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Seizing your Divine Moment: Dare to Live...

Issue #45 | Jan 2003

"Let's stop being so aesthetic. Authentic faith is not an experience or feeling, and we canít keep compartmentalising our ëspiritual lifeí. The very term is non-sensical. Spirituality is not something that peaks and troughs. Neither is it something we engage with through the time we ëspend with Godí. It is something we live out in every moment. We donít have a ëspiritual lifeí, the spiritual IS our life." Anna Beaumont from 'Young Britain is...'

NoMo Leado, Charlie Wear responds to Kevin Miller
Texan David Hopkins reflects on the Columbia tragedy
Karen Ward rants on postmodern ministry
Jordon Cooper goes off on Pro-Life movement
Jason Evans comments on his African ministry "voyage"

A postmodern dialogue from the message boards at theooze.com:
What is more important: the question or the answer?



	Jan 2003

This Way of Life: A Redefining of Acts 2:42
by Mike Bishop

"...what if Luke never intended to set a standard for ideal church? He probably would shudder at the attempts made to reproduce this short account. So why do we continue to try?..."

Our Birthright
by Eric Blauer

"I want to be like Jacob, who has the wisdom to seize upon neglected birthrights, that countless others despise.:

A Boy Named Jimmy
by Jim Schoch
"...Since October of 2000, we have been out of any type of publicly recognized ministry for the first time in 20 years. I am much closer to God, my wife, and my three children."

'Prophecy from the Two Towers'
by Alan Creech

"...[The Two Towers] made me think of the many things that are happening in the church now --- the changes --- the new things that aren't well understood by many who are not doing them..."

Young Britain is...
by Anna Beaumont

Managing Conflict in the 'New World'
by Steve Lewis

"By expecting conflict, we will lessen the damage done to individuals and the whole body when conflicts come up."

The Younger Evangelicals
A review by Len Hjalmarson

"Webber's latest work is a prophetic call to the modern (pragmatic) churches, and a trumpet blast rallying the current generation."

Leadership in the Third-World: What American Churches can learn from the Developing World?
by Chad Hall

"One of the greatest lessons for us is a focused cognizance of Godís activity in contexts that are neither Western, Modern, nor mainline.

Superman is dead: No more "hero for hire" clergy
by David Hopkins

[April 1999]

"The pastor stands as the Churchís superman. We require him to jump tall buildings, to be stronger than a locomotive, and deflect bullets. We expect pastors to help the poor, cloth the naked, visit the imprisoned, and pray for the sick on our behalf. After all, our parentís generation was a busy one-- there wasnít enough time to do religion. We needed a hero-for-hire..."

Issue #0044 December 2002

Issue #0043 November 2002

Issue #0042 Not-October 2002

Issue #0041 September 2002

Issue #0040 August 2002

Issue #0039 July 2002

According to Spencer Burke: "It seems to me that the essence of the emerging church movement, and even the essence of the church itself, can be expressed in three ideas: an inward journey, an outward journey and a journey together. Everything else about our churchesótheir sizes, shapes, structures etc.óis secondary, and maybe even irrelevant...." This month's articles explore the meaning of the journey in various contexts...from the house church to the mainline, from the developing world to Great Britain. Takes some time and explore what God is doing in the emerging church. [Charlie Wear, publisher]

Click here for Charlie Wear's Notes...

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