links for 2008-09-26

sound bites of life on 2008-09-25

Family is back. It’s all good again. #
aca en Seattle tomando café negro y escuchando a Pablo Milanés #
for the record @spiritfarmer still owes me a coffee #
@magpiegirl now I owe you one. #
pondering on how hard it is to not let your left hand know what your right hand does in the age of social media #
@justinbaeder not BS #

√ Lab appointment. Now at Zoka drinking coffee and doing some MSA/MSH catching up. #
@jasonevans good to see you back around. #
Listening to Balún via Pandora. #
@jonmadison pretty funny stuff. #
@jakebouma I’m not but I have a friend who is going. #

Beyond the emerging church? at Deep Church

By Jason Clark
It is not a collection of Christians talking about ‘emerging church’, and about what we don’t want to be. That surprises visitors who often expect ‘Emerging Church’ will be the most immediate topic of conversation amongst our people. It’s not…mission, community, life with Jesus are (I hope) our identity and focus.

I think for many of us, ‘emerging church’ has been a resource and become part of who we are, and it’s natural to start talking about what we are doing in different terms, than an ongoing critique of existing church.

(tags: emerging EmergingChurch church blogs)
letter to the church in the USA

Therefore, we have this against you, brothers and sisters, that along with this powerful announcing of the Gospel, the Church from the United States has not also raised its voice in protest against the injustices that powerful governments and institutions are inflicting on the global South – injustices that afflict the lives and ecosystems of millions of people who, centuries after the proclamation of the Gospel, still have not seen the sweat of their brow turned into bread.

(tags: church socialjustice)