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We gave away about 4 cases of water bottles today in 45 minutes. The service project was very well received, and our team had a great time. Our only problem was, the other 10 cases of water bottles disappeared from their storage place. I hadn’t marked them as “ours”, and…

One thing that’s bouncing around my brain this week that I thought might make good fodder for discussion on this site: How should a church market itself in the community? What do I mean? Well, as a wise sage once beat into my brain, “All meaning is context dependant.” So…

One thing that’s bouncing around my brain this week that I thought might make good fodder for discussion on this site: How should a church market itself in the community? What do I mean? Well, as a wise sage once beat into my brain, “All meaning is context dependant.” So…

On Wednesday we started a new home group. Led and hosted by Mike & Linda, who’ve been with us since before the beginning. Worship led by Jeff, who’s our regular Sunday djembe dude and fills in with vocals and guitar when our regular leaders are out. Attended by me and…

On Wednesday we started a new home group. Led and hosted by Mike & Linda, who’ve been with us since before the beginning. Worship led by Jeff, who’s our regular Sunday djembe dude and fills in with vocals and guitar when our regular leaders are out. Attended by me and…

A flash of inspiration hits me today like a bolt of lightning. This morning I was surfing through my bloglines list and read Karen Ward’s quick post, pointing to a wealth of emerging church commentary at The Portico. The writer, Roger Sellers, is spending the summer travelling around the country…

A flash of inspiration hits me today like a bolt of lightning. This morning I was surfing through my bloglines list and read Karen Ward’s quick post, pointing to a wealth of emerging church commentary at The Portico. The writer, Roger Sellers, is spending the summer travelling around the country…

I haven’t been blogging much lately because we’ve had a ton of stuff happening and at the end (or the beginning, I guess) of the day I haven’t made the time. Frankly I’m just trying to keep my head on straight and am struggling to spend a few minutes with…