In her book Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, Kathleen Norris writes a chapter entitled "Apocalypse," that sheds light on the journey we have been on at Eastbrook in our series, "Daniel: Apocalyptic Imagination and Exile Faith." She begins with a quotation by poet Czeslaw Milosz: "I have lived in apocalyptic times, in an apocalyptic century …
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Evangelical Dis-incarnation and Online Church: some thoughts on Judah Smith and Churchome Global
This past week, Judah Smith, pastor of Churchome (formerly 'City Church') announced via Twitter that the church's latest "site" would be through an app on your smart phone. You can read an article about it here: "Judah Smith Launches Church 'in the palm of your hand.'" This move, listed as on of the locations on the church's …
Atheists Who Sought and Found God
Jesus' closest disciples did not initially believe the message of Jesus' resurrection. Instead, they doubted. Luke tells us that they even went so far as to categorize the story of the women who encountered angels at the tomb as "nonsense." This terms comes from the medical realm and refers to the delirious ravings of someone overcome …
Recovering Prayer [Working the Angles with Eugene Peterson, part 4]
For the majority of the Christian centuries most pastors have been convinced that prayer is the central and essential act for maintaining the essential shape of the ministry to which they were ordained. With this strong word, Eugene Peterson begins his exploration of the first of the three angles of pastoral ministry: prayer. Peterson suggests …
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