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Following his reflections on the shortcomings of modern pastoral ministry in regard to prayer, Eugene Peterson turns his attention to how a pastor develops the life of prayer. In a world of quick fixes and shortcuts, Peterson's starting advice on prayer is perhaps more necessary than ever: "Be slow to pray" (43). Why should we …
Continue reading "Praying by the Book [Working the Angles with Eugene Peterson, part 5]"
Whenever I study for a sermon series, I spend a lot of time far in advance of that sermon series doing research, reading books, thinking, reading articles, reflecting, reading more books, writing, and reading even more. I usually gather all of the resources I use together into a bibliography for each series. In the past …
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Why is it so important for us to be authentically known and to authentically know others? Why do relationships feel a tension expressed often in exasperation with phrases like, "You don't even know who I am!" or "I don't even know who you are anymore!" It is because being known and knowing others is one …
Aaron Renn from The Urbanophile recently had an article reposted at NewGeography that a friend passed along to me. The article, "Religion and the City," traces the importance of religion in urban contexts from a sociological perspective outside of the Christian sphere. It is an insightful read calling for religion to be taken seriously in …
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Today at our all staff meeting at Eastbrook Church, we discussed a message by Tim Keller entitled "God's Global Urban Mission - Contextualization" from Cape Town 2010, the Third Laussane Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa. It was a very stimulating conversation about the nature of the church in urban settings. You …
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Matthew Erickson 