Category Archives: General

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-10

Is suburban community an oxymoron? http://t.co/7EC03JRH. "Community" won't happen by chance, we will have to make it a priority. # Every 10 minutes you commute means you are 10% less likely to have meaningful relationships. -Robert Putnam in "Bowling Alone" … Continue reading

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Where Mission Begins

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-03

Rick Santorum and the Missional Church: http://t.co/nbeVUM6K # http://t.co/Cski6Wby the trap of looking for "successful" ministry by jared wilson. # Church Methadone=Decreased amount of church programming that creates time for people to be involved in community and on mission. # … Continue reading

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Deprogramming Cultural Christians

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him … Continue reading

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Missionary or Business Person? Interview with Tara Russell

I first learned about Tara Russell and what she is doing for the kingdom of God from the VERGE Conference website. Tara will be one of the speakers at VERGE this week. I was inspired by her story and I trust … Continue reading

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The Greatest Challenge to Missional Community

We have lived inside a caricature of the church for so long that we fail to know what it means to be the body of Jesus Christ. People in a Missional Community share a few important things in common. 1)  … Continue reading

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Ed Stetzer: Missional Disciple-Making

Some of the stuff you will hear in this video (quotations are not exact)… Disciples join God and his mission and it changes everything. Discipleship through knowledge and not action leads to puffed up gnostics. When we (pastors) do for … Continue reading

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The Suburban Good Life Might Be Killing You

Communities Learn the Good Life Can Be a Killer By JANE E. BRODY Atlanta is transforming an old rail corridor into a trail network that encourages walking and biking.   Developers in the last half-century called it progress when they … Continue reading

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-28

America's suburbs: Key to the 2012 election: http://t.co/MyfbklyO #

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Free book giveaway, “A Gospel Primer for Christians” by Milton Vincent

Gospel-centered. Easy to say, but what does it really mean? How do we apply the gospel to every area of our life? “A Gospel Primer for Christians” is one of the best resources I have found when it comes to … Continue reading

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