imagining how the church can reorient around mission

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I posted this a few months ago, but I thought I'd put it on here again because it's been such a helpful tool for me. I use it several times a week to settle my heart, to hear Scripture read, and to pray. I hope you find it useful. Try it, you'll like it!

 I’d be interested in getting your feedback on the following
quotes. It’s from famous novelist Ann Rice. She wrote the novel, “Interview with a
Vampire.” A few years back she famously came out with her conversion to
Christianity. Yesterday on Facebook she wrote:

For those who care, and I understand if you don't:
Today I quit being a Christian. I'm out. I remain committed to Christ as always
but not to being "Christian" or to being part of Christianity. It's
simply impossible for me to "belong" to this quarrelsome, hostile,
disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I've tried.
I've failed. I'm an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else. read more

"Remember, you are never more like God than when you are living in relationships with God's people and working in partnerships for the re-creation and redemption of God's world." 

 

From the book, A Theology as Big as the City, by my friend and former professor, Ray Bakke

I haven’t had a good rant on my blog in a while and in an effort to write more of what’s on my mind, this is what gets published for the world to see.

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This will be one of the greatest gatherings of our global movement in the history of CA.  We expect about 250 folks at the lovely SEEPARK RESORT in Kirchheim, Germany.   read more

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“…How can we choose love when we have experienced so little of it? We choose love by taking small steps of love every time there is an opportunity. A smile, a handshake, a word of encouragement, a phone call, a card, an embrace, a kind greeting, a gesture of support, a moment of attention, a helping hand, a present, a financial contribution, a visit … all these are little steps toward love. Each step is like a candle burning in the night. It does not take the darkness away, but it guides us through the darkness. When we look back after many small steps of love, we will discover that we have made a long and beautiful journey…”

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After hearing a talk on Nehemiah 12 

You are pure, holy, unblemished in everyway read more

Now, alert reader Craig Beard has sent me a CNN article about the Holographic preacher.  The article by John Blake begins as follows————–The Sunday morning service at Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas, was humming along with hymns and prayers when something unusual happened.

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