I was asked to write the Adult Education Curriculum for COCWS this summer. The Adult Education Team wanted to study the I am sayings and signs in John’s Gospel. There are fourteen total, and most stand independently, so it makes for a good summer study. My responsibility is to prepare study guides that are given [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Ministry’
November 13, 2008
Minister Wanted
I saw this ad in the Christian Chronicle.
The Parker Church of Christ is looking for a preacher….partial support is necessary at this time, but [we] can provide a weekly salary and a 30 ft. RV.
I’ll let you make any necessary comments.
September 26, 2008
Justice and Gender
This election will feature the usage of electronic voting booths. For most voters this is new. The winning ticket will feature a black president or a female vice-president. This is also new. But the fact that both of these things are new does not mean they are similar. The first is a matter of technology [...]
August 20, 2008
Garrison Keillor, meet the Campbellites
Word on the streets of gold is that famed radio personality Garrison Keillor is bringing his show to Church of Christ wonderland, Abilene, Texas. He and his troupe will perform on the campus of Abilene Christian University. The town/city of Abilene is geographically on the far west fringe of the Bible Belt. People in the Church of Christ refer to it [...]
August 4, 2008
World Convention 2008
Thursday and Friday I represented HUGSR at the World Convention, a unity meeting of the three branches of the Stone-Campbell Movement (or American Restoration). These groups are: Church of Christ, Christian Church, and Disciples of Christ. The Nashville-based meeting is an opportunity for leaders to inspire each group to focus on common goals in [...]
July 8, 2008
Cardboard Testimonies
This video was shown in HUGSR chapel a few weeks ago (thanks Dr. Oster). It is a great demonstration of God’s victories through people, both great and small.
June 18, 2007
God’s Will and Character
Yesterday’s Sunday School class centered around around Jonah, Ninevah, God, and the idea of repentance, which in this particular prophetic book seems to be the preferred action not of Jonah, but of God. This discussion of repentance transitioned into a dialogue about the idea of God changing his mind (chapter 3). And if God changes [...]
June 16, 2007
Mandate to Difference
It seems difficult to think of a theologian who has been more influential in the past 25 years than Walter Brueggemann. Recently I re-read his Prophetic Imagination and was even more impressed than I was the first time around.
I decided to share this joy for Father’s Day. Currently in the hands of the US Postal [...]
May 14, 2007
Church for the InChurched
I am not sure if men really like church. As strange as this sounds, it has likely always been the truth. The irony of this is that since its inception the church has generally been led (nearly exclusively) by men. The same men who don’t like church. Sure, along the way there have been great [...]
