Between Two Worlds links to two views on mercy ministries at Modern Reformation. Both are well worth reading. I especially commend the main point of the second one: that Christians are called, first and foremost, to minister to each other.
Also at BTW is a great post on communication, aptly titled Rebuilding Your World of Talk. It addresses the head/heart matters behind our communication rather than addressing mere “technique" when talking with one another. Form follows function.
David Wayne will be meeting with Stephen Shields of Emergesque to further their Reformed-Emerging Conversation. They will continue “brainstorming some ways that we can foster conversation within the reformed and emerging communities, and are working on a project to that end that I hope to tell you about soon.” I am encouraged by this example of work toward Christian unity.
Check out Shield’s post on A Nurtured Culture of Christian Disagreement. What do you think? Can a blog truly foster “mutually beneficial discussion around matters of disagreement”? Shields thinks it can, if
* both participants have a substantial amount of spiritual maturity, and/or
* when the environment is well-moderated with a nurtured culture of Christian disagreement.
