We ARE the story being told. (See my previous post) This IS the community that embodies. It is the community of miracle, where God works amongst us to reconcile in a place of forgiveness and evoking of our gifts and the realization that we are beloved of God. And yet, it seems as though I am still in a wilderness Continue Reading
OK, one more highlight from JKA Smith’s book. This one is sort of related to something I said in my previous post about how the way the people of the church talk about the life of the church; how the Gordon Cosby interview “sound(ed) pretty conservative”….meaning that the language is recognized as unapologetically confessional. So far, I have been suggesting Continue Reading
The particulars of a robust ecclesiology seeking a radical reformation; a confrontation with what society says is “the way it is”; a truly “alternative” life, recognizing the unique structures and “culture” it takes to withstand the allure of what everybody is encouraging everybody to do and seek, is extremely hard, and it is what so many churches are unwilling to Continue Reading
This piece from James K.A. Smith’s latest book is something of an expose on the “Church Growth” movement, or it’s more unapologetic and unabashed culture-adopting and affirming “mega-Church” cousins, who emply seemingly every device to create a “religious version” of Starbuck’s, Barnes and Noble (I prefer Border’s books, B&N coffee and seating (soft chairs are more plentiful in most B&N). Continue Reading
The story of the Potter’s House holds the key to why the Web and Blogging are important. Gordon was telling a vistor from Kansas about the roots of the Potter’s House, and how it was designed to take the conversations and the lives of the people of the Church to the people in the neighborhood and the city. Yes, the Continue Reading
The start of a “Web presence” for The Church of the Saviour has gone live. A new friend, Gentry Underwood, has been talking to CoS people in Washington for some time, and we actually met via my contacting Cos prior to my last trip there in March. Kayla McLung told me that had been getting some help in envisioning what Continue Reading
In my previous post, I was talking about the topic of conversation. But of course, “conversation” is not all there is. There is “life together” that is mission, discipline, accountability, and responding to call, which involves us in the world at the point of our gifts. This journey together is about enabling those gifts, and working together to break our Continue Reading
At the Potter’s House on Monday this week, we visited some with Gordon Cosby (pictured on the left, me on the right) and Kayla McClung of CoS, and Gentry Underwood showed up (Gentry is from Nashville, and had flown over for the weekend with his wife, and so he was visting as well) There’s a lot to sort out about Continue Reading
Internet Efficiencies p.41—-see later post Blogging is word of mouth on steroids p.43 “Blogging is faster and more effective than walking from village to vilalge and knocking on doors” p.44 Welll, not exactly (perhaps for products…not for the fuller engagment whcih leads to community, and more specifically, the type of community we are about)…….the aim I have is to draw Continue Reading
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THE CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR Ecumenical Headquarters 2025 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington DC 20036 202 387 1617 office@surfglobal.net 9:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., M F Worship Sundays 11:30 a.m. COVENANT COMMUNITY Meeting at the Festival Center 1640 Columbia Road NW Washington DC 20009 Contact: Allen & Phyllis Holt holtallen@earthlink.net Worship Sundays 11:00 a.m. DAYSPRING CHURCH 11301 Neelsville Church Rd. Germantown MD Continue Reading
On this shelf, at top center is the place of honor on my bookshelves, where books by Gordon Cosby and Elizabeth O’Connor sit. Our family had a copy of Call to Commitment , that had somehow made it into our home after my Mom’s father died (this next November 11 will mark 40 years ago!) . Although basically everything theological Continue Reading
From Becoming the Authentic Church We continually will seek meaningful ways to bring together whatever has been broken apart and to learn how to love and be loved, even before we are lovable. This goes for relationships across the board. Our separation from one another due to our being sucked into the hole that is the consumer lifestyle. It grieves Continue Reading
The following segment from Servant Leaders, Servant Structures describes the early process of discerning call in COS: Movable Theoblogical: SLSS: Chapter 1- The Laying of Foundations Waiting for Call To help us through our impasse we formed classes in Christian Vocation. In these classes we were taking a deeper and longer look at the whole matter of call as having Continue Reading
Inside the Servant Leadership School, Sat. Nov.12, 2005 (Click to see larger image in a popup) The following segment from Servant Leaders, Servant Structures describes the roots of the Servant Leadership School, begun as “The School of Christian Living”, and envisioned as a “Seminary” for the local church. The tradition of “Seminary Education” in the Church of the Saviour was Continue Reading