by Kay Ahmed | Oct 30, 2014 | 21stCenturySpirituality
There’s discouraging news again this month in my Episcopal denomination. No, not feuding seminary faculty and administrators—though that is truly awful—but another report of declining membership. Earlier this year, the Presbyterian Church (USA) reported similar...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Oct 24, 2014 | DigitalMinistry
In these fraught days of Ebola anxiety and debates over appropriate responses, I often find myself harking back to the summer of 2010, when I spent eleven weeks serving as a full-time Chaplain Resident (or intern) in a local hospital. One evening, I was summoned to...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Oct 16, 2014 | 21stCenturyMission
This fall, I am looking at the work of my church through a different framework. It began over the summer at the monthly meeting of our local clergy association, when I began learning about the difference between community activism and community organizing. Do you know...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Oct 9, 2014 | ChurchChange
Engaging the challenges and opportunities of 21st century ministry means navigating the paradox of continuity and change. You can see this paradox in phrases like “ancient-future church,” the Kingdom “now and not yet,” and so on. While this paradox is part of...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Oct 3, 2014 | 21stCenturyBible
Scordatura refers to tuning patterns for the open strings of violins and cellos that differ from the normally accepted tuning pattern of the notes G, D, A, and E. In Italian the word means “mistuned” or “out of tune,” and the connotation is carried into English where...
