Category Archives: Church

Getting Organized (summer adventure part 2)

I spent July 8-13 in Chicago for the Industrial Areas Foundation’s Community Organizer National Training.  This was phase two of my grant work this summer looking at the intersections of emergence, evangelism, and, you guessed it: community organizing.  The conference involved long hours in the fluorescent-lit conference rooms of the Doubletree Hotel, but brought together aContinueContinue reading “Getting Organized (summer adventure part 2)”

Organics and Community Organizing (or the summer adventure installment 1)

What do hundreds of pounds of Bok Choy grown by Episcopal nuns and Barack Obama’s presidential campaign have in common?  I’m not exactly sure yet.  These are the constituent elements of my ruminations over the past couple of weeks, the first in my summer adventure exploring the emergent church and community organizing.  I’ll work myContinueContinue reading “Organics and Community Organizing (or the summer adventure installment 1)”

Sermon from Easter 2 Thomas, Romero, and Resurrection

You can also see or hear this online at St. John’s site. What does it mean to believe in the Resurrection?  Christians believe in the specific resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ.  What does resurrection mean? This belief has been the subject of a great deal of controversy in recent years.  You can strollContinueContinue reading “Sermon from Easter 2 Thomas, Romero, and Resurrection”