The following article by Wolfgang Simpson and co challenges status quo giving and church finance, along the lines of organic church. This article challenges the typical, individualistic sense of giving in N. America.
Author: Jonathan Dodson
History and Future of Emergent Church
Here is an Acts 29 link to three MP3s that cover the history, lexicography, and good/bad/ugly of Emergent Church movement.
New Image
With a new website in the making, here is the new table of contents for Image (Dick Staub is on the board):
Features
Artist of the Month: Jim Morphesis
Register Now for the 2008 Glen Workshop!
Run in the Fam’ly by John J. McLaughlin
Into Great Silence
Coming Soon: A Shiny New Website, Blog, and More….
Gallery Watch
Lynn Aldrich: All Nature Sings
Message Board
Discussion on Faith and Reason in New Book
The Other Journal Call for Submissions
Ongoing
The Spiritual Art of Salvador Dalí
Charlotte Lindsey: Reminders of Strength and Beauty
Shepherding an Organic Church
Bob Hyatt has some really helpful reflections about how to shepherd an Organic Church in his article “80-20 and the Organic Church.”