This post is to bring you up to speed about what has been happening–in a nutshell–in KCK the last year. This will lay the groundwork for what is to come.
Last fall, 2008, was a season of Holy Conferencing for the churches in Kansas City, Kansas. For my Doctor of Ministry Project with Saint Paul School [...]
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Holy Conferencing
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Firin’ up the ol’ blog!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Hey all! It has been almost a year since General Conference when I was blogging daily to give you my bias and slant on the goings on. I am prepared to begin blogging weekly (more or less) on the topic: Urban Ecclesiology, what it means to be the church in the city. My reasons for [...]
Blog 10 Last Day! May 2, 2008
Posted in General Conference, Uncategorized on May 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Well the “queer” question has generated lots of responses. In short, it is reported that this is used by the younger folks (thus showing my age) for people who self-identify as “questioning” the categories of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered etc. Some say it is an effort to reclaim a hateful term. For a longer list [...]
Day 9, May 1, 2008
Posted in General Conference, Uncategorized on May 1, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Started out to be a pretty mundane day following all of the excitement from yesterday. The morning worship and early session went on with business as usual.
Then at 10 am—as negotiated between the bishops and the protestors—the protest began. A large group of maybe 150-200 persons protested the exclusive votes against homosexuals. They came in [...]
Day 8, April 30, 2008
Posted in General Conference, Uncategorized on May 1, 2008 | 10 Comments »
An historic, painful day. The morning was pretty ho-hum, but right before lunch the first petitions about human sexuality began to arrive on the calendar. The first substantial one was a petition that originated in the Kansas East Conference, which says we must condemn homophobia. The highlight of this debate was someone saying homosexuality was [...]
Day 7, April 29, 2008
Posted in General Conference, Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Full day again today. We were up early, started worship at 8 am…the sermon was awesome…and right on time. We had an ecumenical celebration this morning and in part to honor the vote we took to enter “full communion” with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). This means that we fully recognize one another’s [...]
Day 6, April 28, 2008
Posted in General Conference, Uncategorized on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Full day today. We were up early, started worship at 8 am…the sermons are on a downhill slide…I look for someone to step up soon.
HUGE NEWS!! We had the elections for the Judicial Council this morning. The super-conservative group Good News was endorsing two incumbents…and neither was elected! It was unbelievable. The entire Judicial [...]
Day 5, April 27, 2008
Posted in General Conference, Uncategorized on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A good decision to sleep in this morning. I have now had 2 good night’s sleep. The first split over 3 days and 1 last night. Apparently the sermon this morning was pretty good…but I was losing focus. I did say a prayer for Trinity this morning as is my habit whenever I am absent. [...]
Day 4, April 26, 2008
Posted in General Conference, Uncategorized on April 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Another very long day! To start there was a Race for the Cure downtown when we got up and Starbucks was swamped beyond our ability to wait in line…then our back up coffee shop was closed on Saturday. This began the day with a scent of desperation as I have had about 1 good night’s [...]
Day 3, April 25, 2008
Posted in General Conference, Uncategorized on April 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This blog is dedicated to my wonderful wife Julie, who is home with our three boys, Daniel, Gabriel, and Luke. She is the most awesome wife in the world to stay home while I run off to conference for 2 weeks. What would I do without here? I don’t know either, but it would not [...]
