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INFUSE Missional Training Event – Training Trainers

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I head out to Los Angeles tomorrow to join up with Dan Steigerwald and several others in a “Train the Trainer” event. It is another piece of our effort to push out the INFUSE MIssional Training that we have put together. There will be
potential trainers from Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, and Spokane.  This
curriculum is being facilitated in partnership with FORGE America.  It
should be a great time of learning how to raise at missional pioneers in our
cities.   The next INFUSE (take a look at the outline) training will begin in Spokane, WA next week. If you’re from that area please consider joining us in this fantastic training opportunity.  You can sign up at Ecclesia Spokane.

The Church as its True Self – Alan Hirsch

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"When the church is in mission, it is the true church. The church itself is not only a product of

  that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible. The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus. To obstruct this is to block God's purposes in and through his people."

From The Forgotten Ways, by my buddy Alan Hirsch

The Essence of Missional

"Missional means actually doing mission right where you are. Missional means adopting the posture of a missionary, learning and adapting to the culture around you while remaining biblically sound."

Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer

The Preaching Event – Finally Comes the Poet

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 I am reading a book right now entitled, Finally Comes the Poet, by
Walter Brueggemann. It’s not a new book. It was actually written in 1989, but
so far it has truly captured me. Brueggemann writes with such elegance and
fluidity that it seems like I can’t read enough of his stuff.  The book is about the daring and
important work of preaching the word of God.

A couple of days ago while Robi and I were driving to
Seattle, I read a portion of the book to her out loud.  It was a strong experience – I
literally was gushing as I read, being moved by the ideas.  In the book he talks about the need for
the poetic in preaching. When he says poetic, however, he is actually referring
to the idea of being prophetic. He relates the poet to the idea of the prophet
in the Old Testament. read more