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Continue reading →: ★ I cringe, but perhaps you’ll appreciate it
I mentioned that I was asked to speak at the Everett Vineyard two Sundays ago. It looks like the crew there posted a recording of my ramblings on their podcast page. Wayne’s a good teacher and it’s worth you subscribing to their podcast series, or if you want, you can…
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Continue reading →: ★ Missional orders as ways to start new churches
Here’s a very, very interesting video of a talk by David Fitch about using missional orders as a church planting strategy. “The way we used to plant churches (in the Christendom era) was as organization. An established church structure … paid somebody… with the distinctives of the denomination, the tags,…
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Continue reading →: ★ The Everett Vineyard
Wayne at the Everett Vineyard invited me to come up this past Sunday and speak to the church as he would be out of town for part of the week before. EV planted as a church not too long ago, and Wayne is a great guy that I love to…
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Continue reading →: ★ Thanks for your prayers for Chris
My friend and co-worker Chris, who had a cancerous kidney tumor removed last week, just got the results of the pathology test on the lymph nodes that were removed as well: Dr. Weissman called this morning with the pathology report on my kidney cancer. It is as good as we…
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Continue reading →: ★ Following the Celtic Trail – Trip Journal Summary
Summary When I returned home and told people about the trip, I initially told most people that I had enjoyed my time, but that it was a bit disappointing. I had expected “the experience of a lifetime” – a true pilgrimage – but I had experienced a nice time, but…
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Continue reading →: ★ Following the Celtic Trail – Day 9 and 10
Sunday – Day 9 On Sunday, I joined Jack in taking Mary to the airport to fly home, and then went to Jack’s church again. The church was hosting a youth group who would help with a youth fair to serve the children in the neighborhood. I was struck by…
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★ Following the Celtic Trail – Day 8
Continue reading →: ★ Following the Celtic Trail – Day 8Saturday – Day 8 Too early on Saturday morning, we began to go our separate ways – most of us to the airport in Glasgow, and others scattered other directions. We said hasty goodbyes as we entered the airport. Judi received a message that her husband Herb had been hospitalized…
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Continue reading →: ★ Mutant Kidney
My friend and coworker Chris went into the ER this weekend with what he thought was a kidney stone. After a CAT scan, he was told that there was a growth on his kidney that is likely cancer. He goes in for surgery the day after tomorrow to remove the…
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★ Following the Celtic Trail – Day 7
Continue reading →: ★ Following the Celtic Trail – Day 7Friday – Day 7 On our last full day together as a class, we went to Holy Island, Lindisfarne. Before the trip, I didn’t know much about Lindisfarne or the Christian community there. But along the way I had heard that we would probably find the Iona Community to be…
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Following the Celtic Trail – Day 7
Continue reading →: Following the Celtic Trail – Day 7Friday – Day 7 On our last full day together as a class, we went to Holy Island, Lindisfarne. Before the trip, I didn’t know much about Lindisfarne or the Christian community there. But along the way I had heard that we would probably find the Iona Community to be…
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