lifeasmission

Ok, I don’t know exactly who this author is, but they are my new best friend!
I came across this excellent post a while back, and now this one from which I offer just a few poignant lines.
The reason the church must be sectarian is not because the world is too big, too dirty, or too [...]

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I received my Economic Stimulus Payment the other day and wondered what I would do with it.  As I thought and prayed, I decided to join the ranks of those who called the whole premise of the program into question.
Feel free to accuse me for oversimplifying things if you want, but bottom line, the whole [...]

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This is a brief piece I wrote for the Living Hope community as we continue to explore what it means to embrace a missional identity as a church community - specifically with regard to how we understand the place of children.
The first church I served at as a pastor was very large.  We had all [...]

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Shoot… looks like Santa has been checking my blog.  Maybe he has elves to do that!?!

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Caught something about “Walkable Neighborhoods” over on Joe’s blog today.  He pointed to walkscore.com - a site that will tell you how walkable your neighborhood is.  On the site, they have this to say about walkable neighborhoods…
Walkable neighborhoods offer surprising benefits to our health, the environment, and our communities.
Better health: A study in Washington State [...]

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Disclaimer:  This post is not (really) about cars.
On the heels of that last post, I thought I would throw this out there and say how glad I am that most of the folks in my life seem to be those who are really trying to press into the full implications of what following Jesus means [...]

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God has done some kind of number on me.  In days gone by I would have described me (and I am pretty sure others would have as well) as a guy who primarily loves to talk.  While that may still be true, I am way more interested in listening these days.  Wednesday night, therefore, was [...]

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After 4 months of getting to know Memphis, living with various people and in various places, and living out of a suit case, I have found a place to hang my hat - at least for the next year.

here for more pictures (not my stuff in the house)
Here’s what metropolitan Memphis looks like

Downtown Memphis [...]

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I have been sitting on this post for a while, but thought it related enough to the previous one to go ahead and throw it out there.
Recently, some friends here in Memphis have been discussing the possibility of moving towards engaging in a lifestyle of intentional community.  This is an unfamiliar topic to most, so [...]

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Update: Just after I posted this, I happened to come across a few relevant posts on this subject.  Be sure to check out David Fitch’s - “The Middle In: The Unique Missional Opportunity,” and Joe Thorn’s, “I Love the Suburbs” on a brand new blog about the gospel in the suburban context, SubText.
I hear people [...]

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