The Story They Are Hearing
Donald Miller blogs. You should read it. Why? Because he’s a really good storyteller. Today he shared a post about the power of story. He tells of how ancient cultures would use story to captivate and control people. You could get people to do anything if they believed you. Even blood sacrifice if you asked. You just had to tell …
Creating Missional Community
Popout Matt Carter // Missional Small Groups from Todd Rhoades on Vimeo. I so wish every pastor in the world would watch this video. Chips and dip, a living room and the Bible do not make a missional community. I really was amazed at Matt’s honesty about the process. And it is that honesty that I believe has transformed his …
Straight From The Horses Mouth
I don’t think the poor need us so much as much as we need them. Because they reveal something about us and to us that is very near and dear to the heart of God. Mike Hyatt paraphrasing Rich Stearns. (source)
The Spiritual Practice Of Getting Honest With Myself
Why is it that I’m always the last one who can see it? It’s that moment when something is broken in my life and I can’t see it. My wife and friends can. My children and my neighbors can. But I can’t. It’s like the very nature of the problem is to blind me to the problem. And to make …
My Brush With The Manson Family
Sometimes its really hard to let go, isn’t it? Almost twenty years ago, I was a young, budding filmmaker in Hollywood. I had spent almost four years in Hollywood working on commercials, getting my feet wet. But then I made the decision to go back and finish school. Upon return, I was the highest level senior in my film program …
Violent Displeasure
I have a friend who is very self-destructive. And I know enough about our own brokenness to understand why. But some times his acts are so self-destructive that they boggle my mind. And then Peter Rollins went and offered an interesting take on an old movie, The Bridges of Madison County. And in it he mentioned the quote from Nietzsche. …
Interesting Stuff
Leadership Networks Top Ten List of Kingdom Ideas. What do you think? (ht) ——————————————————————————- Makeesha serves up a really cool video on a Letter From God. Definitely watch. ——————————————————————————- Jimmy Carter throws down the gauntlet on women in ministry. Let me say that this will be easily one of Jimmy’s greatest achievements. (ht) ——————————————————————————- Jeff offers up a compelling insight …
The Good News According To Rob Bell
Popout [See Embedded Video] It’s nice to be reminded. Take 11 minutes out of your day and revel in His love for you.
Straight From The Horses Mouth
“It seems to me the primary narrative of the Bible is this exile, this disconnect – we are always trying to come home, always struggling to find the Kingdom and yet most the time remain as Moses looking into the Promised Land we can see it but not quite enter.” Gideon Addington
Christian Atheism
Popout [See Embedded Video] – Speak it Brian. I think one of the largest shifts I have made is away from the marriage of politics and religion. Maybe the framers of America knew what they were doing. ;-P As I take the risk to follow Jesus I can see how politics can so easily co-opt the religious system, or vice …
