Churches in the Economic Crisis … Part 2
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3. Are there a lot of evictions occurring in your area? How about recruiting some volunteers to match people about to be evicted with people who have been evicted, to explore living in community for a period of time to share expenses? Perhaps a set of ground rules could be drawn up ... along with having "troubleshooters" available to solve problems as they arise.
4. Maximizing employment - those in your church who are not in financial need could hire unemployed people for odd jobs or special projects - things they might normally do themselves. Now they can get the job done while helping someone else make some extra cash.
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Advent Reflection 1
I travel so many weekends and am usually speaking at churches on Sundays, which I love - but today I had the rare treat of being at my own home church, just as an attender. Patsy Fratanduono, one of our pastors, spoke about the incarnation, the kids presented an amazing video, and the prayers and carols were wonderful.
I was especially struck by one line from each verse of the beautiful carol O Holy Night ...
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Thanks, friends in Scotland and England!
I'm just catching up - on sleep and email - after a tremendous trip to Scotland and England. What wonderful people I had the chance to meet and converse with. And what a great job the hosts and organizers did in putting the events together. I'm deeply grateful.
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Dr. David Gushee gets it right …
David Gushee is distinguished university professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University. I originally met him through Evangelical Environmental Network, and his anti-torture work, and ever since I always pay attention to what he writes. Here's his recent editorial from the Associated Baptist Press (another great newsletter to subscribe to ... here.)
Opinion: A doomed,
reactionary church?
By David Gushee
(ABP) -- The act of reflecting this week, in class, on the development of Catholic social ethics resonated in an unexpected way with the situation facing Christians today. It became clearer than ever to me that when Christians become cultural reactionaries, they doom the church to irrelevance.
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if i could be in 2 places …
I leave in a few hours for a week in Scotland and England ... I hope to meet many readers and make many new friends there!
If I could be in 2 places at once, I'd also be in Memphis, where The Great Emergence event is underway. The EV blog is carrying updates here.
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