We live in a culture of notorious non-joiners, and I am one of them. Way back when, while thinking about what the hypothetical church I might someday start would look like, I was dead set against having “church membership.” What could be more useless? I knew I was committed, God knew I was [...]
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This is the Icon Bronco, an amazing restoration/redesign of the 1966-77 Ford Bronco. The Bronco was not necessarily a sophisticated choice when new, and does not appear to be one now. It’s boxy, it looks old and even the president of Icon found the untouched original to be unpleasant [...]
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The hallway was long and the signs were clear, but all the doors were identical. It was a Hilton after all–and what kind of hotel doesn’t have matching doors?The anonymity is fine for vacationing families and hiding drug dealers, but it caused a little consternation as the scrawled sign on the door read:
“Open! Please [...]
more...The Burner had the opportunity to sit in on the Fuller Presbyterian Ministries meeting this week. Like other denominations, the PC(USA) has been struggling for years with the controversy over ordaining gay and lesbian ministers. By now you’ve probably heard about Admendment 10A reaching the necessary number of presbyteries voting in favor of [...]
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Fuller’s Peace and Justice Committee hosted a panel discussion on Divided by Homosexuality: Pastoral Tools for Mediation and Dialogue. It was a great evening and a great panel – what it did not include was a discussion of any sort of varying viewpoints or vary many tools for mediation and dialogue.
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more...This interview was recorded in 2009 during Wright’s Doctor of Ministry class called “Church Shaped by Mission.” Bishop Wright talks about the mission-only focus (in place of worship, discipleship, etc.) of some churches, the emerging church and this hopes for the church in the future.
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