Conviction & Imagination
We anchor ourselves in the historic faith and also imagine fresh expressions of the kingdom for our particular cultural moment. Our leaders believe that theological clarity gives us the conviction and courage for imagination.
In the world of sports, the marginal gains theory has received widespread acceptance. The doctrine of marginal gains suggests that once a baseline of performance is established, additional gains become increasingly difficult to accomplish. However, by making tiny improvements across multiple areas, the cumulative gains have an exponential effect. The same is true for preaching.
Why would Harbor Network value “Conviction & Imagination”? Why hold these two together? Better yet, how can you hold these two together?
When it comes to thinking through and writing liturgy, we can all get stuck. One of the graces of our modern age is that resources are everywhere and here are 3 of my favorite when thinking through planning a Sunday worship gathering.
I found myself in a unique situation. I’m not entirely sure where the idea came from — maybe it was the Father’s Day mojo? — but I decided to volunteer in our children’s ministry for both services. Here are four things that I’ve been thinking about since Sunday.
How are you to plant a church instead of just planting a service? And, the reason that I want to answer this is that I think a lot of pastors go into church planting, but really their heart is that they just want to put together a really good worship service.
One of the sacred cows elder pluralities are reluctant to touch is the sacred area of lead-pastor preaching. Let’s touch it.
Mike Cosper sketches out four things about ministry in a post-Christian culture, ranging from the effects of modernity on the Church, to ways to think about evangelism, to why the Star Wars prequels sucked.
