In the first part of this article (found in Fuller Seminary’s “Theology, News and Notes” Fall 2008 issue) I explore the similarities between the Emergent Presbyterians and the character Harold Crick, played by Will Farrell in the movie Stranger than Fiction. Crick overhears his narrator describing his “imminent death” and reacts with dismay screaming [...]

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I am working on seeing how a 21st century, mainline, traditional congregation can receive new life by looking at the words of the ancient church.  I keep seeing, and hearing about, people who have left the mainline church for the big megachurches but who then come back because they want more tradition, more liturgy in worship.  [...]

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