This is a review of Organic Community: Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connect by Joseph R. Myers. It is a resource from Emersion: a partnership between Emergent Village and Baker Books. Main Themes This book is a follow up to The Search to Belong by Myers and asserts itself as a “how-to” manual for […]
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Apple… :)
PS – I am a big Apple fan. The computers that I have used included a Macintosh Plus a Power Computing Power 100 mac clone, iMac G3 and my current 1.25 ghz PowerBook G4. Maybe a MacBook Pro will be in my future. Someday… PPS – Apple recycles any iPod and any cell phone – […]
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iPhone in the Future
Like Tim Stevens, I have considered purchasing an iPhone when my current contract with Sprint is up in April. To this point, I have been dissuaded, by what I perceived to be the lack of functionality tying the iPhone to the Microsoft Server software that keeps my calendar, email and contacts humming at Resurrection. The […]
This is a review of Discover Your Conflict Management Style by Speed B. Leas, a resource from The Alban Institute. Main Themes This is a simple workbook style publication designed to help you, as the title suggests, discover your conflict management style. A self-assessment tool aids in determining your conflict management tendencies from among the […]
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The Bible in Rhyme
I was amazed when I saw the announcement for The Bible in Rhyme from Kyle. Check it out.
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(Thinking Blogger Award)
A blog award – who knew they had such things? Thoughts of Resurrection received the Thinking Blogger Award on March 5, 2008. The Thinking Blogger Award started here and I was tagged by Jared White (Thanks, Jared!) So here are my nominees for a Thinking Blogger Award – awaiting only their willingness to receive: Ben […]
I am a regular subscriber to daily dose of imagery, Flickr Blog, deviantmonk’s photos, and Wink. Through a post earlier in the year was made aware of the Photoblog Awards. If you read blogs, I highly recommend subscribing to some sort of photo blog. It is great to see a beautiful image come up in […]
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Scripture: Flexible and Resilient
Back in December, I started thinking about what would be the opposite of the scriptures being fragile. (See the comment conversation at – Were there really wise men?) I believe that the word of God as contained in the Old and New Testaments is both resilient and flexible. Let me be clear that I do […]
I really resonate with Jared’s post – Emerging Boredom. I have lost a lot of enthusiasm for what has variously been known as the emerging movement, emergent, emerging church – whatever terminology you wish to use. I have tangibly seen this transition in my annual goals which included reading books and visits to churches who […]
This is a guest post from deviant monk. I recommend both his blog and podcast. Would you like to guest blog at Thoughts of Resurrection? If he were still alive, St. Augustine would almost certainly listen to the podcast God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in […]
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Speedlinking – March 3, 2008
Transitioning out: they’re fine without me – Ben Arment gives quality guidance about ending well. Education in today’s world… – What do you think about Sunday school and Christian formation? Emergent boredom – Jared White calls the emerging church conversation into question. Grand Challenges for Engineering – Talk about big visions! Great promo video from […]
Last week one of my colleagues asked, Are you comfortable with the influence that The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection has on the United Methodist Church? Yes, I am comfortable with the influence that Resurrection has on the denomination. I think that Resurrection seeks to represent the extreme center in the United Methodist Church […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 