Performance. the environment.

... that all said, I do understand how important environment is... or is it? It’s interesting that we associate certain environments with certain things. And that it’s hard to cross the boundaries of how these environments have created these different...

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Performance. the stage.

I’ve come to a conclusion. I don’t mind “performance” based church services. But, in saying that, I must admit that I haven’t defined the term “performance” in this context. And I doubt many people do. This is something that has been...

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can someone explain…?

Why are there people sitting in church “leadership” who say they are really “followers” rather than leaders when asked to take initiative on something that seems to fall in line with what they are “about”?

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roll up our sleeves

Listening to Gordon MacDonald kicks our butts on church stuff. Simple basic stuff. Get generations talking. Reduce assets. Build leaders. Don't hold on to your identity at the cost of building the future. His presentation is far from flashy....

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behind

I’m at the Echo Church Media Conference. Lots of stuff going on here and possible fodder for future thoughts. The buzz word/topic so far is interaction. It’s certainly not a contest, but, our church is certainly at least 15...

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Quitting Church

"There are many people out there...used to excellence - or at least efficiency - in the business world, they are hardly going to put up with mediocrity for several hours straight on Sunday mornings." Julia Duin - Quitting Church -- Post...

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take a step

I had lunch today with a friend who is having a hard time engaging. The question, “what should I do?” as related to ministry/life’s work/goals/etc. Yeah, great question for me as I certainly have that all figured out! So...

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thoughts and questions, a continued church/ministry discussion

Church and ministry have been hot topics in my mind for a while as my involvement in church work has increased exponentially. I often combine those two, church and ministry as it is a natural combination. However, they don’t...

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perhaps we Christians should take a stand afterall

I don’t get it. I really don’t. As I understand it, The Law was setup by to God the Israelites so they would be set apart from “normal” people. God held His own people to a higher standard. Are we...

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church and bears

So, I normally have pretty vivid dreams. Every night. I remember a few of them which my kids, well, Gracie like to hear as they tend to be funny and quite interesting. So, last night was no exception. Here...

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