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Nine Time-ly Ideas for Building Up Your Missional Community
To build a missional community, spend time with one another. That’s the number one lesson I’m learning. I haven’t been at this long, but this is what I am learning. In addition to organized Up-In-Out activities, do this: Hang out. … Continue reading
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Three Realities About The Church Plus One
Originally posted on Learning and Launching a Missional Community:
It’s pretty easy to misunderstand the church – and by church here, I mean the local church. It is not a club, but it is certainly social. It is not…
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Three Ways Church Plants Can Be Pretty Awesome
New church plants can be awesome. They may not be. But they can be. Here are three thoughts on that. 1) New church plants tend to be desperate for God. On a lot of levels, that is a very good … Continue reading
A Lenten Prayer for Today
O Lord, you desire truth in our inward being; teach us wisdom in our secret heart. Send out your light, send out your truth, and let them lead us to our home. Take from us the weight of our sin, … Continue reading
Answered Prayers in Contact Work
Not long ago, I wrote a short prayer about how prayer helps with contact work. Carleene and Heather starting praying for me as I go to the Rec Center weight room (to exercise), to Starbucks (to work) and to the … Continue reading
