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, [...]
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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 [...] 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 Note well: it would be easy to conclude from this post title that I did not enjoy the last eight years at the church we planted, baylight church community. This is FAR from the truth. This post is in no way a slight to my spiritual family here. It is actually a testimony to their forbearance, [...] Am really enjoying Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big DifferenceI am reading this book for an Independent Study I’m doing with Bakke Graduate School, and I am enjoying this on a few levels. First off, he’s an excellent writer. After years of reading bad writers as a philosophy major and an MDiv and ThM student, it’s nice to read someone who is interesting and can wield [...] Bob Roberts, pastor of Northwood Church, one of the few American megachurches deeply committed to church planting movements across the world, had some nice quotes I found off his blog: – Every big thing has always started from simple obedience. – God puts something on my heart. I start moving my feet forward and crazy things start happening. – [...] One of the most important yet little known people in the history of modern movements is Count Nikolaus Ludwig Von Zinzendorf, founding leader of the Moravians and their German community called Herrnhut. Leslie and I just finished a nice little book called, The Lord of the Ring, by Phil Anderson that details the life and legacy of [...] Here are two great posts by Ed Waken and Alan Knox on discipleship. Both come to a similar conclusion: discipleship is LIFE-ON-LIFE journeying with people towards Christ-likeness. Here are some excerpts: From Ed: Taking a long walk in the same direction (towards Jesus) with good friends is a good way to describe discipleship. For too long discipleship has been [...] I picked up a new book written by our friends, Tony and Felicity Dale, called The Rabbit and the Elephant. And I wanted to put a plug in for it, and take a moment to discuss the analogy. The book begins with them telling a story to a crowded Indian church planter training time (one that [...] By now, most of the online world has seen Susan Boyle’s inspirational audition on Britain’s Got Talent. What also amazes me about this global phenomenon is how flat it showed our world to be. Reality T.V. shows in some form have been around on television for some time — going back at the very least to the [...] |
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