Matt Smith asked me to write this little piece on collaboration for the World Relief NEXT website and e-newsletter. I thought I’d post it here as well!! ************** Collaboration is simply a word. It stands for the act of working together. Collaboration, however, can also be a philosophy – a way of thinking, planning and
Ministry takes money. Often, ministry is money (see Acts 2 and the idea of charity and benevolence). I’ve always hated this. Money has got to be my least favorite aspect of being a pastor and church planter. I hate it so much that I more often get criticized for not talking about it than talking about
Tamara showed me this video a little while ago… Sara singing a little diddy about Summer Swamp – the kids summer camp that started this morning at Blakely Park. I think it’s hilarious!
It gets better every time I listen to it!! Justin, Conor and the others did an amazing job on the Antioch CD. (This isn’t a sales pitch, so I won’t tell you how to get one!!!)
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Matt Smith, Antioch’s College Pastor, and I have been having a lot of discussions this week on the nature of community and the identity of the church. Far too often, we overlook community and focus only on the function of the church. However, doing comes out of being and function follows form. Being in deep
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So Beth Fischer hooked us up with this pretty stellar keepsake. Here’s Sara’s 4th Birthday Party.
So a couple thoughts from today: Conflict often leads to clarity (that makes conflict a potentially good thing, who knew?) Restless Wrestling (a term Matt Smith gave to his spiritual musings… I like it!) Marriage riddle #86 – What do you do when one spouse wants to lounge around and the other is full of
I thought I’d post the transcript of the talk I gave at the conference this week. (Of course, it won’t feel the same without Beth’s video’s playing before and after!!) *************** One of the things you get to do when you start a church, as many of you might know, is rethink many things that
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I figured I’d show you how tired we are waiting in the Grand Rapids Airport. (Don’t tell Ann about this picture though — she doesn’t know I took it!)
Here’s a picture of the NEXT banner hung up at the DeVoss Performing Arts Center in Grand Rapids. We had the opportunity to present World Relief NEXT to 1,200 pastors yesterday and have been meeting and sharing the vision with hundreds of them since. There are some pretty cool church planters and pastors out there!!
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