Chris Duckworth

Church Visitations

I’m in the Twin Cities for a long weekend, and on Sunday I hope to visit three churches – two large, Lutheran mega-churches of the kind we don’t have on the East Coast, and Solomon’s Church, an "Emergent Church." I’m looking forward to it – the church I belonged to as a kid closed lastContinue reading “Church Visitations”

XM Satellite Radio Rocks

XM Satellite radio rocks. You can get any baseball game wherever you are. And you can listen to Fred, channel 44. Fred plays those great late ’70s – early 90’s New Wave, dark, dress in black, depressing yet comfortably real songs of The Cure, Public Image Limited, New Order, The Clash, The Smiths, Depeche Mode,Continue reading “XM Satellite Radio Rocks”

Back in The Groove

In the recent weeks I’ve moved and gone on two business trips. Argh. Nice to be back, however (I leave on Thursday for my next trip). In other news, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly met in Orlando, FL. It is not surprising that the sexuality proposals (permitting the ordination of gay pastors, granting pastoral discretion andContinue reading “Back in The Groove”

A Week (or so) Away

I’m moving this week and will be away from the blog for a bit. See you in August.

Exploring Emergent, Part II

Argh. Spending my spare time in the past day or two (ie, time not working or playing with my 2 year old daughter) reading online articles about the Emergent Church, I have already deduced that my early observations on the Emergent Church are very limited. But I’m intrigued enough by this movement that I’ll continueContinue reading “Exploring Emergent, Part II”