The international journal
Missiology
, the premier journal in the field, has made its current issue (
January 2013
) available for free online this month. If you're curious about the scholarly discussion on missional leadership -- and we hope you will be -- check it out. In particular our own Terri Elton has
an excellent piece on the intersection of missiology and youth ministry
, and there are compelling pieces on
narrative engagement
,
undergraduate perceptions of mission
, and
hip hop theology in
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The new issue of the
Journal of Lutheran Ethics
arrived in our inbox yesterday. Along with an excellent set of essays about the interface of religion and technology, the email included this photo illustration of an 'enter' key shaped as a cross. The juxtaposition of the cross (the place where God meets us through Christ in our deepest despair) with a keyboard key (a symbol of efficiency and finality... 'click enter and you're done') brings to mind the paradox of living in this high-tech age where
…
In his daily post on his in the meantime blog, Luther Seminary professor David Lose hits the proverbial Refomation nail on its digital media head.
Just a little post-Enlightenment missional nostalgia in honor of Reformation Day, check it out.
Here's a provocative piece that begins by reflecting on the Pew report we mentioned earlier, and then continues with a set of suggestions for changing church practice in welcoming young people. Among the suggestions, author Sam Davidson lists "get social," "marry everyone," "renovate," "new schedules" and "context as text." Check it out and tell us what you think!