Feb
6
A Good Day To Start Hibernating
February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
As I write this, we are being pelted with the biggest snowfall of the year. Makes me just want to crawl back into bed and sleep for months!
I’ve been too busy to write recently and I wanted to take a moment to check up before I check out for a while.
First, and most exciting, I’ve [...]
Sep
3
Form and Function
September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
What I write is probably nothing new. Men and women far more intelligent and articulate than I have probably written about it. Yet I think it’s been a breakthrough for me in terms of understanding and being able to communicate what I desire to see in a community that claims to follow Jesus.
For a while [...]
Feb
24
Christ vs Church mentality
February 24, 2007 | 1 Comment
This quote is taker from Bob Roberts and has really been challenging me lately and I really wanted to share it:
This is a different kind of mission from church planting.
In kingdom work, we make a mistake when we start with ecclesiology [the study of the church]. We should start with Christology [the study of Jesus]. [...]
Jan
9
Preparing the Gathering
January 9, 2007 | 2 Comments
We had our first meeting tonight of “the liturgists” - a group that will help in the preparation and order of service for our weekly gatherings. It was a great meeting! We have such a variety of backgrounds and personal likes and dislikes that we are sure to get variety - and that is wonderful. [...]
Sep
21
The importance of language
September 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I realized the importance of language this morning, displayed in some emails. Then I saw this cartoon:
Last night I sent out an email inviting people to be part of the “band” at church. It was actually the second email I’ve sent out about it already, yet in the first email I didn’t use any nouns [...]