March 16th, 2009 — 6:10pm
Lately I’ve been connecting with more US Americans who are on a similar journey through (and away from) the institutional church.
It’s encouraging to know there are some Ezekiels, Isaiahs, and Jeremiahs out there.
Imagine how lonely the original prophets must have been. They were blessed because everyone spoke evil of them, hated them, derided them for not getting with the system.
But it was a lonely blessing.
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February 6th, 2009 — 11:21pm
Health insurance. Seriously! Since I resigned from the typical pastorate, I needed health insurance for my family. So I took the job.
Okay, that may have been a big motivator for any job, but here I am serving as a manager for a shelter and transitional program for the homeless and working poor. I could be employed doing something that has nothing to do with my life mission. Instead, here I am. And I love it. Why?
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February 5th, 2009 — 11:50pm
Working on the litany of “Why” posts, to be published soon. I don’t like to write from a place of anger, and so I find myself writing less these days.
In the meantime, enjoy Keith Olbermann’s latest special comment. Says a world about the last 8 years. Also, can those who constructively critique other institutions (i.e., the US American church in it’s public form) sense a bit of the same? Governing from fear, managing from fear, evangelizing from fear … it’s all from the same angle.
Enjoy …
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