Category Archives: Missional Community

The Perils of Hipster Christianity and Why Young Evangelicals Reject Churches That Try To Be Cool – WSJ.com

The Perils of Hipster Christianity and Why Young Evangelicals Reject Churches That Try To Be Cool – WSJ.com. Great article on the way the church tries to be hip. The problem with being Hip, is what exactly is hip? And once you figure out what is hip, it is usually no longer hip.  As thoseContinue reading “The Perils of Hipster Christianity and Why Young Evangelicals Reject Churches That Try To Be Cool – WSJ.com”

What about the poor…

There is a lot of talk about the poor, and how there is plenty of resources to go around. We in the United States of America are some of the wealthiest people in the world.  The homeless people in this country are better off than soem working folks in other countries… So why are weContinue reading “What about the poor…”

What is the right question…

In the parable of the Good Samaritan the lawyer asks 2 questions and Jesus asks 3… My wondering is on the first question… ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ – This question has been argued and discussed and mulled over and a number of different things through out that ages… What must IContinue reading “What is the right question…”

avalanches – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog

avalanches – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Another wonderful post from Rich Melheim… My comments on his sight: Could it be like, someone planted, someone else watered God brought the growth… I applied a little pressure, and set something in motion and a mother/father picked up on the motion and added a little something over there, andContinue reading “avalanches – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog”

Soccer – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog

Soccer – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog. Where is your church at in Evangelism.  My comment to Rich Melheim on his blog is here below. I wonder where you think we are at, or where you are at with your church in Evangelism… This is great! I believe unfortunately most Lutheran Congregations are like the Chinese diagramContinue reading “Soccer – The Melheimian Sabbatiblog”

No room in the Inn

We are in the midst of doing VBS at the congregation I serve.  Yesterdays scripture passage was Luke 2:1-20, the birth of Jesus. Now this is a story most of us hear year after year, because those of us who go to churches that follow the Revised Common Lectionary use this set of verses every Christmas Eve.Continue reading “No room in the Inn”

The home as the basis of faith!

Here is a quote from Rich Melheim’s blog I found very interesting: “For those of you heaven-bent on changing the dying mainline before it turns into a flatline… For those of you hoping to reform your church to look less like the last chapter of American Christianity and more like Deuteronomy 6 (when you lieContinue reading “The home as the basis of faith!”