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The Bookshelf (Currently Reading)
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John C. Maxwell
- Me to We: A Pastor's Discovery of the Power of Partnership by Alan E. Nelson
- Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community by Albert L. Winseman
- Letters to a Diminished Church: Passionate Arguments for the Relevance of Christian Doctrine by Dorothy Sayers
- Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading by Eugene H. Peterson
- Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene H. Peterson
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Recent Conversation
- John Crowder Reduces Spiritual Gifts to the Ridiculous (39)
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- Evernote (3)
- Will Wilkins: Agreed, nothing I couldn’t...
- Chat with iGod (25)
- Ruka: He won’t even speak to me D:
- The Shack by William P. Young (57)
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Posts Tagged ‘family’
Easter 2007 Lancaster City
A Rainy Day Saturday is Therapy
I’m spending this rainy Saturday on sermon preparation, wrestling with the laptop/LCD projector combo, and listening to Santo Domingo De Silos Coro De Los Monjes Benedictinos: Requiem Aeternam. Between all of that wonderful activity, I’m entertaining my children and being entertained by them. There is not much to report, but there is a lot going on! Carry on, good readers.
I’m a Proud Father of a Lancaster City 76er!
Saturdays are for Family
I only have enough time to share a very quick but very, very important lesson I have learned during my post-seminary ministry: Saturday is for family! No, I am not able to compromise this practice. Yes, I am 100% devoted to it. Saturdays are for me and my family, barring the most urgent and absolute emergencies. Anyone ministering really should pick a day for family, and protect it like he/she would protect the church. God smiles on such practice.
Live From 29 Palms: A Quick but Broad Update
Things are still a bit slow here at Tribe. I’ve been busy with church planting responsibilities, reading, design work, and family life in general. It’s all good, but very time consuming. Writing seems to be the first thing to be nixed from schedule when things get busy. It’s unfortunate, but unavoidable. Regular posting should resume soon.
I’m still slightly busy this morning so a quick but very broad update will have to do for the time being:
CHURCH PLANTING STUFF
God is full of surprises. We had a crowd of new visitors this past Sunday. It was awesome. They are the kind of people we need to get this movement started. They are the kind of people we have been praying for … Thanks for visiting with us! Blessings on you all!
The church plant is moving along wonderfully. It’s hard work, and it requires much, much prayer. Church planting is not for the faint of heart. Read More
Find, Affirm and Own Your Axis Mundi
Axis Mundi. It is a strange pair of words. Esoteric sounding? Yes. Perhaps it paints a shamanistic image in your mind? Maybe. Is it Buddhist? Yes, though it would definitely be articulated with a different language, culture, and custom. The same sort of contextual articulation would apply to a plethora of Indigenous Tribes, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. In fact, Axis Mundi, as a concept, is universally present in all of religion. We all search for our own Axis Mundi. Read More
Our Annual Family Night before Christmas
Merry Christmas! It’s Christmas Eve! I happen to be a bigger fan of Christmas Eve than Christmas Morning. I’m not totally sure why this is, but I think it has to do with the family atmosphere that surrounds our Christmas Eve. It’s not that our Christmas Mornings aren’t wonderful; they are beyond wonderful! It’s just that Christmas Eve in our house is loaded with tangible expectation and annual family tradition. We load our family’s night before Christmas with more than a few family traditions. It’s great fun! Read More