Category: culture
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Ten Ways to be the People of God in Suburbia
I’ve bumped into the following list a couple of times over the past few days. A guy named Chris Smith recently put down on paper “ten ways for those called to suburban ministry to be the people of God in radical ways in suburbia.” Now… note the word “radical.” Some of you will love this…
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a quote from “unChristian”
I just finished the book unChristian. There are few books that I’ve so marked up, underlined, and talked back to while reading. Here’s one quote by a 28-year old from the book that really jumped out: So many Christians are caught up in the the Christian sub-culture and are completely closed off from the world.…
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an open to leter to pcc’s old(er) married folks
In last Sunday’s paper I read about two semi-public figures who, after many years of marriage, are getting divorced. In one case the couple had been married for 15 years and the other over 25 years. With this in mind, I’ve written an open letter to those PCC couples who’ve been married for at least…
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the culturally savvy christian (3)
You can find part one here and part two here of this short series on Dick Staub’s new book, The Culturally Savvy Christian. As mentioned in the previous posts, Staub’s central thesis is, The culturally savvy Christin is serious about faith, savvy about faith and culture, and skilled in relating the two. The three chapters…
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a vision of students today
An eye-opening and creative look at what students face today. Really interesting stuff. Thanks Marshall for pointing this out.
David W. Swanson 