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Mission-Shaped | joshheilman.com
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Chapter of Mission-Shaped Church. Outlined some great concepts regarding mission-oriented churches in today’s culture. Archbishop of the Church of England, and the Church of England’s Mission and Public Affairs Council have done an admirable job identifying the need for mission-oriented church. I am particularly impressed that this kind of thinking is coming out of a high-church hierarchy. This indicates that the Anglican Church. Senses the rapidly approaching demise of. The Demise of Christendom. With t...
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Book Review | joshheilman.com
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The Shaping of Things to Come. Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch. Frost and Hirsch lay out a carefully-prepared argument for what they believe will and should be the shape and look of the postmodern church. Throughout these first chapters, the authors are constantly contrasting what they consider two distinct church worldviews or modes:. Churches (most churches today, taking their form from the influence of Christendom) and Missional. Institutional churches are attractional/extractional (p12,18-21). Those wi...
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Newer posts →. October 8, 2008. Tonight we encountered the most creative panhandling I’ve come across. Andy, Petey and I were walking around downtown Portland, looking for a place to eat dinner, when this young guy (interestly enough, dressed pretty fashionably), reaches out and asks:. You have some change? Because the bar doesn’t take shiny rocks and shells. That almost made me want to give him some cash for his sheer creativity. October 8, 2008. Floyds Coffee Shop, Portland OR. Waking me again at 4:30am.
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remembering guatemala | joshheilman.com
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Keep christ in…. Bumper sticker →. December 23, 2008. Santa Catalina Arch in Antigua, Guatemala. In early December, I had the great opportunity to travel to Guatemala. We spent less than two full days in country, intentional because of the nature of our trip: we were taking gifts and supplies to Casa Shalom. An orphanage our church. Supports just outside of Guatemala City (you can read an up-to-date blog about Casa Shalom here. And were headed to Nicaragua the following week with a similar objective.
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Liminality | joshheilman.com
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In The Missionary Congregation, Leadership, and. Liminality, Roxburgh expands on three interrelated points:. Marginalization, Liminality,. As what the Church experienced in the past few hundred years as the emerging Modern World forced the Church from the center of society/community to the margins. Is the transition process accompanying that change [of] state or social position , and. Explains how the Church today needs to become more missional missionary-like in its interaction with culture. In order to...
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Postmodernism… | joshheilman.com
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Much of A Primer on Postmodernism. Was, in effect, a reunion of much of previous readings. Roxburgh’s ideas of the loss of center in postmodern society (expounded in The Missionary Congregation, Leadership, and Liminality. Extends not only to society, but to reality. As the way postmodernity encourages the formation of knowledge and belief (juxtaposition in art, fashion, religion) ties nicely into Vincent Miller’s Consuming Religion. The goal is to recognize these theological propositions and employ them...
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March 25, 2009. On my way into work this morning, I saw a bumper sticker on the back of a camper that made me laugh:. Don’t insult farmers with your mouth full of food. That’s just funny, no matter where you’re coming from. This entry was posted in Farming. And tagged bumper sticker. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Josh & Niki.
