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The Well: What Are We Doing?
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 …
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Scripture & Culture Seminar with Guder & Crouch
I’m breaking out of my blogging slump to make sure you know about a conference/seminar that I’m really looking forward to.
On Saturday October 24, 2009 from 10 am to 4 pm The Well and Renew Community will be …
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July 2009 Update on The Well
I’ve posted a new update on some of the things we are focusing on at The Well, the church community I am part of. You can read them here.
Enjoy.
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The Ol’ Pastor Swap
This weekend I am swapping pulpits with Rev. Greg Holston of St. Matthew United Methodist Church in Trevose, PA. St. Matthew is a predominately african-american congregation in our town that we partner with on occasion. Pastor Greg will be preaching at …
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It’s Official: I’m Going Back to Starbucks
It’s hard to believe but I have been a pastor at The Well for about nine years now. In those years, I’ve served at The Well on a part-time-paid basis. This has been an intentional model for us as …
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My Interview at The Idea Camp
When I was at The Idea Camp in LA I had the privilege of sitting down with Cynthia Ware and talking a bit about our church and our mission. Disclaimer: I’m bad with dates off the top …
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Surprised by Scripture
I never cease to be amazed at how scripture surprises me. Over the last two years we’ve preached through Exodus, Acts and now we’re finishing up Ephesians.
Each of these books (especially Exodus and Acts) have had some …
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Church History Class – 400 years in 4 hours.
My co-pastor, the one and only Gary Alloway, will be teaching a course on church history tomorrow morning at The Well. The class starts at 9am and goes till 1:00. In those four hours he’ll be …
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Children, Families and Worship
This week at The Well we had a child / parent dedication. We do dedications in a pretty cool way and I’ll write about that this week, but I wanted to share something I wrote that outlines our overall …
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Update on the Poverty Forum, Missions Trip, Anniversaries, The Well
So, I’ve had a few crazy weeks and blogging has been on the way back burner as far as priorities go. I need a short break from working on my sermon so here we go… This will serve as a …
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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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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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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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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 …
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Final Zambia Reflections
I am finally back from Zambia after two weeks of spending time with Pastor George Palo of Harvest City Church in Ndola, Zambia. I have a ton in my head and I have to say that these two weeks will …
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Zambia Interary
This is the tentative itinerary for our team while we are in Zambia so that you can pray more specifically while we are gone.
I might be posting updates here on my blog during the trip if time and technology allows.
In …
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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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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 … -
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 …
