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Believers // are you demonstrating it

I did a little short post yesterday on the world recognizing us (believers) by our love. I did that post for several reasons, but one was in order to set up for this post about believers, about Christians and how the world sees us. I had a conversation with my friend Eric several weeks ago [...]

an update // as it appears that I’ve disappeared

The last 48 hours have been absolutely intense to say the least. Thursday morning was business as usual until we started all the last minute setup that had to happen for Maundy Thursday Prayer Vigil. We worked hard all day and pretty much right up until people began coming through. We had the opportunity to [...]

People Are Annoying // so am I

This past weekend I decided that it was time to make a dramatic shift in the way that I view other people. For too long I would view some people (not everyone) as annoying. Or someone would do something or act a certain way or say something that would bother me, and in my book [...]

Called to Be A People // ideas on community

One of the conversations we’ve been having a lot recently is what we do with this idea of community. Some people love it, some people hate it. Some people are good at it, and some people are really bad at it. Some who are good at it also hate it. Some who are bad at [...]

Peace and Chaos Scale // and a litte photo manipulation

Okay, so clearly this is the same photo from the earlier blog post and I’ve done some poor photo manipulation. Imagine though that the white board had just been erased because this is really close to what it actually looked like. This is a peace/chaos scale that was inspired by Jeremiah Aja from Asbury Seminary [...]

All Staff // well, most staff

Yesterday we had an all staff meeting that happens every month that usually involves most staff. Its a great time for us to catch back up with each other and just talk. We don’t have to be crazy focused on business or anything in particular, we get to come and be together which is difficult [...]

doing life together // and figuring out what that means

Been tossing this phrase out quite a bit lately and it’s usually been in the context of discipleship. Wondering what you think of when you hear “just doing life together?” Go…

Discipleship // covenant relationships // part the last // for today

It will be part the last for today because this thought isn’t going away (this is one of those indirect blog posts from ‘Divine Conspiracy’) due to the fact that discipleship is so hugely important, but I didn’t want to cram a whole bunch of stuff into one post. What I was really wondering this [...]

Discipleship // covenant relationships

Today is Wednesday, though hopefully you already knew that, unless you are reading this on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or any of those other ones that end in ‘day.’ For me that means discipleship day. A good portion of my day in cut out and devoted to meeting with two very specific people. And I believe [...]

What A Week // sad it’s over

Well, I am looking forward to coming home, but at the same time a little disheartened that I won’t be spending any more time with the family. But it has been an amazing week minus the being sick part. There are quite a few thoughts flowing through my mind right now, and I’ll begin to [...]