Category Archives: Personal Commentary
What is Pihop?
[So anyone reading my blog or my Facebook recently will see a dramatic increase in reference to something known as “Pihop.” I have even turned it into a verb and talked about “Pihopping” or “going to Pihop it up.” In … Continue reading
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Tagged contemplative worship, encouragement, Holy Spirit, house of prayer, ihop, Pihop, prayer, refreshment, restoration, spiritual experience, worship, www.pihop.com
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The Great Emergence: How I see Christianity changing in the next hundred years and why…
[Three speakers at Fuller discussed how Christianity is changing and why. Using some of their statements and thoughts as a springboard I want to share my own beliefs on this issue] Jumping ship… Phyllis Tickle, to whom I will refer … Continue reading
The Great Emergence: Tony Jones and Provocative (but Responsible) Dialogue
Recently Fuller Seminary hosted a talk on “Emergence Spirituality.” Put succinctly, Christianity is going through a major identity crisis that tends to happen every five hundred years or so. In the West, Conservative Evangelicalism, a Protestant brand of Christianity that … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian identity crisis, Christianity, colonialism, communication, conservative evangelicalism, emergent churches, emerging churches, Pentecostalism, provocative, racism, responsible dialogue, the global south, the Great Emergence, theological colonialism, Tony Jones
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Speaking of Gender Constructs
In my University of Phoenix class on human sexuality I found the following table. It is gender stereotypes that were found to be common among thirty countries. I do not know how diverse the countries were, but it is interesting … Continue reading
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Jazz Vespers, the Body of Christ and Improv (P.S. Thank you)
Last night I went to a Jazz Vespers event created by Gillian Grannum. Jazz Vespers are a mix of jazz music, prayer, and performance. These services can range from jazz concerts in a church to more formal and traditional Christian … Continue reading
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Tagged Body of Christ, community, improv, jazz, jazz vespers
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Pornography, Social Justice and Gender Constructs
Recently I went to a talk on social justice and pornography. Much was said about human sexuality, the Church and the impact of pornography. One point that Dr. Erin Dufault-Hunter was keen to make was that in interacting with pornography, … Continue reading
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Tagged femininity, gender, masculinity, pornography, social justice
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This Liminal Space
[Suicide/Child abuse trigger warning: If child abuse and/or suicide are triggers for you, you may not want to read this post or at least prepare yourself.] In Pastoral Counseling Dr. Hammer made the statement that our role as pastoral counselors … Continue reading
A good word from Maxwell to all those in our often shamed extended adolescence.
Dr. Ryan, a professor here at Fuller, recently pointed out the fact that in the last hundred years the average lifespan has doubled. That means that new life stages that previously never existed have been created and others have been … Continue reading
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Letters Between Friends: Rebekah Rossi, the Holy Spirit our Mother, gender constructs and the divine feminine.
Rossi recently posted: “How would you respond to someone referring to or praying to the Holy Spirit as “Mom”? I’m interested to hear your thoughts…” She tracked me down and wanted my input and I jokingly put “heresy” but promised … Continue reading
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Prophetic words from Pihop
[The Well is a prophetic prayer ministry of Pihop. I have gone for the last month and received prayer. Each time they record your session and email it to you. This experience has been very impactful for me and I wanted to share … Continue reading →