I was speaking at the Saskatoon Free Methodist Church on Sunday and as I was being introduced, it was mentioned that I was part of a team of people planting a new church in Saskatoon so I guess the secret is out. We have been meeting all over Saskatoon, mostly in coffee shops, trying to decide [...]
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The Free Methodist Church in Canada’s stance on women in ministry. I doubt it will change the minds of those of you who believe women should not lead in a church but you are entitled to be wrong. For those who want to read more on the topic, Gilbert Bilzekian’s Community 101 and Beyond Sex Roles: What the [...]
An open letter to denominational leaders
The Free Methodist Church in Canada is pretty open to the emerging church. They hired Jared Siebert to help church planters and support emerging churches, they are supportive of Resonate, and they put up with me. I don’t have any axe’s to grind with them but not everyone is as supportive and when Charlie asked me [...]
The Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church
The Ecclesiology of the Emerging Churchby Jared Siebert :: Life Cycle Project Jared gave this paper yesterday. The internal links aren’t working yet but give me a couple of days… Introduction In this paper I hope to briefly sketch an ecclesiology of what I have come to know as the emerging church. This sketch draws [...]
Live from the bunker
I didn’t post anything yesterday. For some reason none of us could get into Kingsview’s wifi connection and by the time I got back to my hotel, I was exhausted and decided sleep was more important than the web. Getting into Toronto late and the 4:45 a.m. Saskatchewan start time yesterday was rather ugly for [...]
Live from Toronto
Despite flying Air Canada, I made it in safely. Luckily I got the emergency exit row which meant lots of leg room and space to work on the Canadian Regional Jet 705 that I flew on. I re-read Kester Brewin’s book, The Complex Christ and David Fitch’s book, The Great Giveaway and the paper that Howard [...]
The Complex Christ :: Where is the grief
Later this month, I am flying down to Toronto to take part in the Free Methodist Church in Canada‘s Ecclessiology Study Team big discussion on rethinking ecclessiology for the post-Christian age. I have been re-reading Kester Brewin’s excellent book, The Complex Christ: Signs of Emergence in the Urban Church. Unlike some people, I don’t have a [...]
Coke and the Winking Circle
At the last Free Methodist Church in Canada General Conference, my friend Dave Blondel kept talking about the Winking Circle (weblog here) Of course I had no idea what he was talking about but I went along with it as Dave is quite a bit cooler than I am and is known to confront potential intruders [...]
Am I worth a podcast?
I have been enjoying my new iPod Nano quite a bit. When I use it with Apple’s iTunes software, it makes grabbing podcasts and adding them to my Nano so incredibly easy. My favorite podcast series that I have found comes via Jared Siebert and those are IT Conversations. While the site name may be [...]
The end times
I am Free Methodist and to be honest we have a couple of weaknesses. One of the minor weaknesses is that we don’t care that much about eschatology that much. Among Methodists, I care less about eschatology rather than even your average Methodist which means that I have never touched let alone read one of [...]
Free Methodist Commission on Ecclesiology
When I was 18 and knew everything there was to know about theology, I thought being a theologian would be a pretty great calling in life. Teach theology, wear suit jackets with elbow patches, and maybe pick up an accent while studying abroad. Seemed a lot better life than being a pastor and better paying [...]
