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October 2009

October 06, 2009

Third Way Preaching: A Proposal

In light of Jim Belcher's response to Doug Pagitt's own proposal for "progressional dialogue," I...

October 02, 2009

The Evangelical Flip and a Call for a Conference

Evangelical pastors have flipped in the last generation. 30-40 years ago what most incited excitement...

October 01, 2009

Deep Church as Third Way 8

Are there any new emerging proposals for preaching? Jim Belcher, in Deep Church: A Third...

September 2009

September 22, 2009

The Pastor’s Schedule: Jim Martin Advises

Recently we had a conversation about the pastor's time schedule, and Jim Martin, a friend,...

July 2009

July 23, 2009

Plagiarizing Sermons

A repost on a topic that is always relevant: The NY Times ran an article...

July 17, 2009

Tell us what you think: from John LaGrou

John LaGrou is avant garde when it comes to the power and value of technology....

July 06, 2009

What is the purpose of a sermon?

Today I'm following (here and here) the live blogging of the conference on preaching at...

April 2009

April 20, 2009

Pastors and Vacations: by PW

By PW: It's that time of year when we as a family usually realize we...

January 2009

January 05, 2009

Pastor Pages on Church websites

We live in an era of the informal, an impact of the 1960s. Friday is...

December 2008

December 16, 2008

Did that just happen?

When Kris and I got to the airport in Atlanta Sunday afternoon, we had one...

October 2008

October 06, 2008

Zoe

Kris and I were invited by the good folks connected to the Zoe Conference to...

September 2008

September 27, 2008

Join us!

Why they don't have my mug in that set of photos is beyond me. 8)...

September 22, 2008

The Corinth Brethren

This weekend Kris and I were in Twelve Mile Indiana at the kind invitation and...

September 05, 2008

Elders: Only Male?

Let me try to summarize an argument I'm hearing today. It goes like this: Since...

September 03, 2008

Preaching: Notes or No Notes?

What is the best way to preach? To use notes -- even to the point...

August 2008

August 28, 2008

Stuart Briscoe’s Well Lived Life

One thing I regret about our decades long life in Chicagoland is that we did...

July 2008

July 22, 2008

Australian Consolation: Anger

In 2006 Moore Theological College in Sydney Australia held a conference on the consolations of...

June 2008

June 23, 2008

Advent Christians

Sam Warren, a former pastor and now the national director of Christian nurture in the...

June 13, 2008

Sermons and Plagiarism

There is a very good piece here from the CT gallery of websites that many...

June 06, 2008

A Letter from the Depths of the Soul

Hello Scot, I am a reader of your blog and very much respect your opinion...

May 2008

May 30, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: Don Johnson

This marks the end of our series from pastors. I have really enjoyed this series,...

May 29, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: Father Rob

Imagine a big holiday meal with all the trimmings where only one person is responsible...

May 26, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: Jim Martin

If I were to start over, what would I be sure to practice? Self-care Self-care...

May 23, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: David Fitch

"If I could begin all over again" is a hard sentence for me to apply...

May 21, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: Nancy Lewis

Nancy Lewis is a pastor at the Oakland Covenant Church in Oakland California. What Should...

May 19, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: John Ortberg

John Ortberg, pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church outside San Francisco, responds to our question...

May 16, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: Alice Shirey

Alice Shirey, pastor in Des Moines IA, responds to our question today: I come at...

May 14, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: John Frye

Pastoring: If I Started Over What Would I Focus On? John W Frye Fellowship Evangelical...

May 12, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: Rose Madrid-Swetman

This post is from Rose Madrid-Swetman, a missional pastor at the Vineyard church in Shoreline,...

May 09, 2008

Pastor’s Wisdom: Bob Smallman

If you could begin all over again, what one thing would you have focused on...