Category Archives: Missiology

SERMON – “Tradutore no sempre traditore (or) “Truth, Translation, and Transluscence” (Acts 2)

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

    Truth, Translation, and Translucence: <Traduttore (no) Traditore!> (or) The Flesh/Word Became Word/Flesh and Pitched His Language Among Us (Acts 02) Richard M. Wright Church of the Nations Pentecost Sunday (A) June 12 2011 Everyone speaks French. Not really. … Continue reading →

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Alas – less not more freedom for Christians in China?

Posted on February 8, 2011 by admin

One of the three goals for my journey through China back in May-June was to observe directly what is happening with the Christian church in the People’s Republic of China. I visited both registered churches and house churches. And had … Continue reading →

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SERMON – “In the year that died” (Isaiah 6)

Posted on September 30, 2010 by admin

Ed – this Bible reading has been on my mind. Not because of the church budget weirdness of this week – and the concern I would need to find another job/position and soon – but because of a book idea … Continue reading →

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Sunrise over Lake Providence

Posted on April 14, 2010 by admin

Sunrise over Lake Providence during Together for Hope mission experience in Lake Providence Louisiana. Taken from deck of guest house where our team stayed.

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Father Moses and cross-cultural ministry

Posted on April 13, 2010 by admin

Stories do not come much more beautiful than this. The New York Times deserves profound gratitude for a magnificent article on Father Moses Berry who is an Orthodox priest in a small rural village in Missouri. Like most Orthodox priests … Continue reading →

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The election of President Obama and a new era of evangelism – seriously?

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Rick

One last visit to the resource fair at the General Assembly 2009 of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Houston. Last year I attended a workshop on ministry opportunities in China and thought “I would love to do that” – and … Continue reading →

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Marketing versus(?) evangelism (or) Centripetal ecclesiology

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Rick

Outreach. Churches agonize about it. Well at least this one does. But listen and observe carefully how people talk about it and attempt to engage in it. Spend thousands of dollars on slick postcards to the community. “There’s a place … Continue reading →

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As Chasidism so Christian witness

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Rick

The terrorist targeting of the sole Jewish center in Mumbai India has been particularly rattling. This is what human beings driven by religious fanaticism are capable of. Enough of that. Two of the five (six?) Jewish people murdered at Chabad … Continue reading →

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SERMON – "We are our message but our message is not us" (1 Thessalonians 2)

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Rick

Richard M. Wright “We are our message but our message is not us” 1 Thessalonians 2 Church of the Nations November 02, 2008 31st Sunday Ordinary Time (A) or All Saints’ Sunday Fourteen trillion dollars in new taxes – from … Continue reading →

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The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the MDGs

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Rick

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is now officially in full support of the Millennium Development Goals set forth by the United Nations.* A few months ago I wrote about my ambivalence concerning this new emphasis. The Millennium Development Goals and Christian … Continue reading →

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