It's my birthday today and what better way to celebrate than with a demolition party. Rubble: all day, every day! Topless in RaplasWell-raized
Perceiving Well (Mk 8 22-26)
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Starting Somewhere
A quaint little garage but really pretty useless. Garage built for a Shriner's derby-carSauna that can't hold its heatWood shed and storage on half and quarter levelsCrumbling cement ceiling suspended by failing brick wallsAsbestos roofing falling apart at the seams
The promise of a shared ministry model
During the years that I was in university the church in which I grew up underwent a gradual decline in membership and giving until it was finally unable to call a full time pastor. For many congregations this event is the final toll of the death knell indicating that its time to lock the doors … Continue reading The promise of a shared ministry model
Ruths Solution 3:3 – Winning Strategies
Until now, I have spent most of my time setting the scene and - I hope - dramatizing the tensions that are written between the lines of Ruth's story. But the real magic of the story is not encoded in the setting or the narrative or even the social positions and potentials of the various … Continue reading Ruths Solution 3:3 – Winning Strategies
Ruths Solution 2:3 – Power and Influence
"Power and Influence" My present interest in Ruth's story arises in part from a hypothetical interest in what it would take to truly integrate a refugee into a foreign community. But I am also intrigued by the possibility that simple relational strategies enabled a relatively small social success that contributed directly to the rise of … Continue reading Ruths Solution 2:3 – Power and Influence