Recent Posts Tagged With 'ministry'

• Who Asked You To?– The Arrogance of Self-Expectation

  Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 01:23 in relationships, Church, ministry, ego, ministries, Missional, the poor, discernment, the refuge, self-expectations, specialized ministries, kathy escobar

  A few weeks ago I read this post by Kathy Escobar. I found the post disturbing, and needed to take some time and reflect on both my reaction to it and what I truly wanted to say about it. Kathy is the co-pastor of The Refuge. I don’t know much ...

• Porning Jesus: Getting Off on Delusions of Edge

  Posted on Friday September 5th, 2008 at 10:39 in jesus, Church, ministry, churches, judgment, discernment, paul mayers, suburban churches

  So I was twittering and happened upon this blog post by Paul Mayers. The post puts forth the premise that many of the books out there on “being church” are pornographic:  They titalate, they excite, they tempt, they fulfill fantasies and...

• A Clarification on “Mission Mess-Ups”

  Posted on Saturday August 2nd, 2008 at 23:07 in Church, charity, poverty, ministry, missions, discernment, short term missions, ministry finances, mission agencies, mission mess ups

  A commenter has made some excellent points concerning my Mission Mess-Ups post, causing me to reconsider whether what I wrote truly reflected how I feel about short-term missions. I should note that my post was made in response to Shades of Gray and ...

• Mission Mess-ups

  Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 16:19 in Church, philosophy, poverty, ministry, missionaries, churches, Missional, the poor, discernment, mission trips, the washington post, personal updates

  (Please note: An addendum/clarification to this post is available here.) About ten years ago, my mom was a youth group leader at her church. The church was located in a very affluent community, and the kids in the group were very privileged indeed. ...

• Mission Businesses

  Posted on Sunday October 28th, 2007 at 02:09 in ministry, Missional, ministry resource, ministry finances

  The missional/emergent community (along with much of the Body of Christ) seems have “issues” surrounding the financial support of those engaged in ministry/mission. While I am hoping to do a series on ministry finances soon, I want to br...