http://corrienteministries.org/blog There is no holiness but social holiness – John Wesley Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:12:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Next Wednesday, Nov. 19 Corriente Ministries will be hosting a luncheon for Mission Year at 12:00 Noon in the Parish Hall at Christ Episcopal Church - 510 Belknap Pl. - one block north of San Antonio College. John Piercy, the Director of Development for Mission Year, will be coming ... http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/11/12/join-us-for-lunch/ We always walk a fine line when we try to talk about politics and religion in the same conversation. Click on this link to read my latest attempt at walking that tightrope. And feel free to leave a comment here or at the Express-News website. ... http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/11/01/mixing-politics-religion/ I'll be getting back to blogging on a regular basis next week. Click on this link to read an article I wrote for today's (Sat., Sept. 13) San Antonio Express-News. http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/09/13/responding-to-the-dropout-crisis/ In additon to the writing I do on this blog, I also do some occasional freelance work for various newspapers, magazines and ezines. Click on this link to read a short article I wrote for the San Antonio Express-News. It was in this past Saturday's (August 16) Religion Section. At the ... http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/08/18/orthodoxy-vs-orthopraxy/ My 73-year old mom is like a lot of parents from her generation. She still lives in the same house where she raised her kids, the only house she’s ever owned. It’s the same house she’s called home since October of 1964. But, the neighborhood where my mom put ... http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/08/12/back-where-i-started/ About a month ago I had the opportunity to spend a day with urban ministry pioneer and leader Dr. Bob Lupton. What a gift it was to be able to fellowship with and learn from Bob. I found him to be be everthing I'd expected - a wise ... http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/08/05/a-conversation-with-bob-lupton/ Above the fireplace in our home is this framed, three-panel print of the painting Lord, When Did We See You...? by San Antonio artist G. E. Mullan. The picture was a gift to my wife Jennifer and me on the occasion of our first anniversary from my lifetime friend ... http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/07/28/art-appreciation/ rel•e•vant \ˈre-lə-vənt\, adj. having some bearing on or importance for real-world issues, present-day events, or the current state of society Relevant is a huge buzzword among North American Christians. Traditional mainline denominations, most of which have been hemorrhaging in their memberships since the 1960’s, are desperate for ways to be ... http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/07/24/the-great-commandment-vs-the-great-commission/ Several years ago I read the short book Worship: The Missing Jewel in the Evangelical Church by A. W. Tozer. As usual, Tozer’s analysis was spot on, and still, fifty years after it was written, a message that contemporary Christians should take to heart – Worship is the ... http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/07/17/compassion-justice-and-the-christian-life/ $5.00 a gallon gas hasn't made it to Texas yet, but all indicators say it's on the way. How will that impact the way we "do church?" If you’re like me and you grew up in the 1970’s, you remember the original Energy Crisis. Following the Yom Kippur War of 1973, ... http://corrienteministries.org/blog/2008/07/15/500-a-gallon-gas-how-will-the-church-respond/