This is part of a series of posts on my understanding of faith, ministry and the church. I would enjoy feedback and your response to my answers to these questions. Question – What is your conception of the activity of the Holy Spirit in personal faith, in the community of believers, and in responsible living […]
Thanks to Doug for this post, raising my awareness about the following… Emersion Books is a partnership between Emergent Village and Baker Books. From the website: The church today is part of a rapidly changing culture. The emersion line of books is intended for those who are meeting these changes with vision and hope for […]
Thanks to Clif at The Appian Way for this post and Seth at Seth Godin’s Blog for this post for alerting me to the following video clip. The following video clip was created by Michael Wesch an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology in the Anthropology Program at Kansas State University. I found this video to […]
Each week Darrell Holtz, Writing and Curriculum Development Program Director, here at Resurrection puts together excellent Small Group Curricula and Resources based on the sermon from the past weekend. This week he was going to be out of town and asked if I would be able and willing to create these documents for the week […]
Last night, my wife, Nicole and I had the opportunity to be a part of the Third Grade Bible Exploration last night through serving communion. The Third Grade Bible Exploration is a special event that is a part of the Kids COR ministry at Resurrection. It was a very cool event. The third graders that […]
The title of this post is a quote from Boo Tyson, who spoke this morning at staff chapel. Boo Tyson is the sister to Timothy Tyson, author of Blood Done Sign My Name – a personal story about race relations in North Carolina in 1970. Some quotes from the message by Boo Tyson: What seemed […]
I have posted a review of A New Kind of Christianby Brian McLaren here or on the Documents page of this site. This review is a part of my 2007 Goals. I would love to hear your thoughts, responses and comments on this review. Please comment on this post. Thanks.
A portion of one of my goals for 2007 includes: Reading books on the subject of the emerging movement within the Christian church and writing a two page summary of the book to include: summary of themes, possible applications and relevance to the United Methodist Church and possible applications and relevance to The United Methodist […]
From the final session of the Mainline Emergent/s gathering by Brian McLaren… We must be concerned with the earth and not just the church. The substance of the message that is being presented in a local congregation is important – is the gospel one of escape or transformation?Possible action steps after the gathering: Stop focusing […]
The following document is a part of my 2007 Goals. I would enjoy hearing your comments and feedback. Enjoy! Conard 1 Andrew Conard The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection 2 January 2007 A New Kind of Christian In this paper, I will attempt to summarize some of the central themes of A New Kind […]
My office at the church is just down the hall from the office work room. Every Thursday afternoon I hear the thump-thump-thump of the risograph machine churning out Sermon Notes and Study Guides and Prayer Guides for the bulletin. This week, however, production has started for Candlelight Christmas Eve bulletins and will continue through tomorrow. […]
Yesterday I purchased windshield washer fluid for my vehicle. When I went to the local auto store and asked for windshield washer fluid, they pointed me to a stack of boxes. There were two choices: evergreen and cherry vanilla. They were both windshield fluid with de-icer. However, I had never considered the possibility of having […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 