A semi-concise, not perfect, overly-wordy description of what The Well is all about… I have said many times throughout the last couple years that I would rather work nowhere else than at The Well. You could make me an offer to work full-time with a $120,000 salary in a well established, very respected congregation and I would turn it down to work here part-time. I just love this community and I’d give my left arm to be part of it (I’d prefer not to have to test this commitment!) However, sometimes I have had a hard time putting words to what makes this community special and unique. When I find myself in conversations with people who do not know much about The Well, the conversation...Read More →
Archive for February, 2010
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February 25, 2010
The Well: What Are We Doing?
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February 25, 2010
Letters and Papers from Prison – Bonhoeffer
One of the great things about being at the Ecclesia Network last week was the challenging teaching from Dallas Willard. He really pushed me on some of my thinking and caused me to think outside of my normal boxes. This was refreshing! One of the biggest critiques I have of many of the pastors conferences out there these days is that its just the same people saying the same things. I guess this isn’t really mean to call out those who are on the speaking circuit. I’m more critical of those who attend every conference on the circuit. While I like to be critical of the speaking/conferences I realized again last week that my reading patterns can be accused of the same things. I can...Read More →
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February 23, 2010
Ecclesia National Gathering & Diversity & Dallas Willard
Last week I spent 4 days at The Ecclesia National Gathering in Chevy Chase, MD. This is usually one of the highlights of my year and this year didn’t disappoint. The pastors and leaders in this network consist of some of my closest friends. Dallas Willard and Bob and Mary Hopkins were the featured speakers this year. We also had a lot of opportunities to hear from other leaders from within the network during the week as well. Of course Dallas was pretty mindblowing, in fact, I’m still processing all he threw at us and I’m pretty convinced that I need to read his new book to even come close to having a chance of comprehending what the heck he was talking about. I do...Read More →
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February 7, 2010
Hiestand Boy Band
Mason has become quite the singer, this is him leading is brothers in some of his favorite songs.
