Today I have fully updated my earlier post which lists "the best" sermons and lectures on the net for free. Check it out here.
Church Leadership Conversations
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Image Isn’t Everything: the uneasy conscience of a GenX pastor
See my article (Part 1: "Image Isn’t Everything: the uneasy conscience of a GenX Pastor" here and Part 2" "Image Isn’t Everything 2: depth and transparency offer hope for GenX" here) that is being published in two parts at Leadership Journal’s blog Out of Ur. I wrote it in 2004 as the founder and leader of a GenX ministry at Granville Chapel in Vancouver, British Columbia. It bears similarities to my post about Andy Stanley and Leadership here.
I hope you can overlook my use of the term "Gen-X pastor." This term is rarely used anymore and very few people believe in the Generation X distinction. Willow Creek has a "Next Gen" Leadership Conference. I like that better. You can see my post about the Emerging Churches book by Eddie Gibbs and Ryan Bolger for more discussion about the confusing terms “emerging” and “emergent.”
I also affirm that this image issue is not limited to pastors in their 20’s and 30’s. My post simply tries to identify some of the issues I noticed in myself and my friends and how we have tried to address them.
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Taylor University Tragedy
As you likely have already heard, last night four students and one faculty member from Taylor University were killed in a tragic semi-truck and van accident. My wife and I are faculty members at Taylor. We had connections to two of the students who were killed. Thank you for your prayers for the whole Taylor community. We are deeply saddened by the loss.
At the moment, I am in Fairview, Pennsylvania because my mother-in-law, Nancy Steinfield, passed away suddenly and her funeral was yesterday. Her obituary is here. So we are grieving because of that and also grieving in absentia for the Taylor tragedy. Amy and I will return to Taylor on Saturday or Sunday.
There are a number of links below to find out more about the tragedy from Taylor’s website and local news media.
Taylor University Official Updates
Chronicle-Tribune.com – local paper with regular updates and photos
TheIndyChannel.com – stories and video
IndyStar.com – Indianapolis Star newspaper
See also the comments by Blue Like Jazz author Donald Miller here.
