I know people in incredible pain right this moment.  
What do you do besides being broken along side of them?
How is it that we can talk so much within the church about how to love, without also sharing about how to grieve?  
How is it that there can be such a fine line between tremendous [...]

Posted in Hope, life CommentsPain...2008-09-30+20%3A31%3A50Lon

Some random noteworthy links the last while…

Project Humanity -
compassionart.co.uk » HOME -
Oh, Sweet Jesus - philadelphia weekly online -
SocialVibe - Get Sponsored. Give Back. -
Zondervan - They Like Jesus But Not the Church -
House Church Resource - 
Jesus Creed » Emerging and Emergent: Our New Network -
GOOD » -
City of Toronto: Neighbourhood profiles -
Toronto Neighbourhood Guide [...]

Posted in Links, Ramblings CommentsLinkage2008-09-30+17%3A32%3A28Lon

I’ve just been added to Guy Kawasaki’s online magazine rack, AllTop.com.  
Click the link to send them some love back, and check out the modern church section others and I are on at church.alltop.com
If you liked that post, check out…Linkage by Lon on June 3rd, 2008For the geeks… by Lon on September 7th, 2006Friday fix… by [...]

Posted in Links, tech Commentsalltopped2008-09-29+11%3A38%3A55Lon

I didn’t sleep till 3:30am because I was preparing for a message on ‘rest’.
How twisted is that?

Posted in Ramblings CommentsTwisted...2008-09-28+19%3A33%3A33Lon

Lots of great connections this past week, I don’t know how I’ve managed with my daughter tagging along full time the last while!
Excellent video skype chat with Jay Lee, church planter of Catalyst GTA of Every Nation ministry.  If you’re in the UT area, check’em out.
Had a great call from Marty Schmidt the coolest person [...]

Posted in Church planting, Leadership, Links, mission CommentsPlugs+and+name+dropping...2008-09-26+16%3A14%3A57Lon

I had our community do an online vote for what we’ll be exploring together for this sunday gathering.  Our top pick this week was 
Finding rest and wholeness in a world of chaos and brokenness 
In the spirit of keeping things collaborative, anyone have any theological or practical thoughts on this?
If you liked that post, check out…The [...]

Posted in Community, Culture, life CommentsRest+amid+chaos...2008-09-26+12%3A35%3A23Lon

As of this past weekend I’ve ‘done’ baptisms, communion, and a wedding, all without being ordained.  (You can see my previous thoughts on ordination adventures here)
Should I really bother?  I do have my branding down if I ever become a rev. 
If you liked that post, check out…Obliterating the Pastorate & Multiplying Impact by Lon on [...]

Posted in Church planting, Leadership CommentsOrdination+Part+2...2008-09-25+11%3A36%3A00Lon

Obama’s clearly inspiring people of all types.
The debates are this Friday, what a soap opera this year.  I can’t believe how tuned in I am.
If you liked that post, check out…Faux-hawk or Faux-pas by Lon on February 22nd, 2007Ultra-Fine Dining at Susur’s by Lon on February 16th, 2007The McCain-Palin Mob by Lon on October 9th, [...]

Posted in Pictures, politics, poverty CommentsChange%26hellip%3B2008-09-24+05%3A47%3A40Lon

An article out of Christianity Today has been stirring some buzz - R.I.P. Emerging Church
Supposedly Dan Kimball, Erwin McManus, and Scot McKnight are starting up a new missional network that will have it’s orthodox theological foundation based on the Lausanne Covenant in an attempt to get away from the emerging/emergent labels.
It’s amazing how in a world that [...]

Posted in Church planting CommentsEnd+of+the+emerging+church%3F2008-09-23+19%3A47%3A01Lon

Some random questions I’m sure plenty of you have interesting responses to…
What’s the difference between a Christian and a humanitarian?
What do you love more? Christ or the Cause of Christ?
What would you be doing if you couldn’t be the hands and feet of Christ? ie. you were just a head being pulled around [...]

Posted in Cause, Christ, mission CommentsQuestions+on+Christ+%26+Mission...2008-09-19+14%3A12%3A58Lon