It struck me recently that the formation of new Christian communities is like the formation of rain in two ways. First, a droplet cannot form without a microscopic bit of dust in the atmosphere. Water molecules adhere to and form around them. So with new parishes. There must be a center, a nucleus, for disconnected [...]
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Of rain and parishes
Posted in Parish Theory & Practice, Theology of Community on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Surviving Creative Destruction
Posted in Parish Theory & Practice, Theology of Community, Thomas Chalmers on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the modern day, old orders are forced to give way to new ones. This is the inevitable process of capitalism. In 1942, Joseph Schumpeter coined a phrase for this, that apparently became a buzzword in the dot-com boom of the 1990s. He called it “creative destruction.” It is a “process of industrial mutation that [...]
Brick and Mortar in a Digital Age
Posted in Theology of Community on November 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“By 2006, nearly 69 percent of households owned their own home, up from 64 percent in 1994 and 44 percent in 1940. The gains were especially dramatic among Hispanics and blacks, as increasing affluence as well as government encouragement of subprime mortgage programs enabled many members of minority groups to become first-time home buyers. This [...]
