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 [...]


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 [...]


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 [...]