worship Letdown: It’s Whoopi Goldberg’s Fault”
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