Category: Emerging Spirit
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Sign up to my Papa’s free WEBINAR
As part of my exit from the work of Emerging Spirit I have been requested to offer some webinars. The first will be next Thursday, May 19th, at 11:00 am Vancouver Canucks time (Pacific time). The promo runs like this: Future models of church If one thing is clear about these uncertain times it is…
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Closing for Emerging Spirit
The Emerging Spirit project will officially end on December 31, 2010. As part of the closing of the project we gathered those who had presented workshops, under the banner of the project, from all across the country. Not all could attend but 35 gathered at Church House November 23-24, 2010. This reflection formed part of…
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Church People are the Reason People stay with the church
So I asked myself, “If it is true that the church can be arrogant, judgemental, boring and all the rest why would anyone want to be connected? Why would I?” From a lifetime in the church, I cannot argue with Adam Hamilton‘s assessment, “Some of the most insensitive, critical, judgmental and mean-spirited people I’ve known…
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They Came and Did Not Return
In the flood of interviews that accompanied the launch of WonderCafe, reporters often asked whether church attendance had increased in recent years because of 9/11 and the threat of terrorism. At that time there were not a lot of hard numbers around and my impression was that, in Canada, there had not really been a…
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Don’t talk too much!
The Living the Faith event held at Ryerson United Church last Saturday – thanks Dan, Debra and Pamela! – lifted up a few things for me. 1. While the Emerging Spirit team feels we have been immersed in this stuff for a long time, it comes as news to many. For most people at the…
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