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Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:43:09 -0000

You're onto something, Luke! In particular look here.

Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:43:36 -0000

...and here.

Re: Communities of Resistance

Mike M — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:43:09 -0000

You're onto something, Luke! In particular look here.

Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:43:09 -0000

You're onto something, Luke! In particular look here.

Re: Communities of Resistance

Mike M — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:43:36 -0000

...and here.

Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:43:36 -0000

...and here.

Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:13:07 -0000

I agree Mark--quite helpful, bro. I like 1 and 3 best, though I can appreciate 2 as 'compost.' Not too keen on 4, though some of those folks are great and way better than nothing.

Re: Four Types of Emerging Churches

Mike M — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:13:07 -0000

I agree Mark--quite helpful, bro. I like 1 and 3 best, though I can appreciate 2 as 'compost.' Not too keen on 4, though some of those folks are great and way better than nothing.

Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:13:07 -0000

I agree Mark--quite helpful, bro. I like 1 and 3 best, though I can appreciate 2 as 'compost.' Not too keen on 4, though some of those folks are great and way better than nothing.

Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:20:30 -0000

Excellent article, Mark, and I'm curious--how would you respond to this--the 'flaw' of new monasticism?

Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:20:30 -0000

Excellent article, Mark, and I'm curious--how would you respond to this--the 'flaw' of new monasticism?

Re: What is the New Monasticism?

Mike M — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:20:30 -0000

Excellent article, Mark, and I'm curious--how would you respond to this--the 'flaw' of new monasticism?

Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:20:30 -0000

Excellent article, Mark, and I'm curious--how would you respond to this--the 'flaw' of new monasticism?

Re: the Jesus Manifesto » Maintenance Mode

Mike M — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:39:37 -0000

Wow Hugh. Hard-hitting, especially "If you spend much time working in the inner-city, you try not to ask yourself those kind of questions–not because you don’t know what the answer is, but because you do."

Wow. So very true. And convicting.

Re: The Death of Evelyn and the Failure of the Church

Mike M — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:39:37 -0000

Re: A Jesus Manifesto

Mike M — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:44:54 -0000

I just found another Jesus Manifesto! http://www.mission.org/jesuspeople/manifesto.htm These suckers are everywhere... : )

Re: Hugh's News

Mike M — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:20:16 -0000

Those little freaks! Sigh...

Re: New Providence Community Church

Mike M — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:15:29 -0000

Say Clint, can you (or anyone else) tell me why the NPCC site is now defunct? I was hoping to direct some people to it for Soularize...

Re: New Providence Community Church

Mike M — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:10:23 -0000

Awesome, DJ. Thanks!

Re: Kern on the Facts

Mike M — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:47:21 -0000

Wow--her insolence is amazing. Have you read this letter?

Re: Todd Bentley is a Sad Loser

Mike M — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:28:20 -0000

I have to agree with Peter. Whatever one's theological disagreements with what's happened in Lakeland, accusing him of something that's not at all clear isn't the way to go. An unhealthy emotional relationship is not the same thing as an affair, and I think one of the reasons cross-gender friendships become 'emotionally unhealthy' is because Christian spirituality hasn't provided us with guidance to have emotionally healthy friendships with the opposite sex. I highly recommend anyone interested in exploring this matter further to read Dan Brennan's excellent blog.

Re: Maher’s Mass Mishap (by Becky Garrison)

Mike M — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:21:15 -0000

Sure was, don. I guess some things never change...

Re: A Brief History of Truth.

Mike M — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:07:04 -0000

Hi Mark, interesting!

Say, if I want to contact you personally via email, how might I do that?

Mike Morrell's last blog post..Pentecost and the Way of the Shaman

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Mike M — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:53:19 -0000

I especially like

21. I like my Christianity strong and hot.

Ha!

Re: Q&A with Frank Viola :: “From Here to Eternity” Blog Circuit

Mike M — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:40:22 -0000

Thanks for this review. It will indeed be interesting to see the impact that this book has on faith over the next couple of years...

Re: Pagan Christianity(?)… my thoughts

Mike M — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:19:33 -0000

Hey Matt,

I still think you should pick up 'Reimagining' - it's the constructive side of what 'Pagan' (to one's liking or not) deconstructs. While I don't personally agree with every 'jot and tittle' of Frank's rationale in Pagan, I have to say that the vast majority of his reconstructiion project in Reimagining appeals to me greatly. If you're interested, I blog about this a little bit here.

Re: More on Pagan Christianity

Mike M — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:48:36 -0000

The interesting thing about Pete's excellent cat-tied-to-the-tree story is that it can be equally employed by both you and Frank, 'Pagan Xianity' implies that postbiblical innovations were 'cats' born of expediency that might (or might not) have had immediate merit but could have disastrous long-term value; you're saying this about the New Testament traditions themselves. You could both be right - or both be wrong. Maybe this is uber-Protestant of me, but if I was forced to choose cats, I'd choose the ones closest in chronology to the peculiar genius of Jesus and his earliest apprentices, who produced at least one long-meaningful ritual in agape feasts, as you mentioned. That said, we don't have to choose either-or, I agree. Maybe we need to learn to take each cat down from the tree in time, love the kitties, pet them, and listen to them purr their mysteries.

Okay, it's obviously far too late now. I need to get some sleep!

Re: How to Spot a “Christian” Mystic

Mike M — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:31:43 -0000

Heresy-hunters ataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Just kidding, I still love you. :)

Re: The False Charity of Clothing Drives

Mike M — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:59:25 -0000

Well said, Ariah. The other aspect of this, from a systems thinking perspective, is that if you're buying new and fashionable clothing to replace what you've given away, and you're not aware of where you're making your new purchase, you might be contributing to their poverty on a macro level. There is much legitimate debate over what a fair and living wage is for certain sectors of the globe, but we can all agree that our 'first world' desire for bargains at any price drives 'third world' wages down. I'm not saying that we should stop having clothing drives...but we should start asking larger questions too.