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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Your focus becomes your life
I know how easy it is for church life to get derailed by the silly or the peripheral. Someone’s hobby gets loud enough to dominate the collective energy of the church. A lot of time, this occurs because the church … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciative inquiry, congregations, leadership, missional leadership, organizational culture, theology
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I’m only going to say this one more time
Christians are not opposed to power, only certain forms of power.
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Missional living: longing for a new heaven and a new earth
Look, all you have to see is a West Texas sunset, or Mt. Hood on a clear day, or a Miguel Cabrera home run to know that creation is good. Whatever the results of “the Fall,” creation did not stop … Continue reading
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Tagged eschatology, missional, missional practice, missional theology, Romans 8
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Missional living: keeping it simple, keeping it real
Let me start this post by reminding readers that I think attentiveness is the key to participating in the mission of God. The missional church conversation begins and ends with the conviction that the mission is God’s and not ours … Continue reading
Missional living: hospitality at work
In my last post, I suggested that being prayerfully attentive was the key to anything that passed as a missional life. I applied this first to our neighborhoods and suggested walking the neighborhood as a way to cultivate a missional … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian practice, missional, missional life, missional theology, workplace faith
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Missional Living: prayerfully attentive in your neighborhood
So, you don’t think of yourself as a missionary. No Bible studies, no notches on your evangelistic gun belt. Fair enough. But there are still so many ways you can participate in God’s mission. Some of the things I will … Continue reading
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Tagged missional practice, missional theology, neighborhoods, parish collective, prayer, walking
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Missional Living: Don’t do “missional things,” be the ball
It’s always good to hear other people talk about what they mean by the word “missional.” It helps me clarify my own thinking and, in turn, to identify hooks upon which others can hang better understandings. My pet peeve, as … Continue reading
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