Last week I approvingly quoted Andrew Forrest from an interview on Duke's Faith & Leadership blog: "Every dying church in America has a community garden. Every dying church in America has a co-working space. What do I mean by that? I have no problem with community gardens; a garden is a beautiful thing. And I …
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Imagine sitting down with a financial planner and in addition to totaling your bank accounts and mapping your investments, you also mapped your significant relationships and explored your relationship to your home.
I'm on something of an intellectual journey to understand the essence of ordained ministry (the presbyterate and deaconate). I'm doing this for a couple of reasons. The first is that, by nature, I'm an inquisitive person and the challenge of exploring this sort of topic is really exciting to me. Second, there seem to be …
James K. A. Smith has an interesting article in Christianity Today, "What Galileo's Telescope Can't See." Read it here. Our present historical moment is marked by significant turbulence around the issue of creation/origins (specifically), and the relationship of science and faith (generally). In the midst of what Charles Taylor refers to as "cross-pressures" we can …
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I was in conversation with several other pastors today discussing Jonathan Haidt's book, The Righteous Mind. It's a popular introduction to moral psychology. I hope to review it here once I read the entire book. As we were discussing the book, we started to talk about how worship forms us to live the good life. …
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Jeff Gissing 