I have created a new blogsite: http://www.theostorying.wordpress.com It will focus on the concept of theostorying... defined (be me at least) as “the act of creative reflection on God, and our associated relationships with Him and each other, crafted artistically into the medium of the story, so as to allow the listener to join in the …
Month: April 2015
Strangers in the Land
<NOTE: The image here for vulnerability, I am using as synonymous with weakness. Some don't feel that way. For them, vulnerability is a virtue while weakness is a well... weakness. I would suggest that both, properly understood, are virtues, and... well... strengths.> Two passages with regard to the life of Abraham are especially meaningful to …
Adventures in Typing
I have had to cut back a little in blogging. Part of it is because of a lot of stuff going on this Summer. We have a Disaster Response Symposium that our group (Bukal Life Care) is putting together in partnership with Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary and Virginia Baptist Disaster Response. We also will be …
Missiological Thoughts on Pastoral Diagnosis
As I have said before, one of my jobs in missions is administrator of a pastoral care center. So I have always been interested in the correlation, compatibility, and conflict between missions and counseling. This presentation utilizes the 7 benchmarks for pastoral diagnosis established by Paul Pruyser back in 1963. However, we put them in …
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Out of Madness
One of my several unpaid jobs is registrar for a certifying/accrediting organization for Clinical Pastoral Education. Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) or sometimes called Clinical Pastoral Training (CPT) grew, largely, out of the experiences and work of theologian, Anton Boisen, 1876-1965. (Side thought: Boisen lived to to be almost 89. Looking at other great Christian theologians …
The Engineer’s Baby. Part #2
<In the first part, I used the analogy of a designer's attitude with regards to his creation. There is a tendency to see it almost as in terms of a parent-child relationship. There are positive sides to that and negative sides to that. Now, bringing this to mission projects, programs.> Missions involves creative creation. New …
The Engineer’s Baby, Part #1
<Ultimately, this is about the trials associated with mission work and ministry "ownership" but that will be in Part #2. Part #1 is dealing with the analogy of babies and creative designs.> Years ago, I was a mechanical design engineer for one of the largest defense contractors in the world. I worked on naval equipment, …
Coptic Easter and A Feast in Rural Egypt – Recipes Included
Nice to hear of the Christian faith as practiced in different parts of the world. Even better with recipes included.