07.29.2006 – Discipling – 3 Comments on What is your “one thing”? What is your “one thing”? If you saw the movie “City Slickers” you’ll remember Curly who tells Billy Crystal’s … Read Post
07.28.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – 1 Comment on Getting God out of the box Getting God out of the box Jennifer Smith, an AIM discipler tells this story: As a newly clean and sober person, I attended 12-step meetings … Read Post
07.27.2006 – Short-term missions – 2 Comments on Contingency planning on a short-term trip Contingency planning on a short-term trip I received an email yesterday asking about contingency planning. In this world of terrorist activity, bird flu wor… Read Post
07.26.2006 – Kingdom Reality – 3 Comments on How do you wake up to spiritual reality? How do you wake up to spiritual reality? When we first see Neo in The Matrix, he is ducking in and out of an existence defined by cubicles and cubicle-thinkin… Read Post
07.26.2006 – Fighting your enemy – 3 Comments on We need to be well-known in hell We need to be well-known in hell I received the following email from someone in India warning me about the radical Hin… Read Post
07.25.2006 – Community and Covenant – No Comments on Covenant brotherhood Covenant brotherhood In yesterday’s blog, I raised the subject of tribes. Your tribe should be composed of friends. I’ve been blessed with… Read Post
07.24.2006 – Community and Covenant – 1 Comment on Finding your tribe Finding your tribe We’re descendents of cowboys and rough riders – independent souls that killed those living in tribes. So it’s no wond… Read Post
07.24.2006 – Orphans – 5 Comments on Update from Hopegivers orphanage in India Update from Hopegivers orphanage in India I just received the following email from Samuel Thomas in India: – We thank God for all the children are safe in a… Read Post
07.23.2006 – Courage – 2 Comments on Confronting the terror of Ziklag Confronting the terror of Ziklag Yesterday’s blog described David’s horrific experience of having his tribe ravaged at Ziklag (1 Samuel 30). Maybe you… Read Post
07.22.2006 – Courage – No Comments on Remembering Ziklag Remembering Ziklag In “Braveheart,” the English descend on the tiny highland village that William Wallace happens to live in and havoc e… Read Post
07.20.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – No Comments on Learning the posture of a giver Learning the posture of a giver We’re born with our stomachs growling. We’re born needy and grasping. We require nurture to grow, and we’re born cons… Read Post
07.19.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – No Comments on Living life “palms up” Living life “palms up” One of the chief jobs of a parent is to help their children learn two hand motions and to teach them in such a way th… Read Post
07.18.2006 – The Holy Spirit is on the move – 2 Comments on Half-stepping toward a miracle Half-stepping toward a miracle I have an urban pastor-friend who rebukes the tentative faith he sees in white people by saying, “Don’t be half-stepp… Read Post
07.17.2006 – Dreaming – 5 Comments on Building something big from scratch Building something big from scratch God has given me the privilege in the last few years to be a part of three ministry start-ups that have had to grow l… Read Post
07.16.2006 – Discipling – 3 Comments on Pseudo discipleship Pseudo discipleship Some things pass for discipleship and do nothing to form Christ in a person. They smell like the real thing, but are … Read Post
07.15.2006 – How to Disciple – 3 Comments on My discipleship definitions (part 2) My discipleship definitions (part 2) In yesterday’s blog, in an effort to breathe a little life into some tired old terms, I defined a few words you may u… Read Post
07.14.2006 – How to Disciple – 1 Comment on My discipleship definitions (part 1) My discipleship definitions (part 1) Because the vernacular is always evolving, it is important that we define and update our definitions of our terms. On… Read Post
07.13.2006 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 5 Comments on Take control of your thought life Take control of your thought life 90-96% of our thoughts are repetitive and generally negative, says writer Richard Rohr, citing psychological studies…. Read Post
07.12.2006 – Portraits of Disciplers – 1 Comment on Portrait of a disciple: Erin Drew Portrait of a disciple: Erin Drew Twelve years ago when I met Erin, I quickly learned what her friends knew well – she takes no prisoners when it comes… Read Post
07.11.2006 – Parenting – 8 Comments on The Almand family church planting adventure The Almand family church planting adventure Radical vision casting … Read Post
07.10.2006 – Mobilization – 4 Comments on A grassroots youth revolution A grassroots youth revolution It is desperately needed, but the coming youth revolution isn’t a stadium full of cheering students. Teen Mania is cu… Read Post
07.09.2006 – Wounded healers – 24 Comments on What do you say to a dying friend? What do you say to a dying friend? I have a friend who has a terminal illness. He’s also had great successes, working as… Read Post
07.08.2006 – How to Disciple – 70 Comments on What does ‘feed my lambs’ mean? What does ‘feed my lambs’ mean? When Jesus asks Peter to “feed my lambs” after he’s been resurrected (John 21:15), he’s not talking about engaging th… Read Post
07.07.2006 – My Life – 2 Comments on My daughter Leah My daughter Leah I’m so proud of our 16 year old daughter, L… Read Post
