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I remember reading about this in Neil Cole’s life-changing book, Organic Church, four years ago. I had spent my 20′s and 30′s in training for and doing ministry FOR Jesus. And some great things happened, don’t get me wrong. But when I read John 11:11-13 – 11Believe me when I say that I am in the Father [...] I have not posted for a while as I’ve been recently tending to areas in my life that I need to grow in. It’s been a time of self-examination. And in this time, I’ve realized that I have much to learn still about life in Christ and its relationship to apostolic mission. In particular, [...] Part of what the apostolic is to do is to help prepare the foundation for the church. Some will hear this and think it sounds esoteric, if not a bit quasi-self-important. In truth, it is neither. When we look at the book of Acts and ALL the N.T. letters, we see apostolic foundation laying at work. [...] I’ve been challenged lately in how I parent by the modeling and example of my friend, Bryce, here in Gl0be. We often spend much time together outside with our kids for homeschooling P.E. or just hanging out with our kids. And seeing him in action has helped me realize more about how I parent and how [...] (A continuation of a previous post that ponders the need to develop the apostolic theme of durability) The Church Planting Movement (CPM) conversation has been centering around the issue of discipleship/disciple-making — rightly reminding us that Jesus never told us to plant churches, but rather to make disciples of all nations FROM WHICH (when properly done and [...] After three years in So Cal hotels, Church Multiplication Associates is putting their conference … outdoors… in Gl0be! Huh? Read about it here in Neil Cole’s blog. It will still feel a bit like a Christian conference as we will be hearing a few talks from Neil C0le, Dezi B@ker and possibly some others. But it’s all outdoors, with [...] So as some of you may know, I am in the throes of an independent study for a graduate school class (and seriously behind on my work). I created this eight unit course around something I naturally wanted to look into: what in the world is apostolic ministry? I’ve been on board for the case for [...] One of the values of the organic church community here is availability. I always thought that I was a relatively available person; I’m pretty low-key, don’t use a day-planner, don’t own a PDA, am process instead of goal-oriented, and I don’t keep a busy schedule. But this week, as we still adjust to life in [...] So today marks the second Sunday where I wasn’t “going to,” “doing” or “running” church [as we know it] since we left pastoral ministry in the Bay area and moved to Arizona, and it’s a weird feeling. Last Sunday morning, I hung out at a cafe with Dezi and Bryce , talked about pioneer journey emotions, confessed [...] Lately, the Lord has been teaching us the foolishness in clinging to methods and strategy that worked in the past and in searching for the “silver bullet” that, when properly discovered and employed, will vanquish any foe. Here is some great perspective along those lines from a mentor of mine in seminary, Marty Schoenleber: January 02 |
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