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My name is Laura and these are the wonderings of a theologically trained ponderer (me), writing out-loud, while exegeting her way through Ephesians and working to help form her small corner of the New Humanity in Christ.
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leadership Archive
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Insight: Research Knowledge and Congregational Decision Making
Posted on 2009/09/07 | No CommentsIn the education realm, practitioners can have a difficult time accepting the research knowledge produced by theorists: such knowledge is often seen as too basic and impractical, not related to... -
Ecclesiology Wrap: August 29 to September 4
Posted on 2009/09/06 | 2 CommentsExercising Authority without Exercising Authority: Alan Knox ponders Jesus teaching that his disciples “not exercise authority over one another” and asks, “How can we exercise authority without exercising authority? In... -
Why do I “go to church”?
Posted on 2009/07/16 | No CommentsCalled to institutional church & drawn to house church--how do these fit together? -
Are Undershepherds for Now and Eternity?
Posted on 2008/09/09 | No CommentsThe image [of the shepherd in Ephesians 4:11] is vague; its OT and pre-OT usage would suggest that primary emphasis would lie on shepherds as those who led…, provided and... -
New Testament Leadership: task, position, or what?
Posted on 2008/04/09 | No CommentsBiblical Input 1) presbuteros (“elder”), episkopos (“bishop, overseer”) qualifications–1 Tim 3:1-7; 5:17-19; Tit 1:5-9 tasks (narrative)–Acts 20:17-38 2) diakonos (minister) qualifications–1 Tim 3:8-13 tasks (narrative)–Acts 6 3) APEPT as gifts... -
The Office of Pastor and Other NT Myths–beginning questions
Posted on 2008/03/28 | No CommentsDespite, or maybe due to, the class I took last fall, many questions remain. I have opinions on each of these questions and I even have biblical answers for some....
