Archive for October, 2007
Evangelical Crackup? What Happened to the Theocracy?
Closed Published by Tom Goodman October 30th, 2007 on Get AnchoredLots of folks are talking/blogging about “The Evangelical Crackup,”a lengthy report in the NY Times’ Sunday magazine. David Kirkpatrick says that the looming 2008 election is exposing a lot of turmoil among evangelicals who can no longer be rallied to Republican candidates through a few hot button issues. I’ve read worthwhile analysis of the piece from GetReligion, the Revealer, the Beliefnet
Rick Warren and the BGCT (day one)
Closed Published by Charles Whitmire October 29th, 2007 on ConnexionI made it out of Austin ??? barely ??? on time this morning. Who knew that Monday is THE big travel day for Austin and Monday morning is the worst??? Now I know. I met with Marty Mosher and got…
Until I get you all the pictures and stories of my trip and my new home, my great view and all the general goodness, this should do:
How to Know When a Buzzword Has Passed Its Prime
Closed Published by Tom Goodman October 29th, 2007 on Get AnchoredHow do you know a buzzword is past its prime? The latest issue of Leadership answered that question tongue-in-cheek.
Here are some buzzwords in church leadership circles. You’ve heard most of ‘em if you’ve been to at least one church leadership conference recently:
missional
formation
community
journey
resonate
emerging
authentic
narrative
metanarrative
story (your, my, our)
visioning
Austin Rental Market Update - September 2007
Closed Published by Steve Crossland October 29th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateThe rental market in Austin remains strong, helped further by the fact that there are in fact some qualified buyers who are electing to rent instead of buy because they fear that there is an Austin Real Estate bubble, and they don’t want to buy into that bubble. I’m not going to go into several […]
Stanley Fish, Red Sox and Personal Heroes
Closed Published by jdodson October 29th, 2007 on Creation ProjectIn today’s NY Times blog, Stanley Fish (renown Postmodern scholar) reflects on his childhood and adulthood heroes: Ted Williams and Frank Sinatra. In addition to offering interesting anecdotes, Fish comments on why Ted Williams and Frank Sinatra (at time quite unheroic in their treatment of women and violent acts) are exemplary–both were zealously committed to […]
Read Richard Mouw’s Halloween Reflection.
Planting a new church, or remissionalizing an existing one, in this approach isn’t primarily about buildings, worship services, size of congregations, and pastoral care, but rather about gearing the whole community around natural discipling friendships, worship as lifestyle, and mission in the context of everyday life.
Click here for an expanded critique of Alan Hirsch’s Forgotten […]
How Will Future Historians Treat Abortion?
Closed Published by Tom Goodman October 29th, 2007 on Get AnchoredHow will future historians treat abortion? That’s a valid question from the UK’s The Guardian. I found it on the always-helpful “Thirty-Three Things” weekly post on The Evangelical Outpost:
I found myself wondering how abortion will be viewed by museum curators, teachers, historians and moralists 200 years from now.
As the slavery exhibition shows, something that one generation accepts readily
For someone who spends so much time comparing HBO’s The Wire to reading a great novel, it might sound odd to say that reading Denis Johnson’s Tree of Smoke is a lot like watching The Wire. There’s a huge cast of characters and the POV shifts constantly between them. The canvass is huge, Vietnam and […]