February 2011
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The Date Plan Challenge →
A great idea from John Ryan at an Acts 29 event. The challenge is to spend as much time planning a date as you would planning a sermon (20 hours or so). I’m gonna do it! I’ll post here how it goes.
November 2010
2 posts
Some #Soma201 Application
Today, my first day home from Tacoma after Soma School “201,” I got to apply some of what I learned right off the bat. Here’s the gist of the lesson we learned:
1. Who God is… 2. determines What God does… 3. which makes us Who we are… 4. which determines What we do.
For example (the example I got to use today):
1. God is lovingly wise… 2. So he gave my...
Redemption Groups →
I can’t wait to lead some people through this kind of ‘on-ramp into community’
September 2010
1 post
Do not let the sun go down on your anger
A couple of weeks back, I printed up about 15 Bible verses that all contain the phrase “one another,” and taped the print-up on my bathroom wall. All of the verses are convincing and convicting, but there is one that has really stuck with me, and that’s 2 Corinthians 13:11:
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in...
August 2010
2 posts
Organizing a Day of Silence and Solitude with God... →
This template is simply amazing and really really helpful. My wife tells me I’m nicer and more attentive for days and weeks following each use of this template in an all-day session of Silence and Solitude with God (which I have planned for the first Monday of each month).
July 2010
4 posts
Dai Hankey's Blog :: Sanctified Rant →
Dai is a church-planter/evangelist in South Wales. He’s radical. He’s passionate. He raps. And most of all, it’s clear he’s all about Jesus.
“Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his...”
– PMMinistries
How Churches Can Plant Churches that Plant...
@edstetzer:
New blog post: How churches can plant churches that plant churches. Excerpted from FourSquare magazine. edstetzer.com/2010/07…
Porterbrook Network →
Great C-BTE (Church-Based Theological Education) we’re getting ready to start at Coquina Community Church.
June 2010
9 posts
Training a Missional Core Team (Jonathan Dodson... →
“Church planting is a roller coaster bc something else other than Jesus has...”
– http://twitter.com/dustinneeley/status/16811237194
Am I a Church Planter? (via Acts29) →
Are You a Real Friend? Do You Have Real Friends?... →
10 Ways to be a Great Church Plant Core Group (via... →
“For pastors dealing with stress:sin and idolatry is the issue that needs to be...”
– zacnatasha
TheResurgence.com →
The first resource that usually comes into many conversations is http://TheResurgence.com It’s huge. It’s deep. It’s usually bite-sized. It’s written well. It’s a bunch of authors and leaders in one place. It’s updated a lot.
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Jeff Vanderstelt and some of his Missional Musings →
Jeff Vanderstelt planted Soma Communities, in Tacoma, WA a few years back. He and Soma have been hugely influential in my understanding of practical missional ecclesiology (church life and structure). Jeff does not blog a lot, but what he does share on his blog is usually big and very helpful.
May 2010
6 posts
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Adopted For Life (AMAZING book!) →
Adopted For Life, by Dr. Russell Moore, has got to be one of the greatest books ever written, seriously. I cried reading it. It helped us so much (3 of our kids were adopted) in our own hearts, and in answering awkward infuriating questions like, “Were they all siblings?” and “So is this one your own?” with gospel answers. Read it. Buy it for someone else. Enjoy it....
