Tag Archives: community

Verge 2010

Posted on February 10, 2010 by bkingr

I wasn’t able to go to Verge 2010 last week, but I watched quite a bit of the streaming video. It was some amazing stuff. Many of the thoughts and beliefs with which I have been struggling for the last … Continue reading →

Posted in church | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

solitude and community

Posted on August 26, 2009 by bkingr

Continuing with Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, we get to this on page 77 and 78: Let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will only do harm to himself and the community.  Alone you stood before God … Continue reading →

Posted in church, teaching | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

hard questions

Posted on July 31, 2009 by bkingr

in our american evangelical church today how much do we really believe in community? you recall the recent denouncing of the “heresy of individualism” by the Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal church’s presiding bishop. a lot of the commentary … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

what is community?

Posted on November 25, 2008 by bkingr

I have been struggling with what a christian community should really be for almost six years now. Acts 2:42 says that the first church devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to prayer, to fellowship and to the breaking of bread. … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

one pollster's take on the church of the future

Posted on August 25, 2008 by bkingr

here is a part of Chuck Warnock’s post on one pollster’s take on the future of the church in the U.S.: “The church of the future will be a bungalow on Maple Street, not a megastructure in a sea of … Continue reading →

Posted in church, culture | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

transitions

Posted on August 5, 2008 by bkingr

transitioning a conversation to the gospel requires the intention to do so and the opportunity. Joe Thorn has a list of eight topics from which the gospel is an easy leap. There are more in the comments. Here are the … Continue reading →

Posted in church, culture | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment