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Continue reading →: ★ Small World
(still at alpha) I just ran into and talked with Winn Griffin, and the guy I saw yesterday who looked a lot like Todd Hunter actually WAS Todd Hunter. Hopefully I can catch him later to chat as well. (mobile from pdaphone)
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Continue reading →: Small World
(still at alpha) I just ran into and talked with Winn Griffin, and the guy I saw yesterday who looked a lot like Todd Hunter actually WAS Todd Hunter. Hopefully I can catch him later to chat as well. (mobile from pdaphone)
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Continue reading →: ★ Thoughts on day 2 of Alpha training seminar
Shannon and I are at Alpha seminar. Thoughts: Nicky Gumbel is an engaging speaker. Alpha is highly reaional, dialoge-based, friendly. Avg age is ~45+ in this training. That surprises me. Good news for mainline churches. Very ‘vineyard’ prayer modeling. nontheatening, HS focused. I’m very excited to begin to roll out…
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Continue reading →: Thoughts on day 2 of Alpha training seminar
Shannon and I are at Alpha seminar. Thoughts: Nicky Gumbel is an engaging speaker. Alpha is highly reaional, dialoge-based, friendly. Avg age is ~45+ in this training. That surprises me. Good news for mainline churches. Very ‘vineyard’ prayer modeling. nontheatening, HS focused. I’m very excited to begin to roll out…
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Continue reading →: ★ Presence
A quote from dallas Williard’s book Hearing God, which we’re on chapter 3 of in our small group: So our union with God – his presence with us, in which our aloneness is banished and the meaning and full purpose of human existence is realized – consists chiefly in a…
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Continue reading →: Presence
A quote from dallas Williard’s book Hearing God, which we’re on chapter 3 of in our small group: So our union with God – his presence with us, in which our aloneness is banished and the meaning and full purpose of human existence is realized – consists chiefly in a…
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Continue reading →: ★ Power Encounter: Jesus vs. Magic Whistle
Several years ago we were watching a friend’s son who was 3 or 4 years old at the time. He was having a hard time with nightmares. Shannon told him that whenever he woke up scared, he could just ask Jesus to come be with him, and Jesus would chase…
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Continue reading →: Power Encounter: Jesus vs. Magic Whistle
Several years ago we were watching a friend’s son who was 3 or 4 years old at the time. He was having a hard time with nightmares. Shannon told him that whenever he woke up scared, he could just ask Jesus to come be with him, and Jesus would chase…
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Continue reading →: ★ Condition of Life
We’re about to teach the Sermon on the Mount as we go through Matthew in our church. This weekend, the weekend after Easter, we hit the Beatitudes. I’m really impressed by how Dallas Willard discussses them in The Divine Conspiracy. This is one of those books that I think everybody…
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