I’ve been working with Andy Johnson, Tim Keel, Mike King, and Mike Gorman to organize a conference: Reclaiming Paul: The Apostle for the Emerging World.  Some emerging church leaders have intuitively practiced what Pauline scholars have been discussing for the last several years.  We’re bring emerging church leaders and biblical scholars together for a robust [...]

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I thought that I’d go on to other topics when I finished “Drinking from the Well, Part 2,” but in his comment on Part 2 Mike King asked about my reflection on the Eucharist at Jacob’s Well. So here’s Part 3.
Let me begin by going back to the sermon. I have the sense [...]

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Here we go with Part 2 of my reflections of a Sunday at Jacob’s Well.
The Word section of the worship time was my favorite. It had depth and clearly connected with life in 2006. The beginning and end of this part of the worship time was an interesting combination. The congregation sang [...]

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After many months of saying, “Someday we’ll go to Jacob’s Well,” we finally made it on Sunday.
We’ve lived in Kansas City for five years, but had never been to the Westport neighborhood where Jacob’s Well is located. This was an adventure in more than one way. Our friends, Ron & Sherry, picked us [...]

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