Training Church Planters from the Northeast and Canada

November 27, 2010

Weekend Musings Sunday I leave for Schenectady, NY to train church planters at a conference with Dynamic Church Planting International (DCPI). Usually, I teach the track associated with Churches Planting Churches but this time I will be teaching the Church Planting Essentials track. I’m excited about the opportunity to work with church planters and those … More Training Church Planters from the Northeast and Canada

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Gastfreundschaft: “the freedom of the guest”

November 27, 2010

Weekend Musings Sometimes a foreign language can illuminate an issue with a clarity that our native language seems tongue-tied about. Reading Bruce Rowlison’s 1981 book on Creative Hospitality I read this: “In the German, the word for hospitality is  Gastfreundschaft  which means ‘the freedom of the guest.’” Henri Nouwen picks up the same idea in some … More Gastfreundschaft: “the freedom of the guest”

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Questions We Never Ask But Should

November 24, 2010

Thursday is for Discipleship What is included in making disciples? Are disciple-making and discipleship the same thing? Is spiritual-formation a synonym for making-disciples? What do we gain when we separate evangelism from discipleship? What do we lose? Why did Jesus never separate evangelism (proclamation) from following (spiritual formation)? If Jesus didn’t separate them, any ideas … More Questions We Never Ask But Should

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Longing to Know that I Need Him Every Hour

November 22, 2010

Almost a year ago, just before Christmas, we were hit with blizzard winds and snow here in Bolingbrook. Stephnie and I decided to have worship here, in the confines of our home with our just-from-college-returned son, and pre-c0llege daughter rather than brave the chill of winter and another visit to a church that is not … More Longing to Know that I Need Him Every Hour

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Hearing the Gospel from a Fourth Century Pen

November 21, 2010

Weekend Musings 4th Century Gospel Presentation – Athanasius (c. 295–373) Bishop of Alexandria (Egypt) [For forty five years, Athanasius was the key figure in the battle against the heresy of Arianism. It cost him dearly. Five times he was sent into exile. But in the end, his intellectual prowess, personal integrity and passion for truth, … More Hearing the Gospel from a Fourth Century Pen

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A Weekend Treat: Go over to Ann Voskamp’s Blog

November 20, 2010

Here’s a taste: I want a life that makes music — not just practices the piano. I want the moments enough to let go of the mirages. I want the now, the space that doesn’t hurry, and joy’s the only next thing. I want here with it’s doing because that means living; I don’t need to get … More A Weekend Treat: Go over to Ann Voskamp’s Blog

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