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by Mark on September 30, 2005



Emergent Toolkit //Day 2

Card 1 – Vocabulary

Metanarrative: a grand overarching account, or all-encompassing story, which is thought to give order to the historical record.

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Card 2 – Historical Quote

“Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives”
- Jean-François Lyotard

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Card 3 – Emergent expert

Christianity will be impotent to lead a conversation on sexuality and gender if we do not boldly integrate our current understandings of humanity with our theology.
-Doug Pagitt

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September 30, 2005

The Riddle Group, Etrek and Biblical SeminaryIn the Spring semester I’ll be facilitating a course at Biblical Seminary / Etrek. Etrek is the brainchild of Spencer Burke. My friend Todd Littleton is the Executive Director of Etrek and he invited me to participate. The word on the street is that Biblical Seminary is attempting to [...]

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September 30, 2005

Emergent Kit: Day #1Go Be Cool: Card one: Vocabulary Empiricism (M peer iss ism) is the philosophical doctrine that all human knowledge comes at first from senses and experience. ——————————————————————-Card two: Historical Expert “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely re-arranging their prejudices. “— William James(1842 – 1910) ——————————————————————–Card three: [...]

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Book Idea #1 – The Emergent Pastor’s Tool Kit:

September 30, 2005

Book Idea #1 – The Emergent Pastor’s Tool Kit: For uneducated pastors who want to sound smart when they hang out with their friends. It would contain a book and flash cards. The idea is simple. Pick up three flash cards per day. The first card is a vocabulary word. Read it out loud (be [...]

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books

September 30, 2005

books I have so many ideas for books. But I’m going to start posting ideas here.

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Spiritual Formation:

September 16, 2005

Spiritual Formation:leaving behind Christian Education, discipleship and follow-up as we know it. Brian McLaren is wicked insightful. “Meanwhile, in many holiness, charismatic, and Pentecostal circles, intense emotional experiences were valued in place of knowledge. The more experiences one acquires, the better off one will be: spiritual experiences = growth. In recent years, many individuals and [...]

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Jarhead :

September 12, 2005

Jarhead :This will be the best movie of the fall.Link

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Movies I want to see:

September 12, 2005

Movies I want to see: Want to go?Bee Season – even though I don’t like Richard Gere. I want to see Capote simply to see Philip Seymore Hoffman act. But the second best movie you’ll see this fall is Thumbsucker.with Lou Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Keanu Reeves, Benjamin Bratt, Kelli Garner, Chase [...]

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What’s on My Mind Today:

September 12, 2005

Lori Chaffer:I don’t know Lori. I’ve only met her. Some of you are friends with the Chaffers. She and her husband Don are the front people for Waterdeep.I bought her first solo disk “1beginning” when it came out.The album is amazing. It would be fair to say that I think she is one of the [...]

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What’s on My Mind Today:

September 8, 2005

What’s on My Mind Today: (thanks John Frye for reminding me to post- here’s what I’m thinking about today at lunch) 3 Critical Issues American Churches must deal with before Youth Ministry will be healthy. Issue #1 The Church must deal with their Systematic Abandonment of Children and Adolescents. The church that meets my needs [...]

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