Laurie and I have had a number of great vacations over the past 4 years – and I think we’re both looking forward to many more with (and maybe without) our two boys.
Just for kicks, I found a cool tutorial the other day that simulated the “toy-photography” (aka tilt-shift) niche via Photoshop and thought I’d create some “mini-vacations” for you to enjoy.
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Read Part 2 :: What is emergent? Centered set
While there seem to be countless folks in the Church who are more than happy to avoid being labeled emergent, the exact opposite seems to be true for the term missional. More and more folks are rushing to use the term to define their ministries. Some have even suggested it may soon take the place of evangelical in the near future.
And while emergents can be included in the ranks of those using the term it shouldn’t be assumed that those claiming to be missional should also be labeled as emergent. But from my experience it tends to be a strong piece within emerging Christianity — and something I’m working to understand and practice more fully in my daily life.
Like I originally noted about sharing my thoughts on emerging, this is not in the least an exhaustive explanation of the term missional. There are far better places to find that information than here. My hope is that this will serve as a basic primer and how it relates to the emerging conversation.
The term missional springs from Missio Dei, or the Mission of God. While historically many have seen only certain “called” members as those active in the Mission of God (either on the foreign mission field or as full time pastors and ministers to their locale), emerging Christianity sees the role of all Christians to be about the Missio Dei each and every day — regardless of their occupation or locale.
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Laurie and I had a nice, pleasant, relaxing day together yesterday.
We slept in and skipped out on our tribe’s weekly gathering.
Spent some time piddling around the web, went to the gym and then made a stop by Panera Bread for a late lunch/early dinner.
While we were there the restaurant wasn’t too busy but there seemed to be only a few visible workers. As we sat at the table one worker came by wiping the tables clean. Another was working behind the register and one or two were in the back preparing the food.
“Hey (insert name here) can you check the coffee for me?” said the employee from behind the register to the employee wiping tables.
“What?”
“Can you check the coffee for me?” the cashier responded.
We looked and saw a customer holding an empty coffee cup in between the coffee canisters and the register. The coffee canisters were roughly six or seven feet away from Laurie and I and the employee wiping the table.
Then the second employee then gave the oddest of responses.
“I can or you can — but I just came on.”
The cashier and customer looked at each other with puzzled looks. The cashier asked the other employee to repeat what she said.
“I can or you can — but I just came on.”
Laurie and I looked at each other with the same puzzled look as the customer and cashier.
The cashier then walked down to the end of the counter and walked over to the coffee canisters to check them.
Apparently, just starting your shift doesn’t actually require you to do any actual work.
