Author Archives: PaulVK

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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Treating the Poor as Hollow men/women/children

David Brooks As Richard Reeves of the Brookings Institution pointed out recently in National Affairs, both orthodox progressive and conservative approaches treat individuals as if they were abstractions — as if they were part of a species of “hollow man” … Continue reading →

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Developing a Culture of Clergy Self-Leadership: Ideal Classis Series

Four Strategic Challenge Facing the Church Today In our context of deep and rapid chance the most important challenge the church faces is developing leaders in the church that can do the following: Discern the times: With multiple challenges confronting a … Continue reading →

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Deep Trends Affecting Christian Institutions

Faith and Leadership The digital revolution: Multi-nodal world: traditional markers of identity and place are being re-negotiated.  Reconfigurations of denominations and emerging forms of congregations end of the “typical” midsized denominationally loyal church Megas: Congregation grazing: one person is a member … Continue reading →

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Pioneer Sufferings and the Story That Didn’t End As We’d Like

Stuff in the Basement

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What Our Journey from Cold Warriors to Religious Consumers Means for the Church

Mid-Century Modern The religious context for most North American congregations in the second half of the 20th century was fairly clear. Varieties of congregations that tried to live by the moniker “Bible believing”. Debates between them were seen as “intramural”. … Continue reading →

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The New Instability in Marriage

NY Times

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Different cultures experience schitzophrenia differently

the globe

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Douthat, The RC and Divorce

The debate is interesting on a lot of levels Douthat A Dominican Response

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Defining Christianity Today

  Dreher  

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Identity as violence

  Year Without God  

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