http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Considering Alternative Organizational Models for the Church en Vox Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:09:36 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fa9684ffc40003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(lovetheword) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fa9684ffc40003.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fa9684ffc40003.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:09:36 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fad69694af0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fad69694af0005-50si" alt="Riser boys" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I just have to brag a little this morning about my three oldest grandsons. David, age 12 is an awesome swimmer and yesterday he agreed to teach me to swim better. He is going to be an great personal trainer, and if he can teach me, he can teach a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fa9684ffc40003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fa9684ffc40003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> children grandchildren evangelism ministry austria panama discipleship go into all the world. http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fae8c8576b000b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(lovetheword) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fae8c8576b000b.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fae8c8576b000b.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:15:46 -0700 I have been looking through my personal journal over the past few months, since I have entered the world of blogging. Certainly it has been a blessing, far beyond anything I expected, and it has also been a challenge as I have intera... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fae8c8576b000b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48ce8ee2d000200fae8c8576b000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> challenge blogging fear ministry anxiety success blessing encouragement spiritual gifts god's calling devotion to god share faith directs our steps http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fa968392ed0003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Butt Rock Ken) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fa968392ed0003.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fa968392ed0003.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:37:33 -0700 Two weeks ago I spoke at a conference for Christian artists (kind of ...). I spoke about my journey in learning about what/who we are to be as the church and a few insights I've come to. It's a little bit disjointed, but I thought I'd share it h... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fa968392ed0003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fa968392ed0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mission christian missional http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fa9682fc550003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Nick) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fa9682fc550003.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fa9682fc550003.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:02:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398e52f09000500fae8c6ea1c000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e398e52f09000500fae8c6ea1c000b-50si" alt="Cain" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Both men, you’ll remember, offer sacrifices to God. Cain’s is an offering of crops, whereas Abel offers a blood sacrifice. God likes Abel’s offering but rejects Cain’s. Cain, angry, kills Abel. Taken as a simple historical narrative, the st... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fa9682fc550003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398e52f09000500fa9682fc550003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> bible infallibility capsule inerrancy cain and abel historicity of scripture abraham and isaac rene girard http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fad694f9300004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Nick) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fad694f9300004.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fad694f9300004.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:40:04 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e398e52f09000500fad694f9500004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e398e52f09000500fad694f9500004-50si" alt="Before the internet" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> All this online pugilism between Christians of different stripes! All these forum fencing-matches about free will and predestination and law and grace and evolution and intelligent design and miracles! All these arguments that might never have... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fad694f9300004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398e52f09000500fad694f9300004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> solidarity prayer internet arguments theological argument seekers' solidarity unanswered prayer http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fae8c5eed7000b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Butt Rock Ken) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fae8c5eed7000b.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fae8c5eed7000b.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:42:25 -0700 "In his poem 'The Investment,' Robert Frost sketches a quaint scene of people trying to escape the reality of the hardscrabble life of potato farming. Depending on which way you look at the poem, it is either a testament to human folly or a triump... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fae8c5eed7000b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fae8c5eed7000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> church robert frost http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad69342ba0004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Butt Rock Ken) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad69342ba0004.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad69342ba0004.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:34:59 -0700 "It is important ... to distinguish between centered sets and bounded sets .... The attractional church is a bounded set. That is, it is a set of people clearly marked off from those who do not belong to it. Churches thus mark themselves in a v... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad69342ba0004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad69342ba0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jesus mission incarnation missional http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad692149b0005.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Butt Rock Ken) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad692149b0005.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad692149b0005.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:21:50 -0700 This is something I wrote for my wife's blog. I decided to go ahead and post it here, too. **************************************** Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But whil... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad692149b0005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141f9d156a4700fad692149b0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jesus sin http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fa967febe10003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Nick) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fa967febe10003.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fa967febe10003.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:32:45 -0700 Fellow Nick Drake fan Scott Small over on Not In Me has been so kind (or imprudent) as to let me post some reflections on heaven and suburbia on his upliftingly lovely blog There's Treasure Everywhere. If you're feeling whimsical please do pop ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00e398e52f09000500fa967febe10003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398e52f09000500fa967febe10003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> nick drake heaven suburbia not in me there's treasure everywhere http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225240e418fdb00fa967f09b50002.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Christianity in the Raw) http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225240e418fdb00fa967f09b50002.html?_c=feed-rss http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225240e418fdb00fa967f09b50002.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:57:51 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225240e418fdb00fa967eb89c0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225240e418fdb00fa967eb89c0003-50si" alt="The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable" /></a> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225240e418fdb00fae8c399cc000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225240e418fdb00fae8c399cc000b-50si" alt="The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America" /></a> <a href="http://thinktank.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00c225240e418fdb00fad6921e0b0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225240e418fdb00fad6921e0b0004-50si" alt="Wings - The Sixth Season" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I woke up early today to drop by and borrow a pick-up. God, i hate mornings. The mother of all oxymorons: "good morning." The Wife and i went and cleared out a load of furniture and cleared out 2/3 of our stuff from our landlord's garage. In betw... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225240e418fdb00fa967f09b50002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> marriage the metaphysical club itunes library 10 shuffle coffee rats wings season 6 the balck swan