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  • Communion 2…

    Communion 2…

    My friend Tim challenged me to go deeper with this.  So, I have been thinking about it for the last few days and meditating some more about why Communion is so significant right now in our time and place. I keep going back to mystery...

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  • Communion…I think it's a big deal…

    Communion…I think it's a big deal…

    As I begin to write this I am feeling a bit like I am walking on sacred ground.  In the Protestant tradition we only have two sacraments: communion and baptism.  I have been thinking a great deal about the role of both. As I mentioned...

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  • Some of what I am reading…

    Some of what I am reading…

    As I was catching up with my blog reading today in my quiet home, I thought, “It would be cool to link the blog to the stuff I am reading.”  So, here it is: Stuff I am Reading

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  • Phase two…

    Phase two…

    So, I have been writing a bit about the big picture of what missional is and exploring some things here and asking questions. Most of these questions I don’t have answers for, it’s a bit frustrating for a guy who usually has answers for EVERYTHING!...

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  • Who leads this whole thing?

    Who leads this whole thing?

    The one questiont that I have been wrestling with in conversation with a friend and as a result of reading The Forgotten Ways is the issue of authority.  What does it mean?  Who is in authority? Is there leadership anymore? What does it all look...

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  • Stepping out…

    Stepping out…

    So, I have begun thinking about “programming” in the church.  It’s something that I have been wrestling with for a while and my thoughts are beginning to clarify a bit more.  I studied some pretty large chunks of Acts this winter and spring.  Something that...

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  • Applying the paradigm…maybe?

    Applying the paradigm…maybe?

    Here is something I put together about applying the missional concept to the role of “Youth Pastor”.  What do you think? Introduction There has been a fundamental change in the way the world works over the last twenty-five years. The shift has been called “post-modernism”...

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