Gone Cycling for the Summer

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I'm gone cycling for the summer.
If you have any other bike trails to add to my list--let me know.

(The Tuesday Column will be back by the last week of August)
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What I know of IWU's new Seminary

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Here's what I know about IWU's new seminary.


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How to read a book in 10 minutes

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As a minister how do you keep up with the virtual flood of Christian books?
Here's one way--How to read a book in 10 minutes.

What tips would you add?

keith drury

How real-world ministry differs from college life

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What would you add to this grid describing how real-world adult ministry differs from college life?

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New models of Ministerial EDUCATION & TRAINING

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Charlie Alcock and Keith Drury thinking about new models of ministerial EDUCATION and ministerial TRAINING. in light of emerging adulthood.

Discipling Democrats

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DISCIPLING DEMOCRATS: How "Helicopter parents" might be discipling their children to expect "helicopter Government."

So what do YOU think?

keith drury

The New Youth ministry: Emerging Adulthood?

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I wonder if the new youth ministry of the future will be with a brand new stage of development: Emerging Adulthood.

Keith Drury

How we came to ordain homosexuals

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So what would you say to the people respresented in this denomination describing "How we came to ordain practicing homosexuals?"

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Five Styles of Grandparenting

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Five styles of grandparenting.

How DARE you have 8 children--let alone 14?

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We church leaders should probably ponder the shift in society toward child-free adulthood and its implications for the church. Read the article --then make some contribution to collective thinking if you are willing to help us all grapple with this trend.

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Role of the Pastor's Wife?

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I've been thinking about the role of a "Pastor's wife" ... I wonder what you think.

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Wesleyans Oppose Gambling? You bet!

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So Wesleyans oppose gambling--should they still oppose it? If so how much?

Welcome to Middle Age!

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Just in case you are in your low 30's--here are the "12 steps" ahead of you for the next 30 years--"middle adulthood."

keith drury

I Stay Near the Bar

Is it time to revise Sam Shoemaker's poem?

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What's Wrong with the Church?

I tried to think for a while like a complaining emergent and this is what I came up with--What's Wrong With the Church.

Tuesday Column by Keith Drury

10 New Year's Email Resolutions

Here are 10 email resolutions we all out to make..what would you add?

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A Magnificant Old Bag Lady

Six weeks after Christmas a magnificant old woman became the last of the Old Testament women prophets... and one of the the first of the New testament women disciples. Who is your church's "Anna?"

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Is Christmas a Pagan holiday?

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Where did Christmas come from? Is Christmas a pagan holiday?

Tuesday Column by Keith Drury

Christmas Gift for Your Pastor

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Some of the ways Churches (and Christians) give a Christmas gift to the pastor.

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Sin in America

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To preachers it is interesting what Americans consider sin. What thoughtful insights does this study prompt for you?

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