Emergent Village – Kruse Kronicle

“Deep Church” – Book Review

Aug 31, 2009

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Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional Just over ten years ago, my friend Steve told me he was part of a core group that wanted to plant a church in my neighborhood, not far from downtown Kansas City, MO. He wanted to know if I knew of a place they could meet.…

Emergent’s New Christians and the Young and Restless Reformed

May 2, 2008

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mwkruse

in Ecclesia, Emerging Church

Christianity Today: Emergent's New Christians and the Young and Restless Reformed A new movement is attracting a younger generation of Christians, shaking up institutions, denominations, and churches along the way. Not everyone in the movement is attracted to it for the same reasons, but they gather at conferences and online to share thoughts, debate, and…

MEC: Concluding Post on “Everything Must Change”

Apr 21, 2008

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Emerging Church, Series: Must Everything Change?, Socialism, Sociology, Theology

It is time to close this series on Brian McLaren's Everything Must Change. I've focused on the economic aspects of the book. There is far more to the book than this. Scot McKnight at Jesus Creed did a broader eighteen-part series on the book last fall. (In fact, six posts into my series, I realized…

MEC: Moronic Markets and Equity

Apr 17, 2008

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Ecclesia, Economics, Emerging Church, Politics, Public Policy, Series: Must Everything Change?, Socialism, Theology

In Chapter 28 of Everything Must Change, McLaren writes: What can be done to deal with this gross and growing inequity that is being produced by our societal machinery? Many claim that the invisible had of free markets will resolve these problems naturally, over time. But to reiterate J. F. Rischard’s analysis: Whether from intellectual…

Postmodern Youth Ministry Conference

Sep 22, 2007

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in Emerging Church, Kansas City

I got back from PCUSA General Assembly Council meetings last night. Then I rushed out to Mid-America Nazarene University in Olathe, KS, for a worship service that was part of the Postmodern Youth Ministry conference led there by Tony Jones of Emergent Village. The worship team from Jacob's Well did the music, and Mike King…

Living by Revealed Categories

Aug 14, 2007

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mwkruse

in Emerging Church, Imagio Dei, Theology

I'm reading The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1 by J. Richard Middleton (a great book BTW!) In it, he quotes Jewish scholar Abraham Herschel on Christian theologians: It has seemed puzzling to me how greatly attached to the Bible you seem to be and yet how much like pagans you handle it.…

A Weekend Emergent Village Experience

Jul 24, 2007

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mwkruse

in Emerging Church

John H Armstrong: A Weekend Emergent Village Experience A review by my new friend John Armstrong. This weekend's Midwest Emergent Gathering, held July 20-21 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, was an event that I enjoyed participating in immensely. I was invited, by my friend Mike Clawson of up/rooted (Chicago), to answer several questions in a plenary…

Dying for the Church Emergent (Emergent, Part 9)

Oct 25, 2005

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mwkruse

in Emerging Church, Series: Emergent

When most people think of "Emergent Church," they often think of young adults worshiping together at candle-lit services and having deep conversations about postmodern epistemological issues. No doubt, this is a slice of the Emergent Church. However, when I think of Emergent Church, I think of something much broader. George Barna has just published a…

Setting the Captive Free for Ministry (Emergent, Part 7)

Oct 22, 2005

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in Emerging Church, Series: Emergent

John M. Perkins has been a dynamic leader in civil rights, race reconciliation, and economic Justice over the past few decades. He was instrumental in forming the Christian Community Development Association and is the head of the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development. I have always been impressed with his practical and profound…

Emergent (Part 3)

Oct 18, 2005

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mwkruse

in Emerging Church, Series: Emergent

Several people have asked me about my interest in the Emergent Church phenomenon. My Presbyterian history makes my interest seem incongruent to some. I also have been more vocal about the priesthood of believers in recent years. Some have wondered where my passion for this topic comes from. Rodger Sellers suggested a few days ago…

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