One of the things I feel most acutely in this particular stage of my life is the sensation of being alone. No, against all odds, Susan hasn’t tired of me and asked me to leave. I have not been cast out by anyone. I know of no place I would care to go where I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘institutional church’
The High Price of Belonging
Posted in faith community, re-thinking church, tagged faith community, institutional church, rethinking church on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There’s a line out the door at Joshua’s Restaurant
Posted in discipleship, re-thinking church, the Kingdom of God, tagged discipleship, grace, institutional church, rethinking church, the Kingdom of God on August 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Joshua was a man on a mission. He had a business concept paired up with passion. He wanted to open a restaurant that would introduce his neighbors in his new adopted home in America to the cuisine of his homeland, Basileia. Though his new home was in a large metropolitan city, there were very few [...]
YOU tell me.
Posted in discipleship, institutional church, re-thinking church, tagged institutional church, Jesus, rethinking church, revolutionaries on July 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Those who study trends among American Christians suggest that there is a change taking place in some believers’ attitudes toward the church. I think that they are right, and I have been forming a theory as to why. So I want to ask you to help me test a hypothesis. If 1) you aspire to [...]
Be the Change, Part II
Posted in discipleship, institutional church, showing love to the world, tagged Christian activism, institutional church, Jesus on July 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My earlier blog, “Be the Change”, elicited this comment from Jim: “I’ve also noticed lately, that a lot of peoples’ anger (and activism) seems to start from a place of fear. Almost always, not fear for someone else, but instead fear for self (loss of income, loss of health benefits, loss of current standard of [...]
A Worthwhile (but potentially troubling) Read
Posted in institutional church, rethinking church, Uncategorized, tagged house church, institutional church, rethinking church on July 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There are a few blogs I check out from time to time. One is InternetMonk.com. Like me, the writer Michael Spencer, has an extensive background in the institutional church, and his continuing connection to it is as ambivalent as my own. I am attaching a link to one of his recent posts that is a “squirmer”. [...]
Searching for a Foothold
Posted in discipleship, faith community, tagged faith community, heretical imperative, house church, institutional church, Jesus on July 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My wife, Susan, and I are a part of a little faith community that meets with what might be described as irregular regularity. We don’t have a set meeting time, and our agenda has never been the same twice. We don’t even know what to call ourselves. Some would call us a house church or [...]
Steve Winger
These are the reflections of a restless follower of Jesus.
This on-going conversation is a reflection of the over-arching passion of my life: that the likeness ('eikon' in the Greek) of Jesus be reflected in me and in the Body of Christ, the Church.
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