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Competition is good… even with religion

As the wife and I are looking for a new church to call our home, there’s something about the process that feel consumeristic… which feels wrong. I learned a lot about Catholicism during Charles and Lindsay’s wedding. One of the groomsmen, Joe, is a devout Catholic. I asked him a lot of questions about Catholicism [...]

Posted 10 July 2007 † Peter § ‡ Comments (5) °

Is true multiethnicity in church possible?

Maybe it’s sorta died down now but maybe 5-10 years ago, it seemed like there was a bigger push within churches to be “multiethnic”. I think it is a worthy goal, so don’t take my post the wrong way. But I think a lot of people severely underestimate how difficult it is to create a [...]

Posted 26 June 2007 † Peter § ‡ Comments (1) °

If you have to tell people you’re cool, you’re probably not

The most well-known Peter Kim in the blogosphere (he also lives in the Boston area but works at Forrester Research) just wrote a post entitled “Chasing Cool”. I’ve thought about what he’s writing about in the past, as it relates to churches.
My problem with a lot of “emergent”/postmodern churches are that they try too [...]

Posted 02 May 2007 † Peter § Business/Economics ‡ Comments (2) °

Giving vs. Giving Up

This post is a continuation on my previous post entitled “Do Not Deny Self”.
Let’s start at a place we can all agree on. What is a Christian? I believe a Christian is someone who is human, therefore a sinner, but has made the commitment to repent of their sinful nature and welcome the Holy Spirit [...]

Posted 12 March 2007 † Peter § ‡ Comments (6) °

Best sermon I’ve heard in a while

The wife and I were a little sluggish getting ready yesterday morning and missed the bus to go to church, so we decided to go to the evening service instead. I’m glad that happened because the sermon by Tom Baskett, one of the leaders of the international student ministry at Park Street Church, was one [...]

Posted 12 March 2007 † Peter § ‡ Comments (0) °