For the community that is the Church, there are contrasting ways of viewing the past. The Church, as we rediscovers the past, and ideally re-invest our contemporary worship with its riches, can either look on the past with Dismissal, Nostalgia or Living Memory. Dismissive Memory
THE FELT NEED Many cups made for children have a small base, and spill easily. When the classic sippy cup is no longer needed by a growing child, they still are learning their macro-muscle skills, and spills are common throughout childhood. Any parent knows that
saffron (or the spice of the prophet) saffron burns like a spice not meant for human forebearance lilting down the pipe of open dreams dreams meant for listeners and not for speakers it lofts through the streams of blood like a boat on a swollen
“He will not lift up his voice….” (from the pen of the prophet Isaiah) When the Church can put aside glitz and glamor, and humbly meet the world on the terrain of shared suffering and inexhaustible love, then we will change the world for which
On occasion we pause this blog on emerging worship to bring you a public service announcement. Apple will replace an iPod whose battery has died for $59.95 + $6.95 shipping. It will either be a new iPod they send, or a refurbished one (which will
