Archive: May, 2010

Teaching as an Act of Self-Formation

Tony Jones is a an author, commentator, freelance theologian, and ecclesial gadfly. You can find his blog at blog.tonyj.net. Join Tony as he leads the Christian Spirituality cohort for the Doctor of Ministry program starting in June 2011. Click here for cohort description.

In The Courage to Teach, [...]

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Evangelicalism: Dispensing religious goods and services?

Guest blogger Jason Clark (deepchurch.org.uk and now jasonclark.ws) will be teaching “Churchonomics: The Gospel in a Market-Shaped Church” for the Fuller Doctor of Ministry department October 18-22, 2010, at Fuller’s Pasadena campus. If you wish to participate in this class and are not enrolled [...]

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The PORN Event, May 23-28th

If you or your spouse are addicted to pornography, you might want to check out http://www.thepornevent.com sponsored by LifeChurch.tv and XXX Church going on this week. The videos are free and the discussion is frank. You can always participate in a chat forum during the live webcast. [...]

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Roxburgh and Branson on Luke/Acts

From the Roxburgh Missional Network-

A Moving Back into the Neighborhood (MBiN) Workshop is an event designed to assist people in a local church discover what God might be up to in their neighborhoods and among their neighbors, and plan for ways of joining with God there.

We [...]

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Motivation Monday: Instant Justice

Last week, The Burner was invited to sit field level at Chavez Ravine to cheer on the Padres against the hometown Dodgers. Though San Diego had just creamed Big Blue the night before, Los Angeles was up three runs that night late in the ninth. Things looked bad for my Padre-fan host, and some of [...]

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Because Not Everything Can Be About Church: Ketchup

It has just been decided that there will be a new series on TB: BNECBAC (pronounced ‘bee-NECK-back’) for the important outside-the-church things that come to TB’s attention.

Across from TB headquarters resides a little hamburger stand called Rick’s. While the place is more convenient and habit-forming than truly delicious, Rick’s succumbs [...]

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Community: Why One Size Does Not Fit All

It’s interesting to listen to what people mean when they talk about community.  A while back I had conversations with three different church members in one week about their community needs, and was struck by how different the need was for each person. One expressed the need to have one or two intimate friends with whom [...]

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