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 […]
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 understanding of evil as it exists in the world? Response – My response begins: I understand evil to exist in […]
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 – Describe your personal experience of God and the understanding of God you derive from biblical, theological, and historical sources. Response – My response […]
It is not often that one has the opportunity to read about someone’s call to ministry in the sports section. From the Kansas City Star on Sunday, February 18, 2007: God calling his shots now When Michael Watson bumps into a friend from his old life, the conversation tends to go something like this. The […]
The following video was brought to my attention by Lisa Diehl in the post, What’s the worst that could happen? It presents an example of hospitality done very poorly. This video is from the The Meeting House. This is obviously a horrible example of how to greet and welcome visitors. I have experienced many different […]
I believe that technology in worship is an addition to the worship experience that is not necessarily good or bad. The use of screens, images, projected lyrics, image magnification, sound amplification, etc. can all be detrimental to the worship experience if executed poorly, i.e. feedback, bad video shots, difference between projected and sung lyrics. It […]
I recently read Hey Brother, what’s your numbers? on New Church Marketing. This post got me thinking about the difference between growing worship numbers and effectively making disciples of Jesus Christ. I do not believe that growth in numbers does not equal growth in discipleship, but I also think that the people who gather for […]
Over the past several months there has been some turmoil within the Stephen Ministry program at Resurrection. Part of the hope for the future is to have an active lay ministry program that functions effectively within the Pastorates – which is model of care at Resurrection that “has been designed to encourage every person in […]
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 […]
Today I was able to complete an import of the history of posts from the previous site where Thoughts of Resurrection resided. Please enjoy exploring the archives, which are now much more extensive. These are the top five posts which have been added from the past. John Henry Faulk’s Christmas Story Death of a Congregation […]
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 […]
I would like to recommend a post from Matt at Catching Meddlers – an excellent summary of Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures and also application to rural / small town congregations can be found here. Previously, I had considered the emerging movement to be taking place primarily in cities, but I agree […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 