Systems-Sensitive Leadership: Empowering Diversity Without Polarizing the Church Michael C. Armour and Don Browning – 2000, College Press Publishing Company Finished February, 2013 Read Paperback c. 1995 College Press Publishing Co. Chapter 11 is a good summary of the systems. Preface (Armour) The 4 c’s: Change Complexity Confusion Conflict Work derived from Dr. Clare […]
Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words Brian D. McLaren Finished April, 2012. Helpful Chart Summary: Simplicity Right vs. Wrong Dualism Dependence Complexity Effective vs. Ineffective Pragmatism Independence Perplexity Honest vs. Dishonest Relativism Counterdependence Harmony Understanding of Purpose and Timing Interdependence of Mutuality Syntopical Learning: [Resonating with Thinking, Fast and Slow] O seems […]
I preached this sermon at Grace United Methodist Church on December 29th, 2013. The text was Matthew 2:13-23. Here’s the audio: About five years ago, not long after I had become youth pastor at Grace, we had a lock-out and as part of the lock-out, I took the youth to see a movie at Monaco […]
I preached this sermon at Grace United Methodist Church on June 30th, 2013. The text was Galatians 5:1,13-25. Here’s the audio: Freedom is as American as apple pie. This week, especially, we’ll take time to celebrate and enjoy those freedoms. Freedom, it seems, is one of those things that you can never have too much […]
bothI preached this sermon at Grace United Methodist Church on June 23, 2013. The text is Galatians 3:23-29. Here’s the audio. One of our church members shared with me a t-shirt that her English department had made for themselves. I thought was pretty clever. Now, English has many irregularities, but there are still rules […]
I preached this sermon at Grace UMC on January 13, 2013. Here’s the audio and the scripture (Luke 3:15-23a). Only you can prevent forest fires. That’s the advice of the iconic Smokey the Bear. Forest fires are not to be taken lightly and I do hope each of you takes fire safety seriously. But […]
I preached this sermon on Epiphany Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Grace UMC. Here’s the audio and the scripture (Luke 3:1-14) Last week, we began a three week sermon series entitled, “Grow” aimed at learning from Jesus’ steps of growth after his birth to the beginning of his ministry. We read Luke’s account of a […]
I preached this sermon on December 30th at Grace UMC. Here’s the audio and the text (Luke 2:41-52). Today’s sermon is brought to you by the number twelve. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but twelve year old boys can be strange. They don’t seem to operate by the same socially agreed upon customs that […]