measure by measure... with mike and leslie

Availability + “Randomness”

mikeandleslie — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:06:09 +0000

We live in a day of CONTROL. The tendency of institutions, individuals, organizations, leaders, and even everyday people is to overcontrol– people, relationships, money, time, systems, rights, and even spirituality. This is not new to the technocratic societies in which we live. This is ancient: seen in the the Garden of Eden (“Creation 1.0″) [...]

Reaping what American Churches Have Sown…

mikeandleslie — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:14:33 +0000

Bad theology yield bad values. Bad values yield bad choices. Bad choices yield bad consequences. We are beginning to see the consequences on a macro-level. Hopefully, this will help these churches reshape, regroup, and rethink why they exist and how they should accordingly spend God’s resources they are to steward.

taken from http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_20204117/more-churches-face-foreclosure-debts-that-fall-beyond

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Grow larger by getting smaller: a reflection on a spiritual principle as I close out my fourth decade on earth

mikeandleslie — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:37:16 +0000

I am fast approaching the 40 mark. And thanks to social media like fb, I can now keep track of friends with whom I grew up or attended high school. I find myself surprised at where some of these friends have ended up. I see people starting their own companies. Some of them are [...]

The organic journey goes… err.. well, organic: five lessons I’ve learned as I’ve gotten my hands dirty

mikeandleslie — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:09:06 +0000

It may seem obvious to some. To yours truly, it is profoundly simple and real. How do we tap into God’s organic, natural-design ways? NOT by more reading! I am self-admittedly on an anti-blogreading, anti-bookreading journey. I’ve read more than I need to. I’ve been to enough conferences. Quite honestly, I am SICK AND [...]

Relationships and Finances: obedience-based discipleship’s two last hurdles

mikeandleslie — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:26:17 +0000

It was Neil C0le who first introduced Jesus’s concept of obedience-based discipleship to me in Organic Church and in Cultivating a Life for God. It was a recapturing of an often overlooked part of Jesus’s last commission in Matthew 28:16-20: “Go…MAKE DISCIPLES…baptizing… TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU.” My friend, Ross R0hde, was [...]

Protected: Christmas 2011 prayer update for the Globe Basecamp

mikeandleslie — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:09:00 +0000

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Is Jesus a liar?

mikeandleslie — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:18:53 +0000

Then, why don’t we believe what He says in Matthew 6:25-33?

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they [...]

An interesting point from 0rganic Church Greenh0use Trainings

mikeandleslie — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:43:14 +0000

I was reminded by two good friends here in Gl0be about this illuminating chart that explains key differences between 0rganic and attractional churches:

Cultivating Sowing Tending Growing Harvesting

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Interesting post by Skye Jethan1 on the longterm sustainability of megachurches

mikeandleslie — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:46:08 +0000

You can find it here. While mega(now giga!)churches are easy targets, the information Jethan1 discusses is worth listening to for organized, attractional churches on the whole. There are some serious sustainability issues they face — and even now are facing with the downturn of the economy.

I believe God is speaking with this financial crisis, [...]

True Strength in a man – some basic and early musings

mikeandleslie — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:35:32 +0000

Over the last couple years, the Lord has been talking to me about where my true strength as a man lies. I haven’t always been listening — often wanting to be in a prolonged warrior-stage that seems to have eluded me in my 30′s (but that is another story altogether). I know the easy religious [...]