becoming

the trail of a family becoming

Wow, he really loves Pantalone.

If he can’t get more than 19 people to listen to him saying how great Toronto is, David Miller’s recent endorsement would certainly seem more like a nightmare for Team Pantalone and a campaign disaster for Joe.

This is to show just how much Pantalone’s soon-to-be-gone boss really loves him.

Thank you, boss!

CC’s Essential Theology

Essential theology books of the past 25 years

We posed this question to eight theologians: Suppose someone who hasn’t been keeping up with theology for the past 25 years now wants to read the most important books written during that time. What five titles would you suggest?

Here are their responses:

[link: christiancentury.org]

張達民評馮象《新約》譯注

那些在讀馮象譯注的聖經譯本,請留意!

The Mission of God’s People

The “so what?” to his major work “The Mission of God”.

In The Mission of God’s People, part of the Biblical Theology for Life series, author Chris Wright offers a sweeping biblical survey of the holistic mission of the church, providing practical insight for today’s church leaders. Wright gives special emphasis to theological trajectories of the Old Testament that not only illuminate God’s mission but also suggest priorities for Christians engaged in God’s world-changing work.

[link: Zondervan]

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Update: Chris Wright’s article on Lausanne 3, Cape Town 2010 entitled, Whole Gospel, Whole Church, Whole World.

East Asia Journal of Theology

The East Asia Journal of Theology is now available on-line at biblicalstudies.org.uk. You should recognize many names there especially those in the 80’s and early 90’s.

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updates (2012/3): the journals are now offline.

給準牧者的10句良心話

好友Anson關於在教會打工10件黐線事的轉貼熱傳,在同意之餘,也想寫幾句話作點平衡。

送給準牧者的10句良心話

  1. 你能做的,比你想像中少。
  2. 若你有甚麼鴻圖大計,還是請你盡早收回,並相信我:對教會來說,這會是件好事。
  3. 你的首要任務是獲取會眾的信任。
  4. 很多時候,這等於說,你要願意比其他人,多走一里路。
  5. 越強調自己和別人(會眾 / 牧者)觀念上的差別,越難獲得信任。
  6. 別人的意見就算多錯(你以為),也要用心的聽。
  7. 你是否有領導能力,在於別人能否在不自覺的情況下,而非會議擂台上,給你改變(或說「擊倒」)。
  8. 若是以對立的態度推行變革,歷史稱之為「革命」,沒有幾個是成功的。
  9. 這不是有否guts的問題,而是你究竟為了說明自己對、別人錯?還是真的希望教會能有所改變。
  10. 和你視之為「阻住地球轉」的人一樣,你也需要留心聖靈對教會的微聲和帶領。而祂的方式和內容,往往並非如你所料。

徒13有感

徒13有感:

作為傳道人的你:

你要聘請你的教會,給你stability?還是mobility?

作為教會的你:

不要總是說:「我們希望你最少能在這裡做XX年」;反而要在interview時,問應徵的同工:「若我們有一天要差你出去,你願意嗎?」

同「道」,互勉。

Christians as Peacemakers

Mark D. Roberts’ ongoing series on Being Peacemakers in Church.