12.07.2006 – Mobilization – 1 Comment on Our cultural Jesus Our cultural Jesus More from The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne. Our cultural Jesus As George Bernard Shaw … Read Post
12.06.2006 – Poverty – 19 Comments on Ministering to the poor Ministering to the poor Today’s theme from The Irresistible Revolution is particularly relevant given an experience we had with a homeless… Read Post
12.05.2006 – Poverty – 10 Comments on The Irresistible Revolution: The Church and the poor The Irresistible Revolution: The Church and the poor More on The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne: Claiborne is concerned with big issues where we Jesus-foll… Read Post
12.04.2006 – Abandon – 10 Comments on The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne Here’s one of the best books of the year, The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne. What one reviewer says: … Read Post
12.03.2006 – Youth Ministry – 2 Comments on Former pastor apologizes to youth pastor Former pastor apologizes to youth pastor As I was surfing the net this morning, I ran across this story of Tim Schmoyer, a youth pastor who had … Read Post
12.02.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – 1 Comment on A better life: Mexican parable A better life: Mexican parable I ran across this little story and thought you’d enjoy it. Too many of us have confused the means and the ends in ou… Read Post
12.01.2006 – Youth Ministry – 1 Comment on If Jesus advertised for a youth pastor If Jesus advertised for a youth pastor For an indicator of the state of youth ministry, just look at the Christian job posting web sites ChurchStaffing.com … Read Post
11.30.2006 – Youth Ministry – 1 Comment on The rest of the story – tracking 5 youth pastors who got booted The rest of the story – tracking 5 youth pastors who got booted I love Paul Harvey’s show, “The Rest of the Story” – he shares stuff that we probably didn’t know about famous events… Read Post
11.29.2006 – Youth Ministry – 7 Comments on Youth ministers must disciple! Youth ministers must disciple! In the last 30 years, the Church in America has produced a generation of professional youth pastors. They care about … Read Post
11.28.2006 – Youth Ministry – 7 Comments on Youth pastors face huge challenges and need help Youth pastors face huge challenges and need help The average youth worker got into the field because he or she wanted to disciple young people. But something happened… Read Post
11.27.2006 – Vulnerability and me – 10 Comments on Rewind the tape & watch me as I slouch into the spiritual doldrums Rewind the tape & watch me as I slouch into the spiritual doldrums I ate too much over Thanksgiving. Karen is an awesome cook and after the main meals a… Read Post
11.26.2006 – Discipling – 2 Comments on Authority is often a bad word Authority is often a bad word “Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who… Read Post
11.25.2006 – Abandon – 1 Comment on Why launch into deep waters? Why launch into deep waters? A year or so ago, one of the greatest anachronisms and human interest stories of the past century came to a close… Read Post
11.24.2006 – My Life – 1 Comment on Friends for life Friends for life In our society that so prizes independence, one does well to hang onto friends. We’ve been hanging onto the Wa… Read Post
11.23.2006 – Orphans – 1 Comment on 2 orphans show me how to be thankful 2 orphans show me how to be thankful This is Asif and Banoo. They were orphaned a year ago when an earthquake hit Pakistan, killing 80,000 people, includi… Read Post
11.22.2006 – World Race – 1 Comment on Bungee jumping to your destiny Bungee jumping to your destiny I just sent the following to 30,000 people with Mark Lindberg’s help and many of Ashley Musick’s words. I loved Ashle… Read Post
11.21.2006 – Community and Covenant – 1 Comment on Homecomings Homecomings Tonight Estie, Seth jr. and Emily, our three college students, come home from Indiana and Texas. If home is where the… Read Post
11.20.2006 – Community and Covenant – 3 Comments on On unity and divisiveness On unity and divisiveness Unity A friend of mine said, “I have a conviction that a country will never be greater than her churches. And what… Read Post
11.19.2006 – Living Free – No Comments on The price of spiritual freedom The price of spiritual freedom Three years ago I was talking to my friend Andrew Shearman in London. He told me about his grandfather who died in th… Read Post
11.18.2006 – Community and Covenant – 3 Comments on Three symbols of community Three symbols of community Training a team of missionaries (soon departing for Africa) in our home last week helped me see first-hand what we’re… Read Post
11.17.2006 – Listening prayer – No Comments on Careful listening Careful listening Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Luke 8:18 Hear God’s word and put it into practice. Luke 8:21 To… Read Post
11.16.2006 – Short-term missions – 1 Comment on Excellence in short-term missions Excellence in short-term missions Anything being done repetitively on a large scale needs to grapple with the idea of “excellence.” Short-term missions… Read Post
11.15.2006 – Leadership – 26 Comments on Free leadership training resources Free leadership training resources The world of missions has changed radically in a generation. Whereas the American Church used to carry the lion’s… Read Post
11.14.2006 – Living Free – 1 Comment on Freedom Freedom “Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:17 As… Read Post
