God Bless America
Tomorrow is the 4th of July. For those who love liberty, who appreciate the sacrifices of our American founders and our contemporary patriots, who believe in the ideals for which […]
Tag Archives: Post-modernity
concerning holy grails and church marketing
In the church world, there are trend setters and trend watchers, opinion leaders and early (and late) adapters, marketing gurus and viral media mavens. Love em or hate em, they are […]
Children’s Pastors: What Traits Influence Your Ministry?
Sage and Trendwatcher. Manager and Entreprenuer. Leader and Shepherd. All of these traits have value in ministry. To be sure, there are others I could list, but the length of this […]
Modernism and Postmodernism
Soon I will be posting a lengthy article about postmodernism. For now, let me say this. Both modernism and postmodernism have provided tremendous unique opportunities and, taken to an extreme, […]
Relevant Children’s Ministry
Over the past several years I have heard and read much about relevant ministry, both in terms of the entire church and children’s ministry. Missiologists such as Guder and Bosch, […]
HomePDX: A Church for the Homeless in Portland, Oregon
Occasionally I am asked about the innovative ways in which people do church in Portland. HomePDX is a church which was planted by Ken Lloyd. It is an offshoot of […]
Is the Western Church Irrelevant to the Culture?
Has the western church become irrelevant to the culture? In one sense, when we consider God’s purpose for the church and the fact it was He who established it, we […]
Disillusioned Christians: Implications for Educational Ministries in the Church
Recently a person contacted the IRC website of which I am a part. He had some pretty angry things to say about God, Christians, and Christianity. Typically, I would simply […]
Unique Approach to Children’s Ministry Leadership
Ken Bussell of Our Place Christian Church in Hillsboro, Oregon shares his thoughts on how his church is developing their children’s ministry. It is a different approach from what I […]
Post Doctoral Intensive Accessing Initialization Sub-Directories/Correlating Integrated Synchronization Source Code….
I tried to find ugliness in the margins of rural Sandy. Honest. I really did. But I got side tracked by the stunning beauty afforded by the Jonsrud Viewpoint. In […]
