Just finished teaching the Advanced Church Planting Class at Trinity Seminary to six eager world changers looking to make a difference for the King. Great time, but I think it is time for a complete overhaul of both classes that I teach at Trinity. Too tired to do much now (and disappointed that ‘Nova is out … More Missional Thoughts on the Weekend
Passing on a shout out for Tiffany D. Smith at (http://tiffanydsmith.wordpress.com) who posted the following: Did you know… Perpetua (the courageous early martyr) was only 22. Athanasius of Alexandria was 29 when he argued successfully for the divinity of Christ at the historic Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. Martin Luther was in his early … More “Shout out” for a young missional blogger
Friday is for Heart Songs Took a stroll through the Morton Arboretum with my very cool wife (26 years this September). Great sights, great exercise, great company, beautiful day. Prayed some prayers, ate some food, and thought I would come back and post something from the archives and another stroll through the pine groves at … More A Trip to the Arboretum and a Prayer for its Visitors
Thursday is for Discipleship Mention the word discipleship in the average church and the mind will rush to thoughts of deepening—-deepening believers in the grace and knowledge of Christ. Great goal. Great thought. Pretty soon, the conversation will move to questions of how to do it and what to use to do it. Often the next … More Jesus Had a Better Idea–Let’s Try it Ourselves
Wednesday is for Prayer One of my favorite hymns and a center focus of many of my prayer retreats. Ancient Irish hymn, possibly from the 8th Century, tr. by Mary E. Byrne Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best thought, … More Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Tuesday is for Preaching This blog is associated with a website … http://RadicalChurchPlanting.com. There are six resource pages behind the RESOURCE tab at RadicalChurchPlanting.com. One of them is called Preaching/Bible Study Helps. New resources are added periodically to help budding church planters do what God has called them to do. More pdf’s and more types … More Preach the Word in Season and Out
Monday is for Discussion
Kate Gosselin is the other half of what used to be a charming show called John and Kate plus Eight. The show was charming that is, when it focused on the eight and left the disrespecting Kate and the weasally John out of the picture. Kate played the shrew and John played the weasally wimp and the kids were just completely wonderful to watch. … More Flash Bulletin: Kate Gosselin’s Hair is Not as Important as Jesus
Just spent some time in Borders while I was exiled from my house because of a potential buyer looking it over. I was accompanied by my daughter and my old copy of C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce, which has nothing to do with divorce but instead considers an imaginary bus ride from the edges of … More Longing for Holiness
Februrary-March Letter
Friday is for Heart Songs Read Psalm 51 and 2 Samuel 11 David’s sin and confession is an invitation for all of us to look with an unblinking eye at our hearts. (The following is from the archives of an old blog I have since closed.) Repulsed by a Look Within An offering for The Poetry … More The Soul’s Need for a Savior
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