January 10, 2008This past Sunday I introduced our church to r.e.a.l. disciplines. This is something I adapted from Michael Frost’s BELLS and Neil Cole’s LTG’s.
r.e.a.l. is an acronym for Reflect, Eat, Act, and Listen. Our goal is not simply to be a community of faith, but a community of practice.
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December 29, 2007Key ideas from my talk this Christmas at Mosaic
We wait and anticipate - Our coming King
Though we wait, we celebrate - God who stepped into human history as Jesus
And as we celebrate, we incarnate - We follow Jesus in being his hands, feet, and voice in this world
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December 13, 2007Several years ago I carved out a wooden cross and burnt our names on it declaring that we were joined by Christ.
Not long after, I dropped it and broke it… and I’m the piece that broke off.
How incredibly disturbing.
Today I’m reminded that I’m damned… in every way you can think of it.
doomed, lost, lost forever, [...]
December 4, 2007An interesting image that’s been going around lately.
It’s by an artist named Lars Justinen from the Justinen Creative Group.
What do you think?
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December 3, 2007Well, it’s official, I am not a heretic. Though I think the rebellious part of me almost wishes I was.
Are you a heretic?
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You scored as Chalcedon compliantYou are Chalcedon compliant. Congratulations, you’re not a heretic. You believe that Jesus is truly God and truly man and like us in every respect, apart from [...]
November 22, 2007My question of the day:
Is the role of a pastor today conducive to following Jesus?
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November 16, 2007 How Awesome is He who created everything I see!
Such beauty, and wonder, such majesty!
I look at my daughter, and see the marks of His kiss,
I look at my hands, are these fingerprints mine or are they His?
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November 1, 2007… or American Jesus?
If you liked that post, check out…God - The Greatest Believer… by Lon on July 22nd, 2004R.E.A.L. Disciplines by Lon on January 10th, 2008Christ the Lord: Road to Cana by Lon on September 9th, 2008Longing for the character of Christ… by Lon on July 7th, 2005
October 31, 2007I’m preaching through a two week message on Ephesians 2:10 - the idea of being God’s living artwork. This past Sunday I passed out play-doh to each person in the community and had them shape and express thoughts through them.
I also pointed out how if they looked up close, they’ll find their fingerprints all [...]
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October 28, 2007One of the people I respect most in life just resigned from ministry.
I don’t have any words to describe how I feel.
Update: Thanks for those of you who have messaged me about this, or are close to the situation and have been following along. I won’t be blogging further regarding this, but if you’d like [...]
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