Dan Kimball and the Emerging Church
Author
of The Emerging Church
Foreword written Rick Warren and Brian
McLaren
Reinventing
Christianity For Our Day
"The 'Emergent Church'
takes the 'seeker movement' past its limitations to go where
no Christian church has gone beforeinto inter-spirituality....
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Dan Kimball: Lectio Divina
and the Silence
"We
have neglected so many of the disciplines of the historical
church [Desert Fathers], including weekly fasting, practicing
the silence, and lectio divina."Dan Kimball, The
Emerging Church, page. 223
"As we spilled out into the dark night with the rest of the crowd, I felt that maybe something was happening here with the emerging culture, and we should take note. We put so much effort into designing contemporary church services that are peppy, upbeat, and cued down to the minute, but I'’d just seen a large group of young people drawn to something quite the opposite. Perhaps we should consider that there's a rising longing to seek God in the simplicity and stillness of a meditative church experience. " From Dan Kimball's article, In the Stillness
Dan Kimball and LabyrinthsA-Maze-ing-Prayer by Dan Kimball
Dan Kimball and Prayer StationsVintage Faith Church Promotes Prayer Stations
Dan Kimball and Youth Specialties
Redefining Christianity"We have the great opportunity to redefine the church to emerging generations."
Dan Kimball, Youth SpecialtiesYouth Worker Convention, 2002
Kimball on Henri Nouwen"[M]any in the emerging church are drawn to more of a loose, lesser emphasis on strategic goals and a non-hierarchical approach to leadership. Much like what is emphasized in the writings of Henri Nouwen. I've read Nouwen's book, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership a dozen times. Reading that book convicts you to the inner core about motives and the heart of leadership." Dan Kimball, The Paradox of Emerging Leadership
His Own Words"Without a doubt, the books that have made the most influence in my thinking on discipleship and spiritual formation for the emerging church are the following from Dallas Willard. Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ (NavPress 2002) and The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God (Harper Collins, 1998)"
Dan Kimball from his newsletter, 2002See Dan Kimball's thoughts on the origin of the emerging church. Part 2