Jeremy Klazus has a great article on the trials and tribulations of Prairie Bible College. Opinionated alumni and donors have long scolded PBI leaders for deviating even slightly from the status quo. Even L.E. got flak. After spending 19 years as a missionary in Japan, a Prairie grad named Marvin L. Fieldhouse returned to PBI, [...]
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The NASCAR version of the Bible
You know, for when the Word of God isn’t exciting enough for the NASCAR fan in your life, this version brings testimonies and photographs of the popular race personalities with whom they work on a daily basis: the drivers, the pit crews, the media spokespeople, and others associated with the world of racing.
Seminary 2.0
Bill Kinnon talks about a video he shot a couple of years ago with Eddie Gibbs In an interview I shot with Eddie Gibbs a couple of years ago (no longer available online, I’m afraid), Eddie talked about the present seminary model that leads to students incurring huge debts in pursuit of their Masters Degrees. [...]
Tall Skinny Bailout
Andrew Jones is blogging on the debt dependent church. Here are some of the gems from the post I have seen a number of Seminary graduates come overseas to hang with us and to potentially find work in the "emerging church". After a short time, they have gone back to USA disappointed that there are [...]
Life in the Margins
Jason Evans was one of the first bloggers I read way back when Blogger was independent and less reliable than an investment in General Motors. I was surfing the web the other day and writing a blog post that will never see the light of day. The story of the Ecclesia Collective and the Hawthorn [...]
Training for today
Last week I got an e-mail from a friend who is in leadership in his local seminary. While some seminaries are theologically focus, this one is a pastor factory whose primary mission is to produce pastors. Years ago if you remember, I talked about a Personal MDiv and I was asked for some feedback. I [...]
What’s New Around Here?
A couple of weeks ago I posted about The Blind Side which generated some good discussion in the comments. What caught me off guard were a couple of e-mails that were sent about the post and the hypocrisy in me posting it and advocating the position that I did. Apparently because I haven’t raised any [...]
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis
One of the books I received for Christmas was The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis, a book where one of my favorite authors tackles my favorite sport. In the 1980s rushing linebackers, specifically Lawrence Taylor, became a bigger part of the defensive scheme (at about the same time Bill Walsh was [...]
What If?
Cultivate Missional Living [CML] is a six month training course for people who want to learn how to engage in mission in an urban community. [CML] takes place in the Beasley neighbourhood in downtown Hamilton, Ontario – one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Canada – and is hosted by The Freeway.[CML] is supported by Allelon, [...]
Discipleship
Willow Creek admits to getting it wrong. In the Hawkins’ video he says, “Participation is a big deal. We believe the more people participating in these sets of activities, with higher levels of frequency, it will produce disciples of Christ.” This has been Willow’s philosophy of ministry in a nutshell. The church creates programs/activities. People [...]
