Thursday morning, waiting at the bus stop EARLY in the morning, trying to read what I could of an article for my 8 a.m. class- the woman next to me, puffing on a cigarette (the smoke was blowing away from me fortunately) asked “You go to school? You a student?” “Yes,” I replied, “I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘CHURCH’
Second Snapshot- Some Timely Conversations About the Church
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonhoeffer, bus talk, CHURCH on November 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
figuring out church
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonhoeffer, CHURCH, discernment, school on October 27, 2008 | 11 Comments »
When forced to give a research focus I say “Probably ecclesiology [fancy word for the study of the church], particularly the gap between confessional ecclesiology [what we say we believe about the church] and actual, lived church [how the church actually is and long has been]. For example, a chief belief of the church about [...]