Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Why Emergent?
There was an excellent blog entry at TheBlogBlog. The term Emergent and Postmodern is getting thrown around quit a bit these days. The post I’m quoting from basically reflects my feelings on the issue. For me, the biggest change, in my understanding, has been moving more to a missional arena. I’m not there yet, but…
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Prayer Groups
We had our first non-pilot prayer groups last night. Right now we have two different groups. A third one will be starting in about 2 weeks. I was pretty amazed last night. I was surprised and even overwhelmed. What was perhaps the coolest thing is I really haven’t been doing that much in relation to…
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Annual Conference
So, here I am at annual conference. I’m surrounded by a lot of great people. They love God. They want to work. So, then why is our conference looking people? As I sat there, I had to honestly admit to myself that I didn’t know. Well, I think I have an idea. It seems like…
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Working to please
Ah…the joys of Annual Conference. Right now, I’m sitting in the Hotel lobby because I’m having trouble with the internet connection. The manager/owner/whoever just went up to reset it or something. I don’t know. He hasn’t been back yet. At first people seem to feel the problem is on your end and you really don’t…
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They’re Alive!!!
Well, our pilot prayer group met last night and two of the participants are going to start a prayer group on Monday’s at 5:30 starting next week! They caught me off guard with starting one next week, but it’s a good thing. Mine will continue meeting, but we are moving from 9 pm on Tuesdays…
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The Move to Emergent
Last night I had the privilege of having dinner with a few friends. One of the couples is moving 1000 miles to minister to artists. They are artists, but for the past few years they have been Pastors of worship and arts at a mid-size church (700-900). What struck me was how comfortable they seemed…