Monthly Archives: July 2007

The Baptist way

Posted on July 21, 2007 by igalindo

I “grew up Baptist” as they say. My own religious and cultural tradition colored our Baptist heritage with a particularly pietistic bent. We weren’t fundamentalist but not liberal either. Growing up the phrase “The Baptist way” often served as the … Continue reading →

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Entering the Twilight Zone with eyes wide open

Posted on July 20, 2007 by igalindo

I recently got an e-mail from a former student who was in the middle of an interview process with a congregation for a pastoral staff position. She’d gotten news from the church that the senior pastor, who’d been involved in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Jim and Casper Go To Church

Posted on July 19, 2007 by GregR

What happens when a Pentecostal preacher turned house painter and an atheist walk into a church? Well, a book in this case. Jim Henderson is a former pastor turned researcher and is interested in what non-Christians think of the church, … Continue reading →

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On not getting what you expect

Posted on July 18, 2007 by igalindo

The other day my wife and I went out to breakfast at a local I-Hop. She had the day off and I had a craving for waffles for some strange reason. When you head out to a place that specializes … Continue reading →

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Is the (c)hurch a Business?

Posted on July 17, 2007 by mcanaday

Over the years I’ve heard the statement that the church is a business and needs to be treated like one. I suspect that any time money is involved there’s a tendency to think this way. Comments like this are, in … Continue reading →

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Prayer, The Force, Energy, and Causality

Posted on July 16, 2007 by igalindo

First, I think I need to start this entry by saying that I’m a personal believer in prayer (although I must confess that I didn’t really know how to pray until I was forty, even though I grew up in … Continue reading →

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Healthy Congregations conference in October 2007

Posted on July 14, 2007 by igalindo

There’s a “systems and congregations” conference coming up in October of 2007. The “Healthy Leadership: Living with nerve” conference is the 9th annual advanced workshop of Healthy Congregations, Inc., housed at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, OH. The conference dates … Continue reading →

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World’s Greatest Christian Educators: Augustine of Hippo

Posted on July 13, 2007 by igalindo

Augustine of Hippo was one of the foremost philosophers and theologians of early Christianity. He had a profound influence on the subsequent development of Western thought and culture and, more than any other person, shaped the themes and defined the … Continue reading →

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Church 2.0

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Jon

That title is probably misleading but if it grabbed your attention for the moment, it did what I intended.  Technology is a big part of individual lives.  We hold the cell phone to our ear while reading the GPS to … Continue reading →

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I’m not worth much

Posted on July 11, 2007 by igalindo

I had an insurance salesman I worked with for a few years who always asked the question, “What’s your net worth?” I never had that information at my fingertips and so was never prepared to answer. He always seemed surprised … Continue reading →

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