Tag: family
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It is Hardest to Think Macro About Family Life
Gruntled Center (Beau Weston): It is Hardest to Think Macro About Family Life One of my most important jobs as a sociologist is to help students move from thinking about the micro to the macro. It is hard to think about big institutions, huge social forces, and society-wide social facts; it is natural to think…
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Theology and Economics: The Elemental Institution
Each baptized member participates in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly ministry of Jesus Christ. We have been called to creation stewardship, Kingdom service, and employment of gifts. Our primary focus and locus of work are as the diaspora, the Church in dispersion throughout the community. While we are all directly connected to Christ as individuals,…
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We Are Family?
Friday, I used the idea of "corporation" to reflect on the nature of the Church. I think the corporation mentality is more common among larger congregations. Members see themselves as "shareholders" of the Church and the Church exists to serve them. I don't think many congregations explicitly think in terms of being a corporation. Still,…