Author Archive
Spencer Burke
Illusion of the Emerging Church
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
One of the difficulties I think we will encounter in this conversation is – we have lived with the illusion of the “Emerging Church”. Just like those who are defending the “Modern Church” today against the coming heresy…
I do not think there is a modern church, emerging church or whatever comes after that. What we are trying to “Brand” or label is a transitory state the Church goes through all the time. It has just been fashionable (and maybe profitable for publishers and critics alike) to name it.
Rapture Rebel
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
With the recent headlines, is it any wonder why the world may think that Christians seem to always want to run or hide or take the easy way out?
When the “rapture” prediction, bill boards and post-apocalyptic-pet-care-businesses started popping up everywhere, I began to wonder, why am I so ready to escape rather than serve? It feels like placards, amendments and full page ads are arms-length solutions to hands-on problems.
Dear Rob. . .An Open Letter to Rob Bell
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Dear Rob,
It was great being with you a couple of weeks ago – before the entire media stir. If it is not too presumptuous of me, I would like to encourage you with a few thoughts that have guided me through times of critique…
As people voice their opinions, remember you can only control your own words. In the new media world there are no “take backs” and the permanent record stands forever. Our children’s children will know more about us by our Internet foot print than another generation’s “Kodak moments.”
A Year Later – Haiti Earthquake
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
January 12 marks the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed more than 230,000 people. In addition to that initial loss of life, there has been dealing with the aftermath. One million people in Port-au-Prince remain homeless a year later. A health crisis due to cholera is underway, with tens of thousands infected and more than 2,500 who have died. The country is also in the middle of a political crisis. All this in a country of 9 million people that is just a 90-minute flight from Miami.
