Monthly Archive: February 2004

emerging news fit to print 0

emerging news fit to print

New York Times has that je-ne-sais-quoi to breathe publicity (used to be credibility) to things, and after circulating the news wires months ago, emerging churches are now the news of the day — Hip New Churches Pray to a Different...

Mel Gibson on ABC’s PrimeTime 2

Mel Gibson on ABC’s PrimeTime

a few sound bites from the PrimeTime special that caught my attention, and a few words on why I perked up — Diane: “60% of Americans, in a recent ABC poll, believe the Bible is literally true..” [I’m surprised that...

Is emerging only Western?

Is emerging only Western?

Question >> Is the emerging church going to be primarily a Western European, US, Canadian, Australian/NZ), educated, urban, caucasian thing? How is emerging church culture “emerging” in the Two-thirds world? djchuang >> this is the exactly question beginning to be...

emerging media blitz 0

emerging media blitz

I think the buzz and the media is just beginning to pick up about The Movie.. it showed up on the cover of The Magazine that I subscribe to at home.. and, just found out about a church (in my...

faith is more than attending church 0

faith is more than attending church

while it can readily be observed that many people do the church-going thing with not much else to show for in how they live, how they make decisions, how they (don’t) relate to people, how they (don’t) participate in the...

hymns you hate 0

hymns you hate

this Beliefnet teaser, “Which Popular Hymns Bug You?” made me click thru 🙂 ..considerably more compelling than “Sacred Songs – Which Do You Love? Which Drive You Nuts?” or “Popular Hymns: Love Them or Hate Them? Which beloved church songs...

preacher vs. people 0

preacher vs. people

most megachurches (if not all) are led by a senior pastor who has high visibility and preaches the majority of the time at weekly services [one notable exception is Newsong, where lead pastor + spiritual entrepreneur Dave preaches about just...

super commercials? 0

super commercials?

While I’m not the big sports fan, as stereotypical of a significant portion of the male gender, I do occasionally catch a sports event in person or on TV.. today being Super Sunday, I tuned in promptly at 6pm, and...