In the Coracle

Book Summary: “Celtic Christianity: A Sacred Tradition, A Vision of Hope”

June 28th, 2007, 1 Comment

Students at Bakke Graduate University do a lot of reading, and for each book we are asked to write a 2-3 page paper that describes the book’s thesis and arguments, then interprets the author’s intention, and then applies the book to our ministry context. The specific format is this:

Description of the Book

a) Thesis: [...]

“The Celtic Way of Evangelism”, Chapter 2

June 26th, 2007, 2 Comments

Here’s a summary and responses to chapter 2 of George Hunter’s The Celtic Way of Evangelism.
In chapter two, Hunter describes the form of community life that was shaped in early Celtic Christianity.
In general, Celtic Christianity was more a movement than Roman Christianity’s tendency to institution; it incorporated more laity in ministry and less ordained clergy; [...]

Holy Spaces, Prayer Rocks and more Celtic thoughts

June 26th, 2007, No Comments

I went for a run this morning. My running path is really phenomenal – a gravel trail alongside the middle fork of Snoqualmie River, and within four blocks at most I’m out of suburbia and in nature. Yes, I can hear I-90 on the not-too-distant distance if I choose to, but it’s amazing [...]

“The Celtic Way of Evangelism”, Chapter 1

June 25th, 2007, No Comments

Chapter 1 of George Hunter’s “The Celtic Way of Evangelism” sets the historical framework for Patrick’s interaction with the Celtic peoples in the British isles.
As you’re perhaps aware, Patrick’s story goes like this: An Englishman born into an aristocratic Christian family, Patrick and other villagers were captured in a midnight slave raid by Irish [...]

Blogging through “The Celtic Way of Evangelism”. Again.

June 25th, 2007, No Comments

I’ve been looking forward to re-reading George Hunter’s excellent book “The Celtic Way of Evangelism” as soon as I saw it on the reading list for my Celtic Trail course at Bakke.  I blogged a summary of this book previously, and pointed to an interview with Hunter in this brief post.
I deeply resonate with this [...]

If I had a personal assistant…

May 9th, 2007, 2 Comments

I would ask my assistant to organize my books on my shelves, sticker them with a library of congress ID or a dewey decimal ID or something, which would put the like books together, and then make sure they were all in my LibraryThing.
Then I could find the books I know I have, and I [...]