If we are in a desert, it truly is a desert in bloom. So much good is happening out there! Almighty God is still Sovereign. Jesus Christ will never stop calling forth a church to worship, grow in faith, support one another, and serve the ones he called “the least of these.”
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As I noticed and explored these treasures of the wilderness, giving my curiosity free reign, I felt my fear and anxiety melt away, becoming humble, open, learning. I wonder if the church is starting to do this too.
I’m so busy trying to be right that I don’t notice that I have veered off the “Holy Way.” I miss seeing the humanity in the people I put down. But even here, God comes to my rescue.
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This year, I came to the National Gathering with my boss — the one I met at a National Gathering two years ago. We dreamed together as we heard presentations and asked each other, “Why aren’t we doing this at our church?”
It was refreshing and encouraging to be with other church leaders who are not afraid to grapple with how to be church in the wilderness of today’s culture while remaining “rooted in the institution” of church, working out what wholeness looks like in community in the knowledge that “whole people heal their own communities.”
Like it or not, every person employed by a church becomes a public persona of that congregation; thus, the establishment of an unwavering moral framework becomes imperative to an individual’s presence – both in person and virtually.
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This year’s theme strengthened my faith in the promise of resurrection. The problem is that in order to experience resurrection, you must first experience death.
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Hope For What’s Next
/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzIf we are in a desert, it truly is a desert in bloom. So much good is happening out there! Almighty God is still Sovereign. Jesus Christ will never stop calling forth a church to worship, grow in faith, support one another, and serve the ones he called “the least of these.”
Letting Anxiety Go
/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzAs I noticed and explored these treasures of the wilderness, giving my curiosity free reign, I felt my fear and anxiety melt away, becoming humble, open, learning. I wonder if the church is starting to do this too.
Veering Off the Holy Way
/1 Comment/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzI’m so busy trying to be right that I don’t notice that I have veered off the “Holy Way.” I miss seeing the humanity in the people I put down. But even here, God comes to my rescue.
This Connectional Church
/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzThis year, I came to the National Gathering with my boss — the one I met at a National Gathering two years ago. We dreamed together as we heard presentations and asked each other, “Why aren’t we doing this at our church?”
The Wilderness Church
/1 Comment/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzIt was refreshing and encouraging to be with other church leaders who are not afraid to grapple with how to be church in the wilderness of today’s culture while remaining “rooted in the institution” of church, working out what wholeness looks like in community in the knowledge that “whole people heal their own communities.”
A Public Moral Framework
/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzLike it or not, every person employed by a church becomes a public persona of that congregation; thus, the establishment of an unwavering moral framework becomes imperative to an individual’s presence – both in person and virtually.
Ministry on the Brink of Death
/in National Gathering /by Linda KurtzThis year’s theme strengthened my faith in the promise of resurrection. The problem is that in order to experience resurrection, you must first experience death.