After Steller giving me one of these…

I had to give her five back-to-back diaper changes to clean up the constant oil slick coming out of her rear…
Just so she can peacefully do this…

Overall, things are just borderline insane. I don’t mind getting up every hour, but feeding’s been a huge challenge. I think [...]

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Here’s my latest round of sweet-links.
Video by youthwork.co.uk did an excellent video interview with Rob Bell, asking tough questions on how the church really started, emergent labels, and not becoming Ted Haggard. Hosted by premier.tv here.
Also here’s a link to the entire Mastering the Art of Living series by Rob Bell. I’m not [...]

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Acts 29 is a church planting network that was founded by Mars Hill Seattle and helps plant churches that plant churches. It is a resource I draw on that I would say is very different from the Mosaic movement and Mars Hill Michigan. In fact Mars Hill Seattle [...]

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In the middle of taking a break from writing papers in the library today, I did a bit of dreaming and scheming for the future church plant. Inspired by the leadership synergy diagram from origins, I decided to flip it around and plot out some values of what I’ve been imagining. It’s been [...]

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Here’s a photo of me during Halloween. Yvz painted my face to look like a zebra with the mohawk, but after playing around with the saturation in picasa I thought I looked a bit a Darth Maulish.
You can get Google Picasa free with the link near the bottom of my sidebar.

If you liked that [...]

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I’ve got focus issues. I’m serious. Our small group did a test for A.D.D. earlier this week, and every single one of us are categorically A.D.D. We were so restless we couldn’t even finish the test!

The mere moments I’m focused, I gun straight through things, and am fairly effective. Maybe I’m overly [...]

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Alright. To follow up the Mosaic Movement Resources as promised, here’s some articles, audio’s and video’s for you Rob Bell fans. I’ve been downloading all of their sermons since back in 2002, but again, to be on the safe side, all links here are just what’s currently available on the web.
For those of you who [...]

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Friday night Jake, Isabelle and I roamed the downtown core of Toronto for our youth-at-risk class.
We checked out some drop-in centers (Sketch, The Gateway, Seaton House, Sanctuary), Gay bars (Woody’s, Sailor’s, Churchmouse & Firkin), Other hang outs like Bovine Sex Club, Allan Gardens, The Falls, Hooker-Harveys, Boys town, and other nooks and crannies.
These are some [...]

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I’ve been anti-brand name for most of my life, especially when it comes to clothing. I’ve always felt that brands were just another way of outsourcing our creativity.
We spend those extra dollars in exchange for some sense of assurance, that at least someone out there says it’s okay, normal, legit, fits-in, acceptable, etc.
I’ve begun [...]

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Mark Batterson of evotional/NCC is reverse gifting and giving out free copies of his new book (In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day) to church planters for his birthday.
You’ve heard latest craze of Chuck Norris jokes. Chuck responds. (Thanks Albert)
Zaadz a new social-network gathering those who intend to change the [...]

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