Posted in Missio Dei, church, discipleship, love on July 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Recently a group of posters meant to mock the emerging church were posted. I think the attempt was humorous, as it was probably meant to be, but also shallow. It’s easy to mock something and find the worst in it. It’s hard to find the best in something and celebrate it even [...]
Posted in Missio Dei, discipleship, love, youth ministry on July 30, 2007 | No Comments »
This morning I met with an old friend who I went to college with. He lives in my area and was a youth pastor at a local church. His church has been going through a transition over the last five years towards a more missional, emerging, journey approach. The transition has been [...]
Posted in Missio Dei, poverty on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Nathan wrote an interesting response to the question of giving to a beggar.
I want to take a different approach to this question and ask, who do we want to become? Do we want to become people who are filled with love? We all want love, but do we want to become people who give it [...]
Posted in Missio Dei on July 26, 2007 | No Comments »
When I started this blog I began with an interest in exploring what it means to love. This blog has in essence become my journal of that exploration process. To be honest, it is mostly for me and my musings. I have for the most part avoided the conversation of the church [...]
Posted in Missio Dei, church, discipleship, love on July 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I read a lot of blogs on the web and love it when people get simple about the Gospel. Often the ideas are reduced to two simple terms. Love God and love others. I like the simplicity of this. I remember hearing it at an O.C. Supertones concert a long time [...]
Posted in God's love on July 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I was sitting here doing some work and was listening to Sanctus Real, I’m Not Alright. Great song.
If weakness is a wound that no one wants to speak of,Then cool is just how far we have to fallI am not immune-I only wanna be lovedBut I feel safe behind the firewallCan I lose my [...]
Posted in Missio Dei, church, church planting on July 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I had a great lunch with a new friend today. We got to share stories about our journey of faith and encourage each other. We’re in a similar place but in completely different places, if that makes sense. We’re both interested in dialogs about missional lifestyles and what it means to engage [...]
Posted in fun on July 24, 2007 | No Comments »
This is just funny.
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Posted in Missio Dei on July 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Welcome to my new blog. The focus of this dialog is to engage and explore the question of Missio Dei, or Mission of God. My hope is to stimulate thought and dialog that will allow all of us to grow in maturity and love. My hope is to post thoughts and questions. I look forward [...]
Posted in love, poverty on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Thanks to Makeesha for pointing this out to me. This is the story of Norman Borlaug, a man you never knew of but absolutely should.
Click here for story.
When Jesus said love your neighbor, this guy took it seriously and now he has a lot of neighbors.
Posted in God's love, tagged trust on July 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I was at a site recently that asked me to give my favorite quote. Well I have a new favorite quote. It’s from Brennan Manning, who is quoting God.
“I dare you trust that I love you just as you are and not as you should be.”
Posted in Brennan Manning, love on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Brennan Manning simple, little speech has really gotten me to think. It’s making me ask what I really want in life. And what I really, really, really want is to get past the question, “Does God love me?” I want to live in the reality that his love is ever present no matter [...]
Posted in Brennan Manning, love, tagged trust on July 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve read a few of Brennan Manning’s books. The best was Ruthless Trust. I came across this presentation he gave at Woodcrest. He asks a provocative question in the short video. What is the one question God will ask us when we meet him.
Posted in politics, video, war, tagged True Majority on July 7, 2007 | No Comments »
This is a provocative demonstration of our nuclear arsenal stockpile.
Click here to view.
Posted in Homeless, love, tagged soup kitchen on July 6, 2007 | No Comments »
I haven’t written in a while and I miss it. But I want to recount something that made me think about the journey of love and that even a child can love.
Recently I joined a friend in serving at a soup kitchen. My family has been talking about this for a long [...]
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