It’s with a heavy heart that I announce this Sunday will be the last service for missioDei. Just shutting down the website now almost made me tear up, and convos w/folks have made me somewhat more heavier this week. There were some tears at the past few services and folks have been sad but supportive. I’m making the rounds now to make sure those committed few will continue to grow and get plugged in somewhere. What really bites is knowing that some great people invested deeply in us and if you know me you know that one of the things I hate the most is disappointing people. I wish I coulda done y’all proud but things just didn’t go our way. So here I am eulogizing the past 2 years with missio: Read more…
Thoughts galvanized by David Park re: Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Granted, the need for liberation amongst Asian-Americans is not really a pressing concern – after all, what do we need liberating from? But I think David is spot-on with his assessment of the future of Asian-American religion. Do we remain the strong, silent, passive types or do we have it in us to be aggressively assertive when it comes to relevance in American society today? I quote: Read more…
“stumbling block= lady putting belt & boots back on after security check”
That was a recent twitter from someone in the ministry who travels alot. It really jumped out at me for some reason; maybe its honesty and vividness. Those must’ve been some boots. So it got me to thinking about the occupational hazards of ministry, whether it’s travelling alone frequently, or the “car porn” which Eugene Cho alludes to, or the addiction to success and power which I’ve witnessed deteriorate ministries and personalities. So how do we protect ourselves from on-the-job stumbling blocks that are simply unavoidable? And on the flip-side, how do we keep ourselves fresh, whole, healed, strong, and dare I sound like a prude – holy?
How does your church do “small groups”?
My experiences have ranged from great to terrible. And in the process I’ve discovered some core principles that make the “ecclesiola in ecclesia” better. Props to MissioLux Covenant Church for the “missio groups” parlance. I hope Tamara doesn’t mind if we borrow it cuz it makes a whole lotta sense. And from a historical perspective the idea of small groups is nothing novel. It goes back to the Wesleyan Methodists, back to the German pietists, and even further back to the Catholic Reformation groups like the Brethren of the Common Life. So as I gather my thoughts together on how to improve our “missio groups”, I ask you; how were your “small group” experiences positive or found lacking? How would you have “done” it better?
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