Archive for July, 2008
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Bucks County Forum on Suburban Poverty
Last night we put on the Bucks County Forum on Suburban Poverty here at The Well. It was awesome. About 65 people showed up, only 23 of which were from The Well. It was not only a great …
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Soon. Very Soon
I promise I’ll start blogging again soon. Life has been nuts. I’m way behind in my desing work from my recent trips and I am almost caught up.
Until then. Stop surfing the Internet and read a book or play with …
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A Suburban Missions Trip
A few years ago I wrote a post asking what it might look like to have a suburban missions trip. Well, in about two hours we will be begin our first missions trip to suburbia.
I’ve gotta …
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Suburban Blog Worth Reading – Gary Alloway
I would be remiss (and a jerk) if I didn’t mention that my co-pastor, side-kick, friend and all around good guy Gary Alloway is now blogging. For those of you know Gary, you know that this is a big deal.
A …
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NT Wright on the Resurrection & the Church
Reading NT Wright’s book, Surprised by Hope this afternoon. A few quotes for your reading pleasure:
The mission of the church is nothing more or less than the outworking, in the power of the Spirit, of Jesus’s bodily resurrection …
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Suburbia Seminar with Al Hsu Registration
Just a reminder that the seminar for the ages is coming up soon (August 9th to be exact). There has been a lot of discussion about what it means to be missional in the suburbs. Wait, forget about being missional …
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Where Do We Start? Inside or Outside the Church?
Been reading The Multiplying Church by Bob Roberts. I was slightly surprised to realize recently that I’ve never really read a church planting book and a friend recommend I start here. I’m finding it a good primer on the …
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What are Some Practical Examples of What it Means to be Missional?
In the comments of the last post, Jim asked this question:
“I’m just beginning to try to help my established congregation turn itself into a missional focus.I really like the notes and presentation, but where I struggle is where your …
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Intro to the Missional Church Class Notes
This past weekend I taught a class at The Well called, “An Introduction to the Missional Church.” It as basically a very broad overview of the topic and a crash course in how we structure things here at The …
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How does the gospel judge suburbia?
I’m working on a class at The Well for tomorrow that is basically serving as an introduction / overview to missional theology. It’s been a blast to put it together and I think we’ll spark some great conversation about …
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Why Community is so Important to Mission
So, I’m almost on two weeks since I got back from Zambia. I feel like I was pretty prepared for the “missions trip high” (for lack of better way to describe it). I’ve done this before and like …
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Cole at Bat!
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My 4/5 year old baseball star
I’ve been posting a bunch of serious thoughts lately so I thought something on the lighter side would be good. My son Cole loves baseball. We play together daily. He’s four, turning five this week. If you …
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The Bible and Mission
“The Bible renders to us the story of God’s mission through God’s people in their engagement with God’s world for the sake of the whole of God’s creation…”
The Mission of God
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Begin Reimagining Your Life…
“We can begin [to reorganize our lives around the Kingdom of God] by surrounding ourselves with other people who are asking the same questions – who are suspicious of the emptiness of consumption and who dare to risk just a …
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The Great Sin of the Western Church?
Last week I wrote about the way that my Zambia has effected me and one of the things that came from it is that we’re hosting a new small group in our house on Sunday nights. We were …
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Cole Learns to Ride His Two-Wheel Bike
This is the first day. About 30 minutes into our bike riding lesson. Not a bad days work!
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Are You Rioting with the Suburban Mob?
Okay, its been about a half a week since I’ve been back from Zambia. I’ve not done much deep writing around the trip because there is so much in my head that I am just trying to sort it …
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Forum on Suburban Poverty
We’re doing our summer missions trip this year a little differently. We’re going to the far away land of Feasterville, PA! Yes, that’s right. Feasterville. The hotbed of today’s youth culture… or something like that.
Two …
