It always saddens me when I see Christians in a docile, defensive position; just trying to hold on to what they’ve got, while they ride out the storm. I think this is especially true of Halloween tonight. Probably more than any other night, Christians across North America are turning their lights out and hunkering down inside. All the while, darkness literally covers our cities.
There’s an awesome quote from Edmund Burke, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is that good men do nothing”
Evil people do not wait around and ask for permission. Evil can be compelling and magnetic, and it moves forward with every inclination.
And the truth is that hunkered down, inward-focused, well-meaning, passive neutrality, will never overcome evil.
Excellent insight from InsideGoogle, definitely helps justify any bit of workaholism I have…
Googler Niniane Wang is vacationing in Egypt, but she had enough time to blog this exchange, which resulted when a traveling companion was typing away on his Sidekick, instead of enjoying the vacation.
Me: [after some silence] Do you think Google does this to people? Where we work so much?
This is a collection of resources related to the Mosaic movement out of L.A. It has been a tremendous impact on my life and my visions for church planting.
I’ve got a bunch of other resources (CD’s, DVD’s, etc.) that I’ve bought over the years, that I’m tempted to put up, but I don’t want to infringe on any copyright issues. If you’re in the area, you’re more than welcome to borrow them off of me. All the resources here are just what’s readily available on the web. I’ll try to keep this post updated as I stumble across things. Let me know if you’re aware of others.
Here’s a snap of my wife and I as we visit Mosaic LA (at the previous night club) and connect for a moment with Erwin Raphael McManus
Weekly podcasts Lots of great teleseminars by Eric Bryant with the Origins Project cast Alex McManus on blog talk radio – currently discussing ’strengths’ Exponentional Network 2009 podcast interview with Erwin McManus Mosaic Life in Christ Talk: Erwin on Discipleship Talks and interviews by Eric Bryant with McManus and friends. Interview with Erwin on Christian Work at Home Moms Erwin McManus session at Riverview church’s Big Weekend Eric Bryant on Raising up leaders in Zurich Radio Interview of Erwin McManus by Rodney Olson 2007 Erwin McManus at Upper Room Community on Chasing Daylight James Robinson interviewing Erwin McManus on Soul Cravings and Uprising Off the hook message on prayer by Erwin McManus Jon Gordon story part 2 at Mosaic Erwin McManus sharing about Jon Gordon deciding to follow Jesus Rick Warren’s Podcast innovation interviewing Erwin McManus, Eric Bryant & Ralph Neighbor Erwin McManus on Beauty Beauty at Mozaiek May 2007 Erwin McManus speaking at NewSong on Unmasking Mexico 2007 Interview here with Erwin McManus on the Drew Marshall show 2007 mp3 of Erwin McManus and a Buddhist on life purpose at Veritas 2006 California Baptist Seminary Chapel podcast with Erwin McManus Erwin McManus at Mosaiek Church – A revolutoin of the soul A revolution of the soul Alex McManus on a hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy a hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy @ Kensington 2006 Catalyst Interview Catalyst Interview with Erwin McManus 2006 Archived Podcast of Erwin McManus on Leadership Making space for strange things to happen 2005 Erwin McManus Chapel @ California Baptist University 2005 Mosaic Leadership Advance Leadership Advance Message 2005 Erwin McManus – Prepare for Impact Prepare for Impact 2005 Erwin McManus The future has arrived @ Richland Hills Church 2004 C&MA 2004 Council Session 1 and Session 2 by Erwin McManus (both messages are on the second half of the mp3) Parable of the Talents Parable of the talents by Erwin McManus @ Rock Harbour 2002 Audio sermons by Erwin McManus on Meaning, Community and Destiny The Great Commission and Discipleship The great commission and discipleship by Erwin McManus @ Woodland Hills 2002 Erwin on The Fingerprint of God The Fingerprint of God @ The Veritas Forum 2001 Erwin on The Character Matrix Character Matrix @ The Veritas Forum 1999 Odeo - Seems to keep the last 10 or so messages archived from the podcast in case you missed any.
Life’s been busy and beautiful. I’ve been trying to stay at least 3-4 weeks ahead of school in anticipation of our baby, and I think I’m actually on track.
Our doctor charges $10 to print out an ultrasound picture, so Yvz and I decided to just bring our camera in and take our own pictures! Here’s our first baby’s first video! It’s not the greatest footage, I’ll do better at our next visit in another week.
If you haven’t seen it already, Steve McCoy’s got an excellent post linking a smack of Tim Keller resource post. Keller’s probably one of the most level-headed biblical and missional church planting catalysts out there. Over the years I’ve tucked away my own set of resources from movements that I’ve been following. So in the spirit of sharing and inspired by Steve, I’m going to consolidate and post up some resources on the Mosaic Movement, Acts29, and maybe some Rob Bell stuff…
Here’s a pic of a flower by the side of the road we saw in Maui
I’m still in shock that this girl I met six years ago, is pregnant with my first child.
This is us at Urbana 2000. It’s on again this year in St. Louis!
I’m linked as a “Maker of Fire” on the Fight4humanity.com site, way cool. Join Erwin and Alex McManus at Humana 2.0
The Canadian National Church Planting Congress 2007 details are up. I’ll definitely be there, book your calendars! (Let me know if you’re interested in a 50% discount)
I’m not a gamer, and I have absolutely no time for this, but I can’t say I haven’t had my eye on the new Nintendo Wii.
On that note, you can play your favorite classic nintendo games in your browser here.
Some free videos from the Innovative Church Conference are available
I finally joined facebook. Seems like an interesting network…
And my vox of the week is Dave, a fellow seminary student at Fuller blogging about his experiences there.
Rick Tobias, CEO of Yonge Street Mission in downtown Toronto, teaches my Youth at Risk class.
Rick stated that “We abandon our kids when they abandon our values. Whether they are gay or chemically dependent, they are still our children and worthy of our love.”
How easy is it for us to withdraw our love when people disagree with our values? When those we pour our lives into don’t adopt the things we treasure most, why is it that our love for them as human beings is often the first thing that goes?
Many youth on the streets today likely have a physical home in which to return, but the one thing they need most, unconditional love, is nowhere to be found there. The reality is we go where we are most loved, and as bad as it may be on the streets, children are finding more love and acceptance there, than in the warmth of their own homes.
My first child is on her way in eight weeks. I have no idea what she will be like, but I know that I would already give my life for her. I love her right now, not because of her values or capabilities, or even her character, but simply because God blessed me with her. I suspect that I will need to continually remind myself of this for the journey ahead.
This is a collection of resources related to the Mosaic movement out of L.A. It has been a tremendous impact on my life and my visions for church planting.
