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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008I am pretty certain that is the longest, most descriptive title I’ve ever had for a post. Hope you’re not expecting too much after reading it.
There seems to be a dichotomy in many people between several poles. And in my mind, right now at least, they seem to be quite interrelated at some [...]
Leadership Quotes
Friday, April 25th, 2008Here are some various thoughts from Malphurs’ Being Leaders that I have found helpful.
First law of leadership: If you don’t believe in the messenger, you won’t believe the message. (from Kouzes and Posner, 49)
Research indicates that it takes a new pastor at least five years in most established churches to build the kind of [...]
Pastors and Working Hard pt 2
Friday, December 21st, 2007One of the difficulties for a person in ministry struggling with the razor’s edge of working hard and hardly working is the question, “What do you do exactly.” Man, if I had a nickel every time I heard that we could fund 3 church plants right now.
It’s not that this shouldn’t be asked. [...]
Soft On Sin? Or Reading Between The Lines
Monday, December 17th, 2007An observation…
Church A: “We’re smaller because we preach the gospel. The gospel is a stumbling block to people so that’s why we’re smaller. Those bigger churches are selling out the gospel and are soft on sin.”
Church B: “We’re seeing God really work in our church and the growth that’s taking place is due to the [...]
Has Preaching Seen It’s Day? Pt 3
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Verse By Verse vers(us) Verse With Verse
Verse by verse would be more closely aligned with what is typically known as expository preaching while verse with verse (first heard this phrase from Rick Warren) would be more like a topical sermon.
Here are my questions.
Is there anything inherently advantageous about either of these paradigms?
Is there anything inherently [...]
Film: Deliver Us From Evil
Friday, July 27th, 2007At some point in the last month or so I found out about Deliver Us From Evil and popped it my blockbuster que. The film is a documentary related to the sexual abuse scandal involving priest Oliver O’Grady of a diocese in California and the accused cover up of the now Cardinal of the [...]
Developing A Web Presence
Friday, May 11th, 2007Now that our LifeConnection is completed we’re moving full steam ahead on developing a web presence. And by we I mean the designer - I do nothing except ask how it’s going.
Last night I purchased our LifeConnection hosting package and domain name. I was then able to begin setting up a domain specific email address [...]
Community DNA
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007Community Is The Context For Life & Mission.
The story begins with a man and a woman living in the garden experiencing relational harmony, intimacy, and safety with one another, God, and the created order (Genesis 2, especially 25). As God creates everything we see and everything we don’t see he declares it “good� (Genesis [...]
Missional DNA
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007As followers of Jesus our desire is to become a missional community of truth, beauty, and generosity.
The Church Exists For Mission.
The story begins with God creating everything that we see and everything that we don’t see. At the pinnacle of God’s creative activity is his creation of humanity in his very image�something about mankind [...]
The Cost Of Inaction
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007“Inaction doesn’t cost anything.” That’s what Cheadle said this morning on NPR related crisis in Darfur. As I’m listened to him so many questions are ran through my mind. First were the questions directly related to Darfur and other major global-village issues today.
What should I do about this?
Should I give money to [...]