So, I brought in the new year in four distinct, yet hopeful conversations…
1 - had a conversation with a former starbucks customer of mine that wants to come out to church because he feels the need for something spiritual in his life.
2 - had a conversation with a new friend who came to The [...]
I just started using del.icio.us and am interested if anyone happens to have any good suggestions on how to best use it to its fullest potential. comment below.
Last spring we had Jake Myers at The Well as an intern from PTS. We had a great time learning from Jake and we were sad to see him go but excited about his dreams of planting a church in Atlanta called “trinitos.”
Today, Jake wrote an update on his blog about how things [...]
So, right now i am sitting in the passenger seat of our mini van rental using my Sony Ericsson as a bluetooth modem to connect my powerbook to the internet.
it’s official. i am a huge geek.
My family and I are headed off to Tenn. for the week. We’re going down to visit Melanie’s sister and her husband. They recently moved down there and they are working at a camp for teens who are recovering from drugs / alcohol. While i am not looking foward to [...]
So, here’s a questions, since so many churches are having candle light services tonight…does that make all of them emerging? Uh oh…
“I couldn’t put my finger on it, but something just didn’t seem right…”
“I’m not sure what it was, but something was just off…”
These are two statements that I have heard or read numerous times. Usually, on a blog or in its comments, the person is referring to their first impression or opinion of a book, [...]
This is a little write up I did for our website for our last art show. Be sure to check out the images from the night if you do nothing else…
A little taste of SoHo…
…in suburban Philadelphia?
What happens when you take a dusty, dirty and greasy warehouse and slap some paint on the walls, [...]
I just downloaded Skype and have no clue or what i am doing with it or what it is capable of…
So, two questions:
1). Anyone want to talk on skype? send me an e-mail or leave me a comment…i’d like to try it.
2). Anyone use it as a main phone line? How does it work? [...]
We have over 20 artists from the local philadelphia area showing their work at The Well this weekend. Art ranges from glass, photography, painting and more… We’ll also have some live music to round out the night.
More info here
We’d love to have you come out if you are local in the Philly area.
One of the many good discussions we have had in my family has the question: “what is the gospel.” This question has stemmed out of the fact that the gospel we typically preach seems to be somewhat incomplete (meaning, we often focus on certain parts of the good news at the expense of other [...]
BJ Woodworth, a pastor in Pittsburgh, has some interesting thoughts on Christmas and gift giving…
My daughter Kyra asked me yesterday where gift giving comes from. Katrina (way wife) told her it stems from the shepherds and the wise men bringing gifts to Jesus, Mary and Joseph. True enough. Secondly gift giving comes from St. Nicholas [...]
Ryan Bloger wrote a great blog entry called “Missionaries Get the Emerging Church” that i think is worth a read. Its my opinion (and not original with me by of course) that churches in America need to take a missionary stance to effectively have any impact on our communities and expect to see [...]
It’s this kind of story that makes my heart very, very heavy. Especially as a father, I just can’t imagine the pain.
At The Well, we decided to not have worship gatherings on Sunday morning and instead opted to offer two services on Christmas Eve. I have been reading some things online that call this out as almost sinful and I personally think most of the accusation being slung (mostly at mega-churches) is pretty [...]
Just launched a new site for The Well. Matt Heerema visited this weekend for a web design conference and helped me put The Well’s site into a WordPress format. I am pretty excited about it because this makes it much easier to update by more people than just me. Let me [...]
If you are feeling brave, Gary (our intern at The Well) and I spoke yesterday. It was a good time.
You can find the message here.
If you have a commute or enjoy listening to sermons while you work, here is a good one I would highly recommend from Tim Keel at Jacob’s Well Church in Kansas City:
Cultivating a Community of Gratitude - Tim Keel
This is from a great article by Dwight Friesen called “Why I am Not Missional”
Here is an excerpt:
Often church and organizational leaders like to stress a singularity of mission so that they can encourage more Christians to attach themselves to the leader’s vision or mission. This is a great way for leaders to get [...]