| submitted on June 20, 2009 10:42 PM EST |
| Name: |
Tim |
| Email Address: |
nmpastor@juno.com |
| Comments: |
Mandy, you are absolutely right. It can be narrowed not just to denominations, but also to congregations and individuals.
It is hard to resist the temptation to think Jesus is on our side ... in everything we hold dear. We forget that our own perspective
clouds our view of His. Thanks for the comments, and Go Emma! |
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| submitted on June 20, 2009 8:22 PM EST |
| Name: |
Mandy B. |
| Email Address: |
quietradical@gmail.com |
| Comments: |
I think every denomination is guilty of this in their own way. With Mennonites (and other Anabaptists) it doesn't seem to
be flags, but from observation- there are things that get in the way of the true focus. With Mennonites, I am thinking of
bickering about dress code and such. These are issues to address, but not issues that should make anyone lose sight of God.
I think Emma may have read your blog post. She was all about loving God first today. |
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| submitted on April 29, 2009 1:13 PM EST |
| Name: |
Freeman Miller |
| Email Address: |
fmiller@messiah.edu |
| Comments: |
Nice reflection, Brother Bishop! I often look forward to things, only to long for something else. . . how human (and divine?) |
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| submitted on March 26, 2009 1:24 PM EST |
| Name: |
Mandy B. |
| Email Address: |
quietradical@gmail.com |
| Comments: |
This sounds like a wonderful tool. This reminds me of all the medications out there that were developed for one purpose,
but were found useful in another ways. When I was pregnant with Samantha and Claudia (her twin), one of the few drugs that
kept me from going into premature labor was a medication developed for asthma patients. |
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| submitted on February 20, 2009 8:36 PM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlon.hollis@gmail.com |
| Comments: |
Great point. Doctrine is not supposed to be just an academic exercise. It is truth that is should then be put into action.
Keeping it in the relationship context is important. Equally important is to not focus on the relationship context so much
that doctrine is ignored. For instance, we must be careful not to be in love with a version of Jesus that is no where to
be found in the Bible. Doctrine is how we know we are in a relationship with the right God. |
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| submitted on January 8, 2009 11:11 PM EST |
| Name: |
Deb |
| Email Address: |
moonstar1020@aol.com |
| Comments: |
well said.....AMEN! |
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| submitted on January 8, 2009 9:04 PM EST |
| Name: |
Garnie |
| Email Address: |
gmukoyama@juno.com |
| Comments: |
I believe you are absolutely right! I happened to see a show of Wife Swap to see what it was about. The Christian family
started falling apart and the father's authority was constantly questioned/destroyed by the "new" wife and subsequently by
his own children!!!! |
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| submitted on January 8, 2009 8:23 PM EST |
| Name: |
Mandy |
| Email Address: |
quietradical@gmail.com |
| Comments: |
I like this response. Admittedly, I have watched reruns of this show during daytime tv boredom and the only positive thing
I came away with was tips on how not to parent and a greater appreciation that my husband is the man he is. |
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| submitted on January 5, 2009 7:13 PM EST |
| Name: |
Garnie |
| Email Address: |
gmukoyama@juno.com |
| Comments: |
I'm so proud of Chris. You too pastor Tim!
Garnie |
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| submitted on January 5, 2009 4:28 PM EST |
| Name: |
Mandy |
| Email Address: |
quietradical@gmail.com |
| Comments: |
I am quite happy to know my children retain things from church. It's the seeds that are planted in these years that stay with
them through life. |
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| submitted on January 5, 2009 3:23 PM EST |
| Name: |
Dan Sauder |
| Email Address: |
dlsauder@aol.com |
| Comments: |
Good work, Praise God |
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| submitted on January 5, 2009 1:55 PM EST |
| Name: |
Martha Buckwalter |
| Email Address: |
EB1322@juno.com |
| Comments: |
Great job--Pastor Tim & Chris! (And Mandy & Sophia.)Wonderful reading!
Praying for more youth to be available to warm so many hearts. |
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| submitted on December 12, 2008 10:16 AM EST |
| Name: |
Terry |
| Email Address: |
tsbarberlady@yahoo.com |
| Comments: |
I'm looking forward to your upcoming sermon series. I'm reading the book . . . again! |
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| submitted on December 5, 2008 12:47 PM EST |
| Name: |
Garnie |
| Email Address: |
gmukoyama@juno.com |
| Comments: |
Those were wonderful insights God gave you during the loss of your mother-in-law. I'm usually the one taking the pictures
so I'm in very few. Will have to swallow my pride about how I look in pictures and get in more for my family's sake in case
something happens to me. I'll be in CA for a whole month helping to care for my sister. She will begin radiation Dec.15. |
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| submitted on December 5, 2008 12:14 PM EST |
| Name: |
Mandy |
| Email Address: |
quietradical@gmail.com |
| Comments: |
I have come to conclude that although anyone can sympathize, not everyone can empathize. Losing a close family member is a
path that unless you've walked it, it is very hard to truly understand. For those who don't know what to say or slip with
seemingly insensitive statements, I take the stance: they know not what they do because they have never bore that pain.
I wholeheartedly agree with the photography. As a photographer, I am constantly frustrated with those who turn away from the
camera or complain when . My mother was one of those. When I went searching for pictures to display at her memorial this past
September, I was very sad to notice that beyond my wedding pictures- there were none from the past two years. So, yes- take
pictures. And have your picture taken.
"God has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out their quality. He knew it already. It was
I who didn't. In this trial He makes us occupy the dock, the witness box, and the bench all at once. He always knew that my
temple was a house of cards. The only way of making me realize the fact was to knock it down."- C.S. Lewis in A Grief Observed
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| submitted on December 5, 2008 11:33 AM EST |
| Name: |
John & Linda Kelleher |
| Email Address: |
vze259p8@verizon.net |
| Comments: |
WOW Tim Thank You for sharing your thoughts during your transition Period.
They will be held in our hearts and called apon often in the future. No you may not be Solomon but you have truly been touched
and gifted from God in the same way he was.Thank You for continuing to be an inspiration to others through your inner strength
and wisdom. John&Linda Kelleher |
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| submitted on November 6, 2008 5:26 PM EST |
| Name: |
Daniel Sauder |
| Email Address: |
dlsauder@aol.com |
| Comments: |
Thanks Pastor Tim,I agree with you. The need is to now to lift our leaders up in prayer. Those, who our President choose
to be his inter circle will be those who have the most influence.
Although the context of Romans 14:17-19 is not about politics, I believe the principles apply as we consider what is of most
important. |
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| submitted on November 6, 2008 4:54 PM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlonhollis@me.com |
| Comments: |
Thanks Tim. I have been concerned in recent years about the grafting onto Christianity various political ideologies, as
though to be a Christian you must believe not only the Gospel but also all the additional man-made political ideologies.
I was greatly disturbed and dismayed by the rancor, misrepresentations and lies about Obama which coursed through the body
of Christ in America during the election. It's one thing to disagree on policy positions and layout why one disagrees, but
many of the Internet borne personal attacks against Obama were very vile. That being said, I think it's important for any
needed reconciliation to take place within the American church, so as to not divide ourselves over political ideologies. |
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| submitted on June 7, 2008 9:23 AM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlonhollis@mac.com |
| Comments: |
Excellent post. Happy Anniversary. |
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| submitted on May 1, 2008 9:03 AM EST |
| Name: |
Mandy |
| Email Address: |
quietradical@gmail.com |
| Comments: |
Great post! I can not help you with trees because I am currently praying for a cherry tree to make it in my yard. I have done
well with the herbs. My basil seems sensitive to chilly nights, so I bring the pots indoors at night. I also grew them 100%
organic and they seem to appreciate that as well. I am a proud mother to these growing herbs:
http://www.quietradical.com/?p=30
Life often doesn't go the way we plan. Man plans. God laughs. I think we are often hard on ourselves regarding things we perceive
as failures. To God, these may be successes in a bigger picture. Sometimes it just takes God awhile to reveal that bigger
picture... but it's there. |
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| submitted on April 30, 2008 12:36 PM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlonhollis@comcast.net |
| Comments: |
Well, I know who to talk to when researching how the contemporary church is working within the current global governmental/trading
order. Did you see my most recent Inukshuk Blog entry? It's my first attempt to sift through ideas, and see whether a project
(article, book, or anything.) maybe even possible.
I should point out that the idea that we are transitioning into a market-state/postmodern state does have its weaknesses.
I can't go into great detail here. Maybe later in the Inukshuk Blog. However, Phililp Bobbitt (and others in the market-state
school of thought) does have his detractors. One such criticism is this is just a pretty dressing for US neo-colonialism.
They point out that the primary actors of globalization are American multinational corporations, and that they are the primary
beneficiaries. This critique usually hails mostly from American Liberal circles. There are also Conservatives who dislike
idea as well, mainly over nationalist sentiment and concerns over sovereignty. Like I said the thesis does have weaknesses,
but I think the market-state idea is mostly right (Unless it's wrong ;-)). No one is saying they know what the exact nature
and lines of a market-state would be, but based on examples of history and contemporary evidence we can see a potential shape. |
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| submitted on April 30, 2008 9:00 AM EST |
| Name: |
Tim |
| Email Address: |
nmpastor@juno.com |
| Comments: |
Well, I think the epochal, political structures coincide with the dominant philosophical tone of the day. Certainly the rise
of American Democracy went hand in hand with the enlightenment, and communism with the rise of Darwinian thought (although
it is interesting that both marxism and naziism fed at that trough).
The Emergent church might be seen as a kind of open source theology that takes advantage of the heightened awareness of the
world situation that has been created by globalization. Just like open sourcing, the larger community is still dependent upon
specialists to give direction, but the flattening of the church has made those specialists more open to public critique. So,
as one upcoming conference emphasizes, "If it doesn't include the poor, it isn't the Gospel."
It was common in the middle ages for priests to not even be able to read the Latin in which their mass was delivered and their
Bible was written. Since then we have seen not only the education of the clergy, but of the laity. Now deeper materials are
available to anyone with a close library or a computer. The average person has learned that biblical interpretation is not
beyond her and she can contribute to the discussion.
As a result, the Emergent Village touts and supports the African Bible Commentary (a recent publication by African theologians
for African churches). It cannot be totally indiginous, since the African church is so influenced by the west. But it is a
step toward a more specifically relevant theology. |
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| submitted on April 22, 2008 11:15 AM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlonhollis@comcast.net |
| Comments: |
It was late when I wrote my last entry. In one of my sentences I didn't finish the thought. I meant to say I had not thought
about how globalization and the evolving State would affect the Church. Sorry.
Marlon |
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| submitted on April 22, 2008 12:46 AM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlonhollis@comcast.net |
| Comments: |
Tim. Okay, if you say so, but it might be a topic you'd find interesting. Friedman is like a starter drug that hooks the
reader and then leads to the hard stuff, Bobbitt, Cooper and so on. Just kidding. Bad analogy. Though I must admit, I
am just now reading Friedman for leisure. Friedman was discussed in class, but his book was not assigned. So my indoctrination
started with Cooper and not Friedman.
I've not thought about how globalization and the changing of the nation-state into the market-state, which is also termed
by some as the post-modern state. [ Note-the term postmodern is used in a different context than the one we're familiar with.
In this context we mean developmental eras of civilization (premodern, modern, postmodern).]
Very interesting. I think you're on to something about the church becoming more grassroots in this coming era. It fits into
a lot of ideas about how the global order is changing in general. Any future evolution of the order of the State will affect
the church. Globalization has changed, is changing, and will change the constitutional order of the way the globe is governed.
In turn the Church will not only react to this change, but hopefully act its part in creating the change. Every epochal
change in the constitutional order of the State since the Peace of Westphalia in the 1600s has permeated the church in numerous
ways. The coming market-state/postmodern-state will be no different. |
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| submitted on April 21, 2008 9:38 AM EST |
| Name: |
Tim |
| Email Address: |
nmpastor@juno.com |
| Comments: |
Thanks Marlon, that sounds like much more than I can handle. I picked up The World is Flat, having seen it quoted a number
of times even in church circles where they are beginning to try to understand the consequences of globalization on the Church.
The main thing I've seen is the tendency for more grassroots influence in the way the faith is communicated and the Church
is administered. But, I don't think the analysis is mature yet. |
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| submitted on April 20, 2008 3:32 PM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlonhollis@comcast.net |
| Comments: |
Tim. Dawn told me you were reading Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat. My Power v. Law class was centered around the concepts
described by Friedman. In fact two of my professors (Dennis Patterson and Ari Afilalo) co-wrote a book dove-tailing this
idea.
After you finish Friedman, if you wish to continue your reading in this area, I suggest these books. The list is the order
in which we read them in class, building the framework for my professors' book, which they published just a couple weeks ago
(I have a signed copy). I have these books, if you wish to borrow them.
1) The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-First Century by Robert Cooper
2) Of Power and Paradise: America and Europe in the New World Order by Robert Kagan
3. The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History by Phillip Bobbitt. (Bobbitt is the intellectual giant in
this field of study).
4) The New Global Trading Order: The Evolving State and the Future of Trade, by Dennis Patterson and Ari Afilalo (My professors).
5) Terror and Consent: The Wars of the Twenty-First Century by Philip Bobbitt.
I gave Dawn and Sam Mukoyama an ear-full Sunday or a rather short primer of the ideas touching upon globalization and the
evolution of the State.
The topic is a fascinating one.
Marlon |
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| submitted on April 18, 2008 8:25 AM EST |
| Name: |
Mandy B. |
| Email Address: |
quietradical@gmail.com |
| Comments: |
I read this book last fall. I find it disturbing that it is easier (and cheaper) for me to chat online with a friend in Ireland
than it is to drive an hour to see my mom or dad. The gas pumps in Mays Landing say $3.23 this morning.
- Mandy @ http://www.quietradical.com |
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| submitted on March 22, 2008 6:05 PM EST |
| Name: |
jane |
| Email Address: |
janekcheng@gmail.com |
| Comments: |
we try to make bert play catch too, he just doesn't get it. |
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| submitted on January 19, 2008 8:16 PM EST |
| Name: |
Freeman Miller |
| Email Address: |
fmiller@messiah.edu |
| Comments: |
Nice pix--flox of robins. God is on the loose; spirit in the world!
Fly on and soar above the usual! |
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| submitted on January 19, 2008 7:33 AM EST |
| Name: |
DAN SAUDER |
| Email Address: |
dlsauder@aol.com |
| Comments: |
I missed the Robins, but see the turkeys. This time of the year they make a lot of noise as they congregate. May our community
hear more of us outside of our building.
In His service |
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| submitted on January 18, 2008 7:12 PM EST |
| Name: |
Garnie |
| Email Address: |
gmukoyama@juno.com |
| Comments: |
We had oodles of robins in our yard too. I believe robins go deep into the woods for the winter, never leaving for places
far. They come out when it warms up and they can find lots of worms. |
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| submitted on January 18, 2008 5:10 PM EST |
| Name: |
Rev. Griffin |
| Email Address: |
heavenlyworks@comcast.net |
| Comments: |
I can relate to and appreciate your sensitivity as to how God moves through nature when seeking to enlighten us to another
deminsion of His creation and creativity. ag |
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| submitted on December 8, 2007 4:15 AM EST |
| Name: |
kjvqrxeud zauqrv |
| Email Address: |
cqywkipfb@mail.com |
| Comments: |
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| submitted on November 20, 2007 12:10 PM EST |
| Name: |
Becky |
| Email Address: |
Rebekahh29@yahoo.com |
| Comments: |
This list is very helpful for what to get for Dawn, but now I have a dillema on what to get for Tim. hummmmm!!!!! |
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| submitted on August 22, 2007 3:59 PM EST |
| Name: |
Tim Darling |
| Email Address: |
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| Comments: |
No, no sign yet. We appreciate your help. |
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| submitted on August 21, 2007 9:36 AM EST |
| Name: |
Monica |
| Email Address: |
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| Comments: |
Any sign yet? We'll be keeping an eye out. |
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| submitted on August 4, 2007 12:10 PM EST |
| Name: |
Tim Schultz |
| Email Address: |
leetoniamennonite@yahoo.com |
| Comments: |
Thanks, Tim, for highlighting this book, which I have read. As we approach a new church year here at Leetonia, I really want
our church to be more outreach-oriented, welcoming of all, and when they come in, that newcomers will experience relevancy
that is Christ-centered. Of course that desire is nothing original, but so often other things (committees, busy-ness, etc.)
tend to crowd out the basic reality of who we should be as God's community of faith. So Donald Miller touches on that need
for relevancy. The Emergent church movement has quite a bit of good material out there too. |
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| submitted on June 28, 2007 10:04 AM EST |
| Name: |
Tim Darling |
| Email Address: |
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| Comments: |
I think the bird's noble sacrifice is worth commemoration. |
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| submitted on June 25, 2007 1:07 PM EST |
| Name: |
Fred Fleming |
| Email Address: |
abbanormal2002@yahoo.com |
| Comments: |
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!! Brother, if posting about a Fowl Vandal that had a fit of remorse and decided to atone for his sin, by Hara
Kiri, is the acme of your blogging,(snicker)I think I'll buy a MAD magazine. |
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| submitted on June 21, 2007 12:49 PM EST |
| Name: |
Tim Darling |
| Email Address: |
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| Comments: |
Ah, yes, most of the feathers have blown away by now. |
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| submitted on June 21, 2007 10:28 AM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlonhollis@comcast.net |
| Comments: |
I saw the feathers in your front lawn, and thought it odd. I didn't think much more about it afterwards. Now I have an answer
(partially) to why there were feathers in your yard. |
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| submitted on June 19, 2007 11:34 AM EST |
| Name: |
Joe |
| Email Address: |
gtsoverdrive@embarqmail.com |
| Comments: |
Check out AbeBooks.com |
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| submitted on May 31, 2007 3:08 PM EST |
| Name: |
Reverend Frank Domorio-Neely |
| Email Address: |
Reverend Neely@aol.com |
| Comments: |
Theology:The works of James Arminius.Explanation of reformed Arminian theology and how it differs from Wesleyan Arminianism.Only
by reading the classical view of Arminius is one able to understand how his theological view was later distorted. |
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| submitted on May 31, 2007 2:09 PM EST |
| Name: |
Reverend Frank Domorio-Neely |
| Email Address: |
Reverend Neely@aol.com |
| Comments: |
Theology:Debating Calvinism by Dave Hunt and James White."In this debate,you will find out if you are a true five point calvinist
or an Arminian." My reformed Arminian-anabaptist theological view was influenced by this book. Rev.Neely |
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| submitted on May 31, 2007 1:51 PM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
Marlonhollis@mac.com |
| Comments: |
The collected works of Jonathan Edwards.
Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses.
The works of Saint Augustine
Sadly, I can't think of any Christian fiction titles beyond the ones you already mentioned. |
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| submitted on May 31, 2007 1:41 PM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlonhollis@mac.com |
| Comments: |
Theology:
John Calvin's Intitutes of the Christian Religion.
Despite not being over 100 years old, I would suggest as an honorable mention, Mere Christianity.
More suggestions forthcoming.
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| submitted on March 29, 2007 3:55 PM EST |
| Name: |
Marlon Hollis |
| Email Address: |
marlonhollis@comcast.net |
| Comments: |
Hi Tim,
I think it works. By the way, your blog site seems pretty sophisticated to me.
Marlon |
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| submitted on March 29, 2007 11:36 AM EST |
| Name: |
Paul |
| Email Address: |
pgarber@lancasterconference.org |
| Comments: |
Now I guess I will have to start my own blog!!! What's with the photo? |
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| submitted on March 21, 2007 9:25 AM EST |
| Name: |
Dawn Darling |
| Email Address: |
darlingtrk@verizon.net |
| Comments: |
testing how to leave a comment... |
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| submitted on March 21, 2007 9:15 AM EST |
| Name: |
Tim Darling |
| Email Address: |
darlingtrk@juno.com |
| Comments: |
Leave messages like this |
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