Monthly Archives: February 2006

emergent west michigan

Posted on February 27, 2006 by andre

conversation wednesday Begins: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 at 10:00 AM Ends: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 at 12:00 PM Entry fee: 0 Location: the bite 151 Ottawa Ave NW Grand Rapids, MI Link: Emergent West Michigan a connecting point for conversation … Continue reading →

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how long emergent? soon and very soon

Posted on February 27, 2006 by andre

I remember learning the song soon and very soon when I was a little kid coming up in the church. I remember discovering the sentiment in it was used by white Christians to placate blacks during slavery telling them that their reward, … Continue reading →

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insignificant – Barna on emergent

Posted on February 27, 2006 by andre

Chris Monroe over at Paradoxology has posted some of his lunch conversation with George Barna who said the emergent movement (when compared with the "revolutionaries" he had been studying) was rather insignificant Is it possible that after all the hype in … Continue reading →

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thurman quotes for black history month

Posted on February 26, 2006 by andre

As we close out black history month I thought I’d offer Howard Thurman some quotes to ponder for the rest of the year During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the … Continue reading →

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the emerging church and neophilia- Is the emergent conversation coming apart?

Posted on February 26, 2006 by andre

Is the emergent conversation coming apart and drifting into neophilia? Kester Brewin introduced the concept of neophilia in a series of posts on his blog ‘Neophilia’ -being in love with newness for newness’ sake. Neophilia is a revolutionary mode. It tries to effect … Continue reading →

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hoop dreams come true

Posted on February 24, 2006 by andre

Saw the story on this kid who saw all his hoop dreams come true on CNN. Check it out http://us.video.aol.com/video.index.adp?mode=2&pmmsid=1469747  He got game!

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Jesus as he was, Jesus as he is, Jesus as he will be.

Posted on February 23, 2006 by andre

Yesterday I picked up N.T. Wright’s The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is in preparation for my talk a the next emergent west Michigan "conversation Wednesday".  The quote that caught my attention. "We cannot assume that by … Continue reading →

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can the emerging church emerge without racial reconciliation?

Posted on February 21, 2006 by andre

I’ve been asking myself this question for  a while now. Steve argue posted his impressions of Randall Jelks talk at Calvin College’s January series prompted these thoughts. He quotes Jelks I am not free if my sister is not free. I am … Continue reading →

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post-emergent conversation continues

Posted on February 21, 2006 by andre

Maurice Broaddus has been continuing the conversation about my post emergent post cross pollinating on his message board. There have been some interesting thoughts added to the conversation. Thought I’d post some and my responses here. Dark-skinned theologians???…wait…but…but….isn’t Jesus that pale-white, … Continue reading →

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Testing BlogJet

Posted on February 18, 2006 by andre

I have installed an interesting application – BlogJet. It’s a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com “Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate … Continue reading →

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