“People who love community always end up destroying community. People who love relationships always build community.”
– Ronald Rolheiser
Leadership
Did you Deny the Resurrection Today?
Watch this Peter Rollins clip to explore what it looks like when our every day actions deny the resurrection and affirm the resurrection.
Peter Rollins is a widely sought after writer, lecturer, storyteller and public speaker. Peter gained his higher education from Queens University, Belfast and has earned degrees (with distinction) in Scholastic Philosophy (BA Hons), Political Theory (MA) and Post-Structural thought (PhD). He is currently a research associate with the Irish School of Ecumenics in Trinity College, Dublin and is the author of the much talked about How (Not) to Speak of God.
Click here to see a list of the works he has published.
What are your thoughts on his rant?
Your Desert Experience in Ministry – Part 3/4
Desert experiences are one of the hardest things about life and extremely difficult to navigate through. In fact, when we are in a desert experience, the only thing that many of us think about is how to get out of it – quickly and with as few scars as possible.
In part one, I described the rationale behind desert or isolation experiences in ministry. Click here to read about it.
In part two, I described the different types of desert experiences that one might experience in ministry. Click here to read about it.
Today, I’m going to explore why moving out of a desert experience prematurely is one of the worst decisions that you can do.
The whole process of moving back to Canada in 2010, after pastoring in Korea, was a defining desert experience in my life. We were displaced and without a home, ministry position, income, etc for about 5 months. Upon arriving back in Canada, the first thing I wanted to do was get a job and start providing again for my wife and newborn, but God had other plans. In fact, out of all the resumes that I handed out, absolutely no one called me back for the first couple of months. It was hard at the time, but in hindsight, I can see how God wanted to keep me in that desert experience.
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An Intro to Disciplining Your Children
Disciplining your children is probably one of the most controversial topics in our society today. Every culture has a different norm or standard for what’s okay or not. Not only that, but the times have changed from when we were kids so that everyone is pretty much tip toeing around the issue.
For example, did you hear the recent story about a mom using hot sauce and cold showers to discipline her child? Click here to read about it, or check out this video below.
This post is not meant to be THE ANSWER to all your questions, but rather a starting place or a place of resource as you determine what your disciplining style will be for your family.
Rather than doing the whole hot sauce and cold shower thing, what about this method for disciplining?
Here’s a solution for a perpetually messy bedroom: Explain to your child, “I cannot bear to look at this room anymore — it’s too messy! I’m going to turn off the circuit breaker so I can’t see it. When it’s clean enough for me to tolerate, let me know and I’ll turn your power back on.”
Haha, okay that’s pretty funny and I guess that would only work during the day time. Nevertheless, the need to discipline is a real issue and here are some reasons why we should discipline our children:
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Re-Imagining Theological Education
I just came across some excellent videos (see below) illustrating the thoughts on theological education and seminary that I’ve been wrestling with for the past couple of years. You can read about my thoughts here.
You can also read a great article by Leonard Sweet about how seminaries have to reinvent themselves here.
I am encouraged to not only see 3DM working through this concept, but also Fuller Seminary.
Here are pertinent sites discussing the matter:
- http://thefutureoftheologicaleducation.com/
- http://future.fuller.edu