I’m a little sick of being the “emergent guy” on campus. In fairness, since giving a day long presentation a little over a month ago, a whole group of us have been openly identified as thinking in the “emergence” vein. I’ve been thinking about these questions for almost a decade now, since attending some churchContinueContinue reading “To Emerge or not to Emerge?”
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It’s the end of the world as we know it… (sermon from 11/14)
A couple of weeks ago I was in this pulpit, preaching about the destruction of the temple. And here we are again. In fact it strikes me that about this time last year I was here preaching about the end of the world again. Our rector openly talks about creative preaching scheduling. Maybe the seminarianContinueContinue reading “It’s the end of the world as we know it… (sermon from 11/14)”
Temples, Fire, and Hope
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”
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”
Mike Angell 