Posts Tagged ‘church’
Book Review: Has God Only One Blessing?
Posted by: revjmk on: December 25, 2011
Has God Only One Blessing? Judaism as a Source of Christian Self-Understanding by Mary C. Boys, A Stimulus Book by Paulist Press, 2000, 393 pp. This is another book I am reading in preparation for my pilgrimage to the Holy Land with the Macedonian Ministries program. Has God Only One Blessing? begins with the metaphor [...]
Book Review: Whose Offering Plate Is It?
Posted by: revjmk on: November 29, 2011
Christopher, J. Clif. Whose Offering Plate Is It? New Strategies for Financial Stewardship. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010. 145 pp. This review was originally written for the Center for Faith and Giving, a ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), whose mission is to create a culture of generosity across the church. You can find [...]
Book Review: Resident Aliens
Posted by: revjmk on: August 25, 2011
Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony: A provocative Christian assessment of culture and ministry for people who know that something is wrong, by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon, Abingdon Press, 1989, 175 pp. After borrowing its title for the opening sermon in my latest sermon series (entitled “Living in Tents”), I finally sat [...]
Book Review: Unbinding the Gospel Series
Posted by: revjmk on: May 22, 2011
Unbinding the Gospel: Real Life Evangelism, Church Leaders Study, by Martha Grace Reese, Chalice Press, 2007, 148 pp. Unbinding Your Church: Pastor’s and Leaders’ Guide, by Martha Grace Reese with Dawn Darwin Weaks and Catherine Riddle Caffey, Chalice Press, 2008, 146 pp. Unbinding Your Heart: 40 Days of Prayer and Faith Sharing, All Church-Study and [...]
Book Review: The Jesus of Suburbia
Posted by: revjmk on: May 16, 2011
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The Jesus of Suburbia: Have We Tamed the Son of God to Fit Our Lifestyle? by Mike Erre. W Publishing Group (Thomas Nelson), 2006, 202 pp. I picked up this book for a couple of dollars during a quick pass through a discounted bookstore. I did not spend too much time examining it, because I [...]
Vocabulary Lesson: Pecans, Pee-cans and the Church
Posted by: revjmk on: April 11, 2011
Our family drove to Florida a few months ago. If you’ve ever made that journey, you know that the highways in Georgia and Florida are lined with billboards advertising pecans. Both J and I have mild allergies to nuts, but B loves them and seems unaffected. So, to pass the time, we were pointing out [...]
A Church of Cast-Offs, or Only the Best for God?
Posted by: revjmk on: March 24, 2011
Our church is in the early stages of a major renovation of our basement, transforming it into a ministry center for community and church programs for the future. One Saturday, we spent the day going through all our old stuff, deciding what to keep, what to trash, and what to label “free to a good [...]
Sermon Sapling: Epiphany 7A — Building on the Foundation
Posted by: revjmk on: February 17, 2011
Highlighted Passage: 1 Corinthians 3:10-23 I have always been fascinated by the construction of cathedrals. In the Middle Ages, when the cardinals of Europe were competing with one another to build the most magnificent edifice, craftsmen and laborers used the simplest of tools to build these spectacular buildings. Construction provided employment for hundreds, if not [...]
Book Review: Leadership for Vital Congregations
Posted by: revjmk on: February 16, 2011
Leadership for Vital Congregations, by Anthony B. Robinson, Pilgrim Press, 2006, 128 pp. This is a book I wish I had found and read a long time ago–even before 2006, when it was first published. Over the last five years, I have been engaged in leading a church through a time of major change. I [...]
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I am a full-time pastor in the United Church of Christ, mother of a preschooler (B.), married to an aspiring academic and curmudgeon (J.). I live by faith, intuition and intellect. I follow politics, football and the Boston Red Sox. I like to talk about progressive issues, theological concerns, church life, the impact of technology and media, pop culture and books.
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