The truth that many of us cannot truly accept is that we are all broken. Not having a bed to sleep in or car to drive does not define someone as broken. The uneasy truth that I have discovered is that some of the most broken people hide in lovely homes, nice clothes, busy schedules, important jobs, and familiar…
by Henry E. Neufeld Last night I was privileged to interview Matt Braddock, president of the Academy of Parish Clergy and Bob Cornwall, editor of the Academy’s journal, Sharing the Practice. Energion Publications produces two book series, Conversations in Ministry and Guides to Practical Ministry in cooperation with the Academy, which provides the editorial board….
Tonight at 7p.m. CDT, Henry Neufeld will host a discussion on clergy support, with Academy of Parish Clergy President, Matt Braddock and Sharing the Practice editor, Dr. Bob Cornwall. Google Link to the discussion. YouTube Link to the discussion. This will be a 30-minute discussion about how clergy can support each other and reach out across denominational and interfaith…
by Dr. Harvey Brown, Energion Publications Author I had occasion the other day to ride through a cemetery. The trip was neither business nor pleasure. Not the business many preachers know as conducting a funeral. Nor was there some unique pleasure of learning about forebears or history. I was taking a shortcut. Very few people take…
We’re excited about what we have accomplished over the last several months here on the Energion Discussion Network, and we’re looking to make some changes to make our content and presentation even better. You can see our announcement on our news blog. Rev. Steve Kindle, who has been the EDN editor for all this time,…
by Herold Weiss Having discussed with some seriousness critical topics of interest to Christians who value what the Bible has to say about them, I think it is time for me to take an ironic pen in hand and draw a caricature of the history of the Gospel. Caricatures distinguish themselves by taking a feature…
by Edward Vick We begin this section with a caveat. We are speaking in what follows of individual writings speaking about other writings. The term ‘writings’ (or ‘Scriptures’) in the New Testament is the Greek word graphai, a plural form, from which we get such words as graph, graphic and all the other words…
by Rev. Dr. Robert R. LaRochelle Current data indicates that an increasing number of Americans identify themselves as ‘unchurched’. This includes not only those who, in their adult life, do not go to church, but also a great number who were not raised within a church tradition. While it seems to me that more…
by Allan R. Bevere Here someone may raise an objection. “Could not God have made humanity perfect from the beginning?” Yet one must know that all things are possible for God, who is always the same and uncreated. But created beings, and all who have their beginning of being in the course of time,…
by Bob Cornwall In a previous posting I raised the question of what baptism might look like, or at least be understood, in the context of the practice of the Open Table. If all are invited to the Lord’s Table, where does that leave baptism? As I’ve noted in previous essays I am part of a…