Posted on October 27, 2008 by Brittian Bullock
I’ve got a friend–but he really could be any of us, he could be me–who has been deeply wounded by years of addiction. Underneath that issue are a meriad of others, the loss of a father at an early age, the upbringing by that father that was alternately over permissive and brutally exacting, the genetic imprinting [...]
Filed under: beauty, confession | Tagged: 12 step, 12 step program, addiction, alanon, alcoholism, belonging, beloved, emerging church, frank viola, gene edwards, house church, jean vanier, longing, portland oregon, recovery, richard rohr, spirituality, substance abuse, the christian difference, thomas keating, vancouver washington | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 23, 2008 by Brittian Bullock
In response to the conversation the Mike started over at zoecarnate.com I’d like to a little bit about the convergence of house church and emerging church.
FIRST: A DISCLAIMER
My own spiritual biography is as much all over the topography of evangelicalism as the next guy. I grew up in the belly of Churchianity and in 1998 took a neccesarry [...]
Filed under: church | Tagged: doug pagit, emerging church, frank viola, gene edwards, house church, james rutz, phyllis tickle, tony dale, Tony Jones, wolfgang simpson, zoecarnate | 4 Comments »
Posted on October 15, 2008 by Brittian Bullock
Years ago I flirted with the charismatic world. I suppose the farthest I ever got was Vineyard, which may only be like making it to second base, I really don’t know. During Bible college I became pretty sickened by the rank intellectualism of the seminarians I was encountering and so became a champion of headless [...]
Filed under: church | Tagged: agents of future, charismatic, delerious, emerging church, enter the worship circle, gene edwards, house church, intellectualism, Job, matt redman, pentecostal, presence of God, question, richard rohr, suspended disbelief, the bridge pdx, vancouver washington church, worship, worship and praise | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 18, 2008 by Brittian Bullock
A friend sent this video to me…and all I have to say is this video would’ve saved so much work in trying to reinvent the wheel…why didn’t some one tell me there was an all inclusive video resource on how to be a cult leader and mind control? Awesome!
Seriously…funny…(and informative)
(I found [...]
Filed under: funny | Tagged: cult leader, cults, denominationalism, e-merge, established church, gene edwards, house church, jim jones, kansas city prophets, mind control, tactics, traditional church, watchman nee, witness lee | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 29, 2008 by Brittian Bullock
Today I’ve been thinking about death and renewal cycles.
I guess what I mean is the expectation of permanence that we (or at least I) bring to most things in life. Everything will last. Everything will endure and everything that doesn’t needs to get fixed until it does last. So, we prop things up…we stretch it…we [...]
Filed under: church | Tagged: church split, death and renewal cycles, emerging church, ending well, frank viola, gene edwards, house church, organic church, signs of emergence, Surprised By Hope | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 5, 2008 by Brittian Bullock
Alright…as promised a (book) junkie’s list of best hits (reads)…
Due to popular demand…my top 10–the first five. I’m an avid reader. I read probably 10-20 books at a time, probably several hundred in the last year…I read fast and furious…I belch out content and trade in the currency of used books and Border’s Book store credit…seriously I’m a fanatic (ick…it’s almost embarrasing just admitting how much I read)…But there are a few books that have arrested my attention and furthered my development. They are deeply personal…but also deeply applicable to a broad spectrum of living. Other’s have gained tremendous enjoyment from them as well…so I feel pretty good about passing on the recommendations.
Read on to know more…
Filed under: Book Review | Tagged: deeper christian life, emergent, Eternal Purpose, gene edwards, kester brewin, major ian w. thomas, reading list, rob bell, spiritual formation, top ten books, walter brueggeman, watchman nee | 5 Comments »
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