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persecution // prayer

The woman in the very faded picture is holding a bible that is burned all around the edges. It was burned in 2008 when Hindu radicals raided her house church and beat her husband. pray for the persecuted church around the world today.

deep church // the third way

I’m reading a book right now called Deep Church. I’m loving it. Its playing with my mind and my assumptions of the traditional church as well as the emergent church. One of the issues dealt with in the book is how we allow to people to be a part of the community of believers. It [...]

Life in Community // a redemptive, liberating process

Remember that post I did on community last week. Probably not. That’s okay, the thoughts on that are still rocking my world. Anyway, here’s of a church that is living it in the most practical way. I’m blown away by this. It has me speechless. A body of Believers not only talking about theology, but [...]

Community // doing life together

I left my inspiration for a pot-stirring post at home today, but there is one thing on my mind that I have to get out there, and it deals with the local church and community. I’ve had these thoughts for a long time (as I think anyone should who critically and rigorously studies the Scripture [...]

movements // events

You’ve heard me say it before and without a doubt you will hear me say it again because I firmly believe: “No one wants to be a part of a one time event, but everyone wants to be a part of a movement.” Today I was reading a book by Max De Pree called “Leading [...]

the World as deaf and blind // part, the last

“Warning! Confusing and random thoughts from me lie ahead.” So, to finish out the thought process from the last post about the church being deaf and blind, I have to say that at some point, I imagined the world being the same way. Except I think I was able to play this one out a [...]

the Church as deaf and blind // part one

This may be an entirely random post, or it could be a moment of truth, you decide. As I was driving home from rehearsal last night, Helen Keller popped into my head for some reason of which I am entirely unaware. In any case, I began to process her life and think about what it [...]

Beginnings of a Conversation // church

All-Skate… This will be a short post that will not take much time to read, and that is on purpose because I want you to write. I began a new book yesterday, and I’ll tell you all about it soon. This book is stirring up quite a few thoughts for me. But I need you [...]

The State of the Bride // what side of the fence are you on

A couple of weeks ago, two bloggers posted about the church. One is a pastor. One is a former pastor/church planter. I’m not suggesting these guys are at odds with each other or that one is saying one thing that is contradicting the other guy, but I thought it interesting that in my rss they [...]

Mad Church Disease

The dreaded burnout has hit all of us at some level or another at some time or another in whatever we’re doing. But this problem seems common in ministry as it’s not a nine to five job. It’s usually 25 hours or so a day for about eight days a week and 367 days a [...]