urban ministry
Hermeneutics
My friend Josh Case asked me to write what I think about “Hermeneutics” for this age
My operating hermeneutic is to encounter texts through communal practices that break our guessing machines and place us in postures of listening.”- me
Here are the four cats who’ve blown up this idea for me:
Daniel Pink suggests that we are [...]
Neighbors Christmas
Help Neighbors Abbey celebrate the
Hope, Peace, Love & Joy
of this Christmas season.
Every one is invited and welcome.
The Perkerson Park Recreation Center
770 Deckner Avenue SW, Atlanta, GA 30310
Sunday, December 13, 2009
From 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Come meet neighbors, and friends, new and old.
Christmas Carols
Poetry and Prayers,
The Christmas story
Cookies and Cocoa
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Church Target Practice
Neighbors aren’t targets, or are they?
Many churches have “started” or “grown” in the past 30 years by carefully studying marketers and doing demographic research determining their “target.” And yet targeting is a pretty scary notion in our neck of the ‘hood.
In Georgia, it is estimated that 200-300 children are targeted for sexual exploitation a month, [...]
