Feb
01
2012
Worth a Look 2.1.12
Over the years, I’ve learned from my kids that one of the most powerful words is, “Why”
When you believe in something strongly, ask why.
When someone disagrees with you, ask why…
A Salon columnist talks about her “falling in love” with Joel Osteen’s church:
The weekend my boyfriend began seeing another woman, I walked into a megachurch for the first time.
My girlfriends and I didn’t go to praise Jesus. We went for fun. (I didn’t know about the boyfriend yet.) My two friends, both 20-something journalists like me, were visiting me in Houston, and we considered Lakewood Church — the largest house of worship in the country and home to controversial superstar pastor Joel Osteen — a tourist attraction…
Josh Reich pulls out some great nuggets of wisdom and counsel from Calvin Miller’s Letters to a Young Pastor:
I was struck by how much time Miller spent talking about character. Most books on pastoral leadership and church growth center on techniques, but it was refreshing to see him spend such a bulk of time on character. Without character, you won’t last in ministry. I also appreciated how by the time you are Miller’s age, in your mid-70-s, the things that used to matter don’t matter like they used to.
A conversation with Greg Strand about the revision of the Evangelical Free Church’s doctrinal statement:
From 2003-2008, the EFCA was engaged in a revision of their Statement of Faith. The culmination of that revision was reached in June 2008, when the denominational Conference adopted a new Statement of Faith. In order best to understand it and to provide teaching resources for it, it was necessary to provide a companion, a “theological exposition” or commentary to the Statement of Faith. In this way we could expound its truth, clarify what it says and means, and also state what it does not mean.