Speaking, pastoring, theological German, church stats, and Bonhoeffer: recent Twitter micro-blog posts

I have been using Twitter since August to write down micro-blog posts.  I have tried to keep them around the theme of church leadership like my blog.  Each “tweet” is only 140 characters.  I try to provide something of value and not just tell you what I had for breakfast.  Anyway, I just thought I would post the last 67 here so you can see what has been on my mind the last two months.

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The most recent tweets (June 25) are at the top.

1. TED talks are great http://www.ted.com/ Here is the advice they give their speakers: The TED Commandments http://bit.ly/2CtU7h H/T @ahc 1 minute ago from bit.ly

2. The Top Ten Ways to Ruin Young Pastors by my fellow Taylor University grad @jimvining http://bit.ly/15FbNn is very good. H/T TU's @jr_briggs 11:09 AM Jun 24th from web

3. Oct 7-9 http://www.catalystconferen... Oct 7-9 http://youngpastorsnetwork.org Oct 8-10 http://www.thefund.org/conf...  10:36 AM Jun 24th from bit.ly

4. I have revised my post: "How to Learn to Read Theological German" http://bit.ly/XYtaz 9:35 PM Jun 23rd from bit.ly

5. A very thorough obituary of Fuller Seminary theologian Ray S. Anderson (1925-2009) by Christian D. Kettler http://bit.ly/S3sCD 1:39 PM Jun 23rd from web. Additional note: Now Fuller also has an announcement: http://fuller.edu/news-and-events/news/anderson-passing.aspx

6. I posted more German translation practice from Barth's Church Dogmatics (§ 33, 47, 50, 59, Fragment). http://bit.ly/YzjGT 7:12 PM Jun 22nd from bit.ly

7. Dr. Ray Anderson, practical theologian at Fuller Theological Seminary, passed away yesterday. H/T @jasonclark @drjohnjackson 3:30 PM Jun 22nd from web

8. I have posted 2 pages of German from Barth's Church Dogmatics § 62 that I practiced translating, plus the Eng. trans. http://bit.ly/VtIkH 4:50 PM Jun 21st from bit.ly

9. Wonderful review by bookstore owner Byron Borger of "The Girl in the Orange Dress" by of our friend @MargotStarbuck http://bit.ly/5dlHX 1:44 PM Jun 21st from bit.ly

10. Audio MP3 from ICA event Slavoj Žižek with John Milbank http://bit.ly/lbXZ5 @PeterRollins @sivinkit H/T http://bit.ly/KzR5j 1:48 PM Jun 20th from bit.ly

11. I recommend Gran Torino named by @CTMovies #3 Most Redeeming Film of 2008 http://bit.ly/Jthst and #7 Critics' Choice http://bit.ly/CwohB 11:51 AM Jun 20th from bit.ly

12. RT @ahc Veritas Forum, producer of terrific programs at major universities, is hiring regional directors: http://bit.ly/10vgML 9:08 AM Jun 20th from web

13. RT @PeterRollins For a summary of the Zizek/Milbank exchange I was at, visit http://bit.ly/3wyxi7 9:05 AM Jun 20th from web

14. I posted my Learning the Craft of Pastoring: Six Practices for Cultivating Excellence in Pastoral Ministry term paper http://bit.ly/MoT4g 10:03 AM Jun 18th from bit.ly

15. RT @ERBks In other #Hauerwas related news, @ChristianBook has WITH THE GRAIN OF THE UNIVERSE for $0.99!! http://bit.ly/sflzI HT: @matthewjk 11:25 PM Jun 17th from web

16. I sent off my last paper. 12 out of 12 courses done for my doctoral program. Yeah! Now German, Spanish, prelim exams and dissertation.6:28 PM Jun 17th from web

17. Another important post today on my blog. Willow Creek's Reveal team begins suggesting principles of top churches http://bit.ly/M4RvL 4:14 PM Jun 16th from bit.ly

18. See my rather significant new blogpost: Fourteen theories of church growth from seven research teams http://bit.ly/TNOpq 2:58 PM Jun 16th from bit.ly

19. See @dooce for how the most popular mommy blogger http://dooce.com/ Heather Armstrong presents the birth of her second child on Twitter.9:07 AM Jun 16th from web

20. Chaves, "51% [of congregations], with 59% of participants, do not allow women to be full-fledged senior clergy." p. 16 http://bit.ly/8tU0v 8:51 AM Jun 15th from web

21. Mark Chaves, "Only 9% of congregations [in the U.S.] describe themselves as theologically liberal." p. 13 http://bit.ly/8tU0v 8:48 AM Jun 15th from web

22. 65% of attenders of megachurches cite "senior pastor" as the most important factor that keeps them at the church. http://bit.ly/OFP61 p.18 8:44 AM Jun 15th from web

23. Wheaton's W. Jay Wood's CT review of Dallas Willard's book http://bit.ly/15Iayx and Wood's book Epistemology http://bit.ly/12Tmnp are great.11:06 AM Jun 13th from bit.ly

24. I think Benjamin Button could have been about grace in tragedy but the screenwriter thought it was "be yourself." http://bit.ly/167hze 1:41 PM Jun 11th from bit.ly

25. I suggested Eugene Peterson's book Take and Read for ideas about "What to read? Literature and ecclesiology" http://bit.ly/AT5Tv 10:15 AM Jun 11th from bit.ly

26. I revised my blog post: Two new reports: Thumma / Bird on Megachurches and Chaves on American Congregations http://bit.ly/wd3wo 1:13 PM Jun 10th from bit.ly

27. See http://bit.ly/Tbe4R for MP3s from http://advance09.com/ in Durham, NC last week with @pastorjdgreear @JohnPiper @edstetzer @PastorMark 8:51 AM Jun 9th from bit.ly

28. Son Ryan (4) notes that I look like Tim Keller and wonders whether Keller knows Madagascar zoo animals. See CT's http://tinyurl.com/otwy7v 7:23 PM Jun 8th from web

29. I commented again about how pastors might want to talk to the media at Prof. John Stackhouse’s Weblog http://bit.ly/WCQwP 3:42 PM Jun 8th from bit.ly

30. I commented that pastors usually don't want to talk to the media because they want to stick to the essentials in public. http://bit.ly/CewT3 12:30 PM Jun 8th from bit.ly

31. Dear God, help me to finish this paper today. It will never be perfect and I have got to move on. Amen. (And my wife Amy says, "AMEN!") 9:20 AM Jun 6th from web

32. In Christianity Today June issue, great work by Trevin Wax on Piper/Wright debate + Wood's review of Willard in my fav section TheCTReview.9:09 PM Jun 5th from web

33. New report: Mark Chaves - National Congregations Study "American Congregations at the Beginning of the 21st Century" PDF http://bit.ly/8tU0v 10:13 AM Jun 4th from bit.ly

34. God is most glorified in us when we are satisfied in him . . . while . . . on . . . Twitter @JohnPiper is tweeting. http://ow.ly/aPWv 5:27 PM Jun 3rd from web

35. Microsoft Word changes "pastoring" to "pasturing." Right click "Add to dictionary."12:06 PM Jun 3rd from web

36. Will discuss Alasdair MacIntyre's God, Philosophy, Universities (2009) http://bit.ly/SwLRu at July Ph.D./Th.D. Theology & Ethics colloquium11:31 AM Jun 3rd from bit.ly

37. I have now listed my top 14 favorite blogs at http://bit.ly/19yFRm 7:46 AM Jun 3rd from web

38. New blogpost: 60 Church Leadership Blogs and 140 Other Blogs I Subscribe To http://bit.ly/1Cf9C 5:40 PM Jun 2nd from bit.ly

39. Free audio download of the month. Christ Plays in Ten-Thousand Places by Eugene H. Peterson christianaudio.com http://bit.ly/eNuaE 11:03 PM Jun 1st from web

40. New post at my blog: I would welcome your advice on refining my draft outline for my Theology of Pastoral Ministry paper http://bit.ly/BUGND 10:52 PM Jun 1st from web

41. I'm going to Duke Divinity School to study and say hello to friends at Shaping the Beloved Community "Summer Institute" http://bit.ly/TCIhP 9:32 AM Jun 1st from web

42. Harvard Ph.D's in OT Peter Enns and Bruce Waltke interact re: tensions in the Bible. http://bit.ly/OC4xN I had Waltke at Regent College.9:01 AM Jun 1st from web

43. For Teenagers, Hello Means ‘How About a Hug?’ - NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/427f0A Apparently hugging is now cool.12:36 PM May 28th from bit.ly

44. I have posted my Bonhoeffer paper on my blog in case anyone wants to help me proofread it before I turn it in. http://bit.ly/RN4NR 2:34 AM May 28th from bit.ly

45. Must finish Bonhoeffer paper for Hauerwas today. Must write . . . must write . . . must write . . .10:25 AM May 27th from web

46. See post Silicon Alley Insider: The Twitter Founders' Favorite Tweets http://bit.ly/c38rQ for a few smiles.10:20 AM May 27th from bit.ly

47. I commented on Between Two Worlds: Bonhoeffer on the Difference Between the Counsel of Psychology and Christianity http://bit.ly/6F687 9:48 AM May 26th from bit.ly

48. Fascinating engagement with issues in OT scholarship in Duke prof Stephen Chapman's review of Kenton Sparks's book http://bit.ly/pqjWP 12:10 AM May 16th from web

49. No New Testament scholar embraces the label "New Perspective on Paul" or "traditional Lutheran"-everyone wants to draw insights from both.1:40 PM May 14th from web

50. A lot of theologians, in their zeal to see the church be more faithful to Jesus Christ, despair and throw church out with the bath water.1:21 PM May 14th from web

51. "The Visible Church-Community" chapter 11 in Discipleship is my new favorite piece by Bonhoeffer. If you want to love the church, read it.10:10 PM May 12th from web

52. I commented on both of Will Willimon's posts "Advice for New Pastors" Part 1 http://bit.ly/14KkIg and Part 2 http://bit.ly/UU5pS 3:06 PM May 12th from web

53. RT @ahc Michael Gerson summarizes Robert Putnam et al.'s upcoming book on American religion and community. Fascinating. http://bit.ly/7SrHg 12:38 PM May 11th from web

54. Kevin Vanhoozer moving from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School to Wheaton College. Great interview with him. http://bit.ly/10qrxE 12:26 PM May 11th from web

55. Of the 4 on Meet the Press with @davidgregory, I was most impressed with Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai. Opinions? Video: http://bit.ly/19QmEb 6:22 PM May 10th from web

56. Fun article by Malcolm Gladwell about how unexpected acts can topple big opponents (in Old Testament and basketball). http://bit.ly/eQyOU 12:54 AM May 10th from web

57. I've had to learn a lot about historical context of Barth and Bonhoeffer to understand their ecclesiologies. It was a complicated time.12:49 AM May 10th from web

58. Amazed that you can read chapters for free online through Google Books. Bonhoeffer on preaching in Lischer's book. http://bit.ly/SQgYU 10:42 PM May 9th from web

59. @cwillz Bonhoeffer wrote Discipleship in 1935-36 and Ethics in 1940-1943. March 1943 H. assassination attempts fail. In April, B. arrested.2:05 PM May 8th from web in reply to cwillz

60. Twitter no longer using Tinyurl but rather Bit.ly See http://bit.ly/vuX5j 9:44 PM May 7th from web

61. In Ethics, Bonhoeffer subtly describes why he thinks it is right to kill Hitler whereas some believe in Discipleship he is a total pacifist.9:31 PM May 7th from web

62. Reading (Cost of) Discipleship by Bonhoeffer again http://bit.ly/1HZUlo This time asking how this fits with Ethics. http://bit.ly/k9cOx 9:23 PM May 7th from web

63. I show you how to read Hauerwas on Hays free at http://bit.ly/11uSs5 2:39 PM May 7th from web

64. I commented on Duke Ph.D. and Fuller prof Daniel Kirk's post about Gorman, evangelicals, and the Bible. http://tinyurl.com/cwddru 2:22 PM May 7th from web

65. MacIntyre, "Aquinas summarizes the outcome of that [moral] enquiry so far, advances it one stage further, and leaves the way open" (TRV 74).10:04 PM May 5th from web

66. In tonight's Theology and Ethics Colloquium we talked about Aquinas. Many at Duke love Aquinas--not as a system but conversation partner.10:03 PM May 5th from web

67. New blogpost: My Th.D. program progress update http://tinyurl.com/cb5fok 1:33 AM May 4th from web