Another idea I’ve been tossing around, is the idea of intentionally not gathering as a church on sunday.  Being the the church that scatters.  Really, we’re not even suppose to be going to church, we are the church.
We’ll be experimenting with physically not meeting up together and being the church on a Sunday morning in [...]

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The previous sunday, I was wondering the halls during a worship gathering (our church plant meets in a Monte Carlo Inn), and had my best conversation of the weekend with an 11 year old boy staying at the hotel.
We instantly connected because he had a mohawk and I guess it was similar to my current [...]

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No, I’m not quite a vegetarian yet, but my wife and I have definitely been trying to consume in a more sustainable way.
We went to a farmer’s market that turned out to not be too far from our home and bought a whole bunch of local grown food, and we’ve had four vegetarian dinners in [...]

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A Jesus-follower shares with me yesterday
How can people lift their hands singing about the love of God, and not f*cking spend the time to really welcome me into the church?  I want to be a part of the body of Christ, but no one will f*cking let me in!”
He’s attended several different churches, created and [...]

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I finally got around to checking out wis.dm yesterday. It’s one of the latest social networking sites emerging.
wis.dm has a streamlined approach to q&a networking allowing only yes or no responses, which seems to simplify and increase participation.
I popped several questions yesterday and received as many as 60 responses already to some of [...]

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In our ‘class’ people are gathered in groups of four. To share not necessarily a ‘testimony’ but an experience or a moment in which they felt God became in anyway possibly more real to them.
What is it about sharing in smaller groups? Is it the defusing of fear in an intimate environment? [...]

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Yvz recently wrote me a stunning letter that has been fueling my heart through these draining days.
Stellar continues to be on of the most exhausting and exciting aspects of my life.
My community consists of some extraordinarily unique and interesting people. I’m amazed at how God has crafted each of them. Both of us [...]

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Leaders must feel that they need the community, as much as the community needs them.
Leaders must have the humility to acknowledge that they too are human beings with an intrinsic longing for community and belonging. Leaders need to allow others to speak into their lives and say the things that they may not be [...]

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Thanks for reading my daddy’s blog!

Thank you for hearing his thoughts, commenting, interacting, and sharing your own life through this little space on the web!
After averaging a couple thousand unique visitors a month, my mommy and daddy (who both aren’t working) have made a whopping $12 the past two months through google adsense!
Feel free to [...]

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I love my church, but an ear-aching silence hit me while I was sitting in the sanctuary trying to listen to the message today.
200 people sitting quietly in one moment in time. That’s an awful lot of people to not be expressing themselves.
However, I still believe in preaching. I’ll post a few thoughts [...]

Posted in Community, communication, preaching 12 Comments »