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Saturday, December 31st, 2005From “Jesus, CEO: Churches as Businesses” (12/20/05): … The corporate theme is not just a matter of appearances. Willow Creek has a mission statement (“to turn irreligious people into fully devoted followers of Jesus Christâ€Â) and a management team, a seven-step strategy and a set of ten core values. The church employs two MBAsâ€â€one from [...]
Behind the curve, again
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005Five years ago, a global evangelical ministry asked a group of youth workers how to become relevant to young people. We suggested leveraging the power of the internet to create a “virtual youth center” where kids could share interests and ideas, find their voice, and connect. Several months later they hired me to write a [...]
Prima donna Christianity
Friday, December 23rd, 2005John Teter links to a disturbing discussion about a recent incident where Joel Osteen’s wife and children were apparently removed from an airplane after causing a disturbance onboard. While I met Joel and his wife once, and my wife and son enjoyed an afternoon playing with their children at a hotel pool, I’m totally unqualified [...]
I’m not sure what to think of this
Friday, December 9th, 2005From today’s New York Times, “When Christmas Falls on Sunday, Megachurches Take the Day Off.” “Megachurch leaders say that the decision is in keeping with their innovative and ‘family friendly’ approach and that they are compensating in other ways. Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., always a pacesetter among megachurches, is handing out [...]
Christians and Booze
Monday, December 5th, 2005I just found this question from “Mel” from back in October: In your opinion is an occasional glass of wine or a beer okay assuming you don’t over imbide? So sorry for not responding sooner. Not sure how I missed it, but the timing is good. My November U2 article generated a lengthy Op-Ed in [...]
Over the Edge
Friday, November 11th, 2005Pat Robertson did it again this week. Following-up his call for assassinating Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez this summer and his irresponsible accusations about Iranian nukes last month, this week he warned “the good citizens of Dover”: “If there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city.” [...]
He’s fired up
Monday, October 31st, 2005Will Samson has a powerful post about the current Republican scandals and the evangelical silence in response to them: … Many in power within the Republican world stand accused of treasonous acts or other significant felonies. (As an aside, all of the current mention of indictments involve men) Scooter Libby, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney [...]
I went to a U2 concert (and other reflections on missional living)
Tuesday, October 18th, 2005I went to see U2 at the Staples Center on November 2, in Los Angeles. Regrettably, it’s my first U2 concert. In 1993, I had an opportunity to see U2 in Madrid with a bunch of college buddies, but that was at a time in my life when I viewed the world through fundamentalist Christian [...]
Introspection, from one Christian to another
Thursday, October 13th, 2005“Tom DeLay and Bill Frist, the two political operatives in Congress with arguably the deepest support among Christian churches, both face serious allegations of financial trickery. Karl Rove, the Bush administration power broker who speaks almost daily with Christian leaders to coordinate political action, is under investigation for divulging classified information, then covering up his [...]
Reflections on what it means to be evangelical
Thursday, October 6th, 2005… by Jordon Cooper, here, prompted by another high-profile evangelical leader’s bout with foot-in-mouth disease. I don’t agree with everything in the post (such as a classically embittered reference to the Yankees), but he asks some good questions. posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 10/06/2005 11:25:00 PM 0 comments
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