https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:27:09 +0000 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:08:52 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/five-steps-denominational-renewal-part-3 I write this final installment (here are links to Part 1 and Part 2) from the perspective of a Sam Hamstra https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/five-steps-denominational-renewal-part-3 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:08:52 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/five-steps-denominational-renewal-part-2 So here is the proposal from an outsider alluded to in Five Steps for Denominational Renewal - Part 1. (Those familiar with the work of Will Mancini will recognize his “Vision Frame” in the backgr Sam Hamstra https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/five-steps-denominational-renewal-part-2 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:18:24 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/five-steps-denominational-renewal-part-1 Most pastors will acknowledge that the relationship between their congregations and their denominations is tethered by but a thread. One simple explanation for this is that denominations serve but a small percentage of the essential needs of their congregations. Sam Hamstra https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/five-steps-denominational-renewal-part-1 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:44:17 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/being-offendable As a kid my parents taught me that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” That principle helped me navigate a neighborhood divided into ethnic tribes, each prouder than the next. Sam Hamstra https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/being-offendable Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:28:35 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/church-bullies Perhaps you already know through experience that your congregation includes a bully –  a person, even Christ-follower, who insists that he or she approve, even initiate nearly every change in the church. Sam Hamstra https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/lets-talk-about/church-bullies Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:44:23 +0000