Missional Church
Brian McLaren's newest book -- Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope Emergent Village announced today that Brian McLaren, emerging church guru and author, is launching his new book, Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope , due out in October,
Congregation
Change. One six-letter word that sparks fear in the hearts of church members everywhere, and especially small-church members. Talk about changing the worship time, the order of service, the Sunday School literature, the songs we sing, or even the way we greet each other and somebody will be against it.
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The Ark crew and passengers at the James River State Park Today we made the last "Ark" trip of the 2006-2007 season. The "Ark" is our church bus, and 28 of us made the trek to the James River State Park for a wonderful picnic lunch.
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If you're interested in spiritual awakening -- revival -- like I am, you've read the accounts of The Great Awakenings in America. Preachers, famous and unknown, fanned out across America preaching in fields and street corners, in towns and cities, proclaiming salvation in the name of
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During my presentation at The City Mission workshop in Cleveland on Thursday, I mentioned the need to develop a theology of collaboration. Collaboration is hot right now, and you can see evidence of folks working together in such diverse examples as wikipedia, chaos and systems theory, and barcamp. Collaboration has
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Rich Trickel and me at The City Mission in Cleveland, Ohio I spoke today at The City Mission in Cleveland, Ohio. About 100 people from many different churches attended the workshop, "Building Without a Blueprint: Walking Alongside Others to Transform a City." The City Mission acts as the
Community
Groundbreaking photo courtesy The Star Tribune The official groundbreaking ceremony for our new community center took place today. We had about 50 folks from our community and about 45 kids from the Boys and Girls Club. We gave the kids "hardhats" and beach shovels, and they were our
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For those of you who live in Cleveland, Ohio, I'll be speaking at The City Mission next Thursday, June 7, from 10:30 am to 1 pm. Rich Trickel, director of The City Mission, read my article, Learn To Partner in Leadership and asked me to come tell
Congregation
On my bookshelf are at least a dozen church books on vision. Written by some of the outstanding authors in church-related publishing today, each of them describes a "vision" for the church -- build your church by small groups, become a church of influence, raise your church'
Community
Thanks to Jim Tung for photographing our Chatham Arts Community Music School Recital last Saturday, May 12, 2007. Chatham Arts emerged from our partnership with Virginia Tech, local parents, and community leaders. About 30 students take voice, piano, violin, cello, and guitar from world-class instructors affiliated with the Renaissance Music
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This past week was difficult for our community. I live in Chatham, Virginia, about 2-hours from Blacksburg and Virginia Tech, so we were obviously affected by that tragedy. But, on the Saturday before the VT tragedy, our town doctor died suddenly and unexpectedly. Dr. Thompson was a member of our
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I have tried several times this week to write about the tragedy at Virginia Tech, but I could not. Here is the sermon I am preaching tomorrow. My prayer is that it will help. Finding God in the Midst of Tragedy John 21:1-19 Suppose everything we thought and believed