Archive for May, 2008
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Ordinary People Answer 7 Big Questions
I read recently in Relevant Magazine’s article on 7 Big Questions. In this article they asked 7 questions of Mark Driscoll, Rob Bell, Erwin McManus, Frederica … -
Cole’s Graduation from Preschool
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Top 5 Books for the Back Table?
Steve McCoy asks a great question of his Southern Baptist Friends, “What 5 books would you recommend for a church’s book table?” So, i am stealing the idea for this post from him…
Most of the answers there were in …
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3 Generations of Macs; Resurrecting my G3 iBook
I bought my first Mac in about 2002. It was a G3 iBook. It was a great machine. I loved it. Sure, it smelled like BO after about two years but it worked great. Then, …
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Growing Generosity vs. Meeting the Budget
A friend and I were talking through some of the characteristics of The Well today and he made an observation that was very, very encouraging. He said to me, “I love The Well because our focus is on …
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Give Us Your Economic Stimulus Check?
Genuine question here: Would the following quote I found on a church website inspire you to give? Would you find this helpful? Offensive? Annoying? Just fine?
Here’s an idea! Whether you normally tithe or regularly put a …
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Is the Bible “Missional?”
In about three weeks I head to Zambia. I’ll be spending two weeks there working with Pastor George Palo of Harvest City Church. I’ve known George for about a year now and I’m really excited to see his country and …
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Free Lean and Clean WordPress Theme
I’ve decided to make the WordPress Theme I developed available for free. I’ve really benefited from so many free themes out there early on that I figured it would be kind to give something back to the WordPress Community. …
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Economic Stimulus or Missional Stimulus?
I read recently on Al Hsu’s blog this post about how our economy depends on us buying things that we don’t need. That’s sad. Really sad.
As Al said in his post, “So what happens if people only buy what …
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My “Lean and Clean” WordPress Theme Released
I have officially released my first WordPress theme called “Lean and Clean.” I’ve been developing in WordPress for over 4 years and early on I had the hardest time finding a good, solid and functioning wordpress theme to use on …
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Understanding Africa 6-11
Still reading through the book African Friends and Money Matters by David Maranz.
This book goes through 90 general observations about African Life, especially in relation to money. Below …
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A Church of Small Groups? Or Just Community?
I was reading an article on Christianity Today and came across my exact understanding of small groups laid out in a really simple few paragraphs:
Okay, let’s all say it together: “We don’t want to be a church with … -
Testing Out My New WordPress Theme
If you are looking at an orange and black theme, that means you are now looking at the WordPress theme I am developing for release to the public. I have it on here because I want to give …
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Developing Missional Values, Programs, Budgets, Goals
I am continually trying to work out how to better think through and organize our community in a natural and semi-organic way so that we can best live out or mission and our values.
I spend a lot of time thinking …
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Does Disorganization Kill You?
No, not literally. I guess it could do that, if, like, you are so disorganized that you forget where you live and starve to death or something. But, I’ve come to realize recently that I am way too disorganized in …
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Missional in Suburbia Seminar in the Philly Suburbs – Time to Register
A few months ago I made an early announcement of a seminar we are hosting at The Well on the topic of the missional church in suburbia. We are honored to be able to bring in Al Hsu. Al is …
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Is my feed broken?
For all of you who read my blog from my RSS feed, can you do me a favor and click over and leave me a comment and let me know that you are getting my feed updates? I hear a …
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Giving is Only as Strong as Your Mission…
From an article on The Ooze:
Our house church has been thriving now for over 2 years and I can honestly say I’ve not once had to preach a sermon on tithing or giving, and yet our small gathering … -
African Friends and Money Matters: 1-5
As I stated recently, I am reading the book African Friends and Money Matters in preparation for my trip to Zambia. This book is broken up into 90 general observations about the differences between African and Western cultures. …
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How do you Give up 7 homers to the Reds?
