New Urban Ministry Resource at Kingdom Living

I added a new resource at Kingdom Living – Urban ministry links. There are several hundred links and contact information for several hundred ministries that are organized according to location and function. Have a look at the top of the blog and  you will see the new page. I have a TON of editing work to do but it is coming together. This started out as a project I did for Anthony Wood for the Urban Ministry class at HUGSR. I hope these are a help to many. God bless,

Matt

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What do You Know About Rob Bell?

I just started reading Velvet Elvis tonight. I have been hearing more and more about Rob Bell and wanted to find out for myself how good his material and writing is. I have been pleasantly surprised with how well this book has been written. He does a good job of integrating a large amount of information from a variety of fields of study – anthropology, sociology, theology, etc all the while stringing together his points with illustrations that pull it all together in a way that holds your attention.

People of all maturity levels will get something from it. It is conversational enough to draw in the unchurched and answer many questions that Christians and non-Christians have asked themselves. He has enough depth and well placed insights to give the mature Christian something to think about as well. This book seems like a guarded pendulum swing. Bell is pushing forth an understanding of Christianity and Christian movements that pushes the envelop of doctrine and some of the core tenets of our faith (the trinity, inspiration, virgin birth, etc) without having an air that “this is it.” He is humble enough to acknowledge that this is just one more piece of the theological discussion that needs to live on past this book and past all other books.

I am looking forward to reading more and also previewing some of his NOOMA videos. Do any of you have any opinions of his material or NOOMA videos? Have any of you used any of this material? What did you think? All input is welcome…as always!

If You are Going to be Silly You Might as Well Do it Right

Here are some pictures of me playing elvis at our church Christmas party. We have different members sing each year. This year I got asked to sing “Here Comes Santa Claus” as Elvis. If I can get some video maybe I will post that later. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment. Thank you…thank you very much.