Before you look at chapter 2, let me take this opportunity to say that I haven’t dropped any footnotes in this manuscript and I don’t think it would be a good idea to put a bunch of them in the finished product, but I do see including a “for further reading/study” list at the back. […]
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Chapter One: Let Me Tell You A Story
Thanks to everyone for their feedback on my question about a project I’ve been working on. Your comments have been encouraging. I’m going start putting some chapters online for more feedback. Here is what I’m thinking: this manuscript is intended to be a resource that can be used broadly by many different kinds of churches […]
September 22, 2008 by 5 Comments
A Needed Resource?
Help me out here. I’m doing a bit of market research. I’ve been working on a manuscript for a little book that could serve as a resource for churches that want to give newcomers/seekers something that explains a “bigger” gospel than has usually been presented in such literature. By “bigger” I mean an explanation of […]
September 17, 2008 by 19 Comments
In a Nutshell
In The Reason for God, Tim Keller tells about how Flannery O’Connor was once asked to put the meaning of one of her stories “in a nutshell.” She responded that, if she could have put the meaning into a nutshell, she wouldn’t have had to write the story. I love it. How many times do […]
September 8, 2008 by 2 Comments
Touching Lives in Ghana
Check out this post from Randy Cope. While in Ghana this last week, I was able to break off from the art and music camp for a few days and go up north to see firsthand how the children are being trafficked out onto the lake, to talk at length with our rescue partners, and […]
August 28, 2008 by 1 Comment
A Different Kind of Conversation
Greg has written a bit about our leadership team retreat this past weekend. Before we left for the retreat on Sunday afternoon I spoke to our church about changing the conversation from problems to possibilities. This is much harder to do than it sounds. It is much easier to get together with a group of […]
August 26, 2008 by 8 Comments
Random Declaration #15
If alcohol is “liquid courage” for some, then coffee is “liquid intelligence” for me.
August 20, 2008 by 6 Comments
Olympic Highlights
Here are my top three most entertaining Olympic moments so far: 1. The Phelpsian Feat2. Usain Bolt’s 9.693. Watching Bob Costas trying to figure out what Bela Karolyi is saying.
August 19, 2008 by 1 Comment
How to Build a Healthy Community
Here is an interesting snippet from Pete Rollins. I think he is on to something here. What do you think?Indeed often the most destructive element in the development of a community arises from the very statement that one is attempting to build a community. For what can so often happen is that those who need […]
August 18, 2008 by 3 Comments
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons