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Zoom Fatigue For The Win: What We Noticed By Picking a Format and Sticking To It.
Yesterday, Joel Mooneyhan shared some reflections on the train of thought that led the staff at Atlanta Christian Church to ditch pre-recorded worship services in favor of live services over Zoom. Today he’ll share what that has looked like and what the results have been in their faith community. It’s worth pointing out right at…
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Zoom Fatigue For The Win: Why We Chose Glitchy, Live Services Over YouTube
NOTE: The following post was submitted by Joel Mooneyhan, Community & Formation Pastor of Atlanta Christian Church. It is the first in a series, so stay tuned! Like many churches, when the pandemic first emerged our small staff set to recreating a full, one-hour service in the form of a video that we would post…
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Why Epiphany Matters
Across the street from our condo building there is a small church with a big front lawn. Every December they set up a live nativity scene staffed by volunteers from the parish. It’s a lo-fi production with little concern for accuracy or theater: there are dogs dressed as sheep, Joseph is wearing glasses, Mary is…
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Being Honest About The Bible, Part 3
Note To The Reader: This is the third post in a series on being honest about the Bible, especially as a pastor. To keep things simple, each post will have thoughts about only one aspect of the Bible and its use in our congregations. The first two posts are here and here. These posts are…
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Being Honest About The Bible, Part 2
Note To The Reader: This is the second post in a series on being honest about the Bible, especially as a pastor. To keep things simple, each post will have thoughts about only one aspect of the Bible and its use in our congregations. You can read the first post here. This series of posts…
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Being Honest About The Bible, Part 1
Note To The Reader: This is the first post in a series of musings on being honest about the Bible, especially as a pastor. To keep things simple, each post will have thoughts about only one aspect of the Bible and its use in our congregations. For many years I have taught an undergrad course…
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The Pastor’s Faith, Part 2
What do you when you don’t believe something anymore? It happens. Former ideas and understandings get discarded, be them around traditions, theologies, certain readings of particular texts. Sometimes the theological floor moves a little (or a lot) and the pastor stands inside certain biblical passages with a different point of view. It’s a not a…
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The Pastor’s Faith, Part 1
Does the faith of the congregation mirror that of its pastor? Yes, but also, not really. Yes, in the sense that the pastor must model an evolving faith. She must be honest from the start that she, too, will experience changes in ideas, understandings of certain texts, and that she will go through stretches of…
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