http://www.neueministry.com Join the Conversation Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:13:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m quite sure I’m not qualified to determine THE most effective strategy the Enemy has ever employed against the Church since its inception. But the undermining of James 5:16 has to be near the top. James 5:16 gives us the promise and the pathway to healing. [Therefore confess your sins ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/where-did-all-of-the-healing-go/ In an old gothic church in south London, images of the city are projected on white sheets that surround a worship space. The images are gritty and urban—towerblocks and street scenes. On the floor is a huge map of the city made out of pages of a London A-Z map. ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/reimagining-worship/ Ok, first blog. I am supposed to be blogging about what it is like to be the church nerd (aka “ops guy”). Let’s jump back in time a few years and review how we got here. I grew up in the church business. Pop was a pastor before I was ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/god-can-use-your-2/ In this edition of the Neue Podcast we talk to author and pastor Francis Chan. He's the pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, CA, and author of the popular new book Crazy Love. Neue editorial director Roxanne Wieman talks to him about the book, and his passion to see the church ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/neue-podcast-francis-chan/ A Michigan pastor decided to live like Jesus for one year after reading A.J. Jacobs' The Year of Living Biblically. Pastor Ed Dobson, who is vice president of spiritual formation at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Mich., spent a year eating kosher, abstaining from shaving, observing the Sabbath and reading ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/pastor-lives-like-jesus/ A United States Army manual on suicide prevention encourages "religiosity" as a way to beat depression. The manual specifically mentions Christianity, saying that all religions contain some form of Christianity's "Golden Rule." This comes after last year's admission that an average of 126 veterans per week commit suicide. The manual ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/army-encourages-religiosity/ There is a guy that i recently heard about who is reaching out to his Twitter fan base to raise the money necessary to plant a church. Here's his pitch: What would happen if a missionary used Twitter to help start a new church? Let's find out. I want everyone on ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/can-twitter-start-a-church/ This is an excerpt from an article that Dan Kimball wrote for Leadership Journal. As many of you know he is the pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California and has been one of the leading voices for the emergent/missional movement. What are some of your thoughts about ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/dan-kimball-prefers-the-megachurch/ It’s interesting the shift we take in life. At 18, I was a headstrong kid working as a worship leader who wasn’t really leading. I liked the idea of worship leading better than actually doing it. I prided myself on the fact that I was living ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/identity-crisis/ A symposium in India is seeking to bring together experts from the scientific and spiritual community to study the human soul and mind. The symposium, titled "The Neuroscientific Revolution: The Human Soul and Spirituality," was organized by the Indian Institute of Science and Religion, and aims to promote interaction between ... http://www.neueministry.com/2009/01/science-and-the-soul/