Here's the week in review in the Methodist blogosphere:
James Gibson wrote about the growing split in the Anglican communion, as most recently displayed in Africa.
Andy Bryan blogged about the theology of Christian violence (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!) and that Christians should not sink into the Katrina finger-pointing, but focus on being compassionate.
Gerry Charlotte Phelps wrote about what conditions should be implemented for the reconstruction of New Orleans, what true compassion for the poor entails, how the War on Poverty has hurt the poor, and imagines the society that her proposed policies would implement.
Chris Morgan blogged about spiritual blind spots and what it means for a pastor to have a home church.
At Bandits No More, Richard Heyduck wrote about serving God and mammon and the keys to enthusiastic worship.
Ben Witherington blogged about the Christianity of the Founding Fathers.
Brian Russell wrote that his core values are holiness, mission, and community.
At Connexions, Richard Hall wrote about the cost to a society when the church is no longer a strong political force and the compatibility of science and Christianity.
Dave Warnock blogged about what we can learn from the Parable of the Businessman and the Fisherman.
Dean Snyder wrote about the sociology of congregations and denominations as seen in the UMC, the boldness of a certain UMC evangelist, why churches grow, and different worldviews of evangelism.
Donald Sensing wrote about what can be learned from Hurricane Katrina about how the US will respond to another terrorist attack, the meaning of 'triumphalism' in political and religious contexts, and a review of the book Terror in the Skies.
Steve Heyduck blogged about the way in which Senate confirmation hearings are conducted.
Gavin Richardson wrote about the difficulties in getting Christian youth to embrace the idea of community.
Gospel According to the Hood blogged about the bad evangelism of fundamentalists.
Gregory Lee wrote about forgiveness as taught in the Lord's Prayer.
Guy Williams blogged about the John Roberts hearings.
Jay Voorhees wrote about the struggle for perfectionism in ministry and pastoral whining.
John Wilks blogged about the moral transformation demanded of us by God, the importance of the Resurrection for the Christian faith, the importance of using one's spiritual gifts for the Church and not oneself, and the need for Christlike love for spiritual growth.
Jonathon Norman wrote about a recent experience with Taize worship and how theologians of occupied Europe responded to Nazism.
Larry Hollon blogged about the need for compassion in a civil society, ineffective disaster-relief, and the difficult task of sorting the dead from the living in the hurricane area.
Matt Collins wrote about a Columbia Journalism Review article about milibloggers.
Craig Moore blogged about the abuse of Biblical interpretation and that the methods of evangelism hinge upon the theology of evangelism.
Pondering Perfection wrote that being thrifty isn't necessarily good stewardship and how to interpret Biblical passages where God promises to be generous with his children.
Theresa Coleman prayed that God teach her how to let go of the things that are beyond her control, cleansing from sin, strength to overcome, power for His church, and the justice of the Holy Spirit. She also wrote a poem about the death of her mother.
Second Grade Teacher is sheltering herself from storm porn.
See Through Faith wrote that being faithful means being out of control.
Shawn Richardson has returned to Iraq.
Stephen Fife wrote about the way Bible translations are marketed.
Ten Cheeses pondered if the US church would respond as the German church did in the 1930s under similar hypothetical circumstances and wrote about the Pledge of Allegiance debate.
Thoughts From a Clay Pot blogged about a Wesleyan view of holiness.
Tony Mitchell compared the story of Exodus and Hurricane Katrina and Wesleyan holiness (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!)
Shane Raynor wrote about a UMC bishop advocating government redistribution of wealth.
Corrections? Additions? Do you know of a blog that should be added to the MBWR? Leave a note in the comments or e-mail locustsandhoney2005 at yahoo dot com!
UPDATE: Mistaken annotation for a John Wilks post corrected. See comments for details.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Dean Snyder was missing from the MBWR. Now fixed.
Monday, September 19, 2005
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11 comments:
It really is funny to read how someone else sees your writing.
For instance, when I wrote about spiritual gifts and tongues, my point wasn't to talk about having envy for the gifts of others (which I thought was a passing theme) but about the importance of seeing what ever gifts the Spirit gives us as tools for ministry and edifyin the church and not just "spiritual toys."
But when I looked back with your short summation in mind, I can see where you are coming from.
Just goes to show that a writen document is not the sole property of the writer.
I wonder how many times I read someone else's blog and come away with something very different than they intended. Something to ponder...
Anyway, good call on the "best of" for that Andy Bryan piece. That really was a great post!
I'll fix it, John. My apologies for misunderstanding.
Oops! I did forget you, Dean. I'll fix it.
No, no! I'm not looking for a "fix" and it isn't a complaint!
Please don't feel I was upset. I like to see how you sum up a post- it gives me perspective about what see in what I write.
No griping here. I'm a pretty happy reader when ever the roundup hits.
I know that you weren't upset at all, John. But I strive for accuracy and when I have misread a post, then I really do want to be corrected.
No harm, no foul.
I agree John. I had to click myself to see what I'd written ROFL
makes you understand how easily a sermon (which is heard and not read) is even more easily misunderstood or mis-interpreted.
that said today I defended women in ministry -and that's always fun. not!
Do you want corrections, Lorna? Just tell me what you want annotated, because your stuff is really hard to summarize in a single phrase.
I have zero problems with making changes on request.
I see I didn't make the cut either. Guess I'm going down in the standings...ha ha.
Actually, I have been writing about the same thing the last few weeks...what little I have been able to write.
We'll see if I make a comeback next week.
It was the 4-paragraph rule that kept you out.
Man, and here I was thinking my Girls Gone Wild post might've made it. No biggie. I'm just interested to see what other people thought of it.
Yes, I saw that post. 4-graph rule again.
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