Watching for changing demographics is one of the ways that we predict what the church will face. Here’s an important item—especially when you combine this with the “graying” of the mainline church.
“Chaplain MIke” reviews Collin Hansen’s Young, Restless, Reformed. The most useful part of this blog is the summary (last half) which answers the question, “What’s ‘New’ about the New Calvinism?”
This is a really unusual link for my list, but I find Mark Driscoll’s blog—and the dialog that it fired—to be really interesting. I would love to have a discussion about this with some of the men (and women) whom I know who are genuinely making a life—and not just living an adolescence.
This is a fine short piece on the process of change in a local congregation. Chuck asks, ”How does a pastor, whose heart beats to the sound of change, lead his congregation to make the changes necessary for the future of that church?”
This blog by Chris Ridgeway looks like it might be of great interest to those of you thinking about new media, technology and theology. I’m going to keep my eyes on it.
Some challenging words from a Harvard Business School professor.
For anyone interested in “emergence” Christianity, here is the best bibliography that I’ve seen to date—and annotated by no less than Phyllis Tickle. Expect this to appear in my course on emerging patterns of church life next spring!
Interview with Brandon O’Brien about his new book, The Strategically Small Church
Why life is tough for clergy these days.
Looks like another great book from Chris Wright.
Great list! [I love lists.]
“Members of the clergy now suffer from obesity, hypertension and depression at rates higher than most Americans. In the last decade, their use of antidepressants has risen, while their life expectancy has fallen. Many would change jobs if they could.”
