This weekend I’m in Peoria, IL for the Mike Hibit/Sarah Armstrong union. Right now I’m writing from Kade’s Coffee and Tea, which is a local joint right up the street from my hotel. This morning I logged on to the computer and googled the coffee shop options and decided to check this place out. One [...]
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I Love Local (& My New Machine)
Posted in Church Ministry, Cultural Commentary, Grab Bag, Theology, tagged Apple, community, discipleship, evangelism, life, Mac, PC, wedding on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Local Cultures, Local Sensibilities
Posted in Cultural Commentary, Uncategorized, tagged coffee, community, local business, local economy on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I spent part of my morning visiting the Country Club Cafe in Shawnee, KS. You can visit the link to see where they are located. Sometime during the past few months Starbucks chose to move into the neighborhood–right in Country Club Cafe’s backyard. How would this affect business? I had [...]
Myers ::: Organic Community
Posted in Book Reviews, Church Ministry, Theology, tagged Christian, church leadership, community, Hauerwas, Jesus, Joseph Myers, Organic Community, Theology on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Spirit of organic community is grace, not law; “edit-ability,” not accountability…This is how a good author-editor relationship works: The author submits a rough draft. The editor makes suggestions, even disagrees at times with the author. The author considers the editor’s suggestions, and will often make adjustments. The author and editor continue to go back [...]
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An Invitation to Participate in Community (Today :: Go Vote!)
Posted in Church Ministry, Cultural Commentary, tagged community, Election 2008, invitations on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This year I have paid more attention to politics than I have in my lifetime. I have learned a great deal.
In the weeks leading up to the election I invested time reading blogs, listening to speeches, thinking about issues, opening spaces for dialogue among friends, read publications arguing for and against questions on the ballot, [...]
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