lifeasmission

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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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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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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If I had to guess, I’d say that I’ll be posting on “the scandalous impracticality of all that Jesus stood for” really soon as I can’t seem to stop thinking about it.
As a prelude to that though, I wanted to point to a message Gib offered to the Living Hope community this past Sunday when [...]

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My position at Living Hope has been enigmatic to say the least. I am a Young Adult Pastor, but my task is not to create or run young adult programs per se. Instead, I have spent my time relationally connecting with young adults and seeking ways to help them connect to the broader [...]

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To all my fellow Living Hopers…

I am so sorry that I didn’t take the time on Sunday morning to say a heartfelt thanks to all those who have made time to invite me over, take me out, ask about my story, have conversations, and spend time with me in general. Moving to a brand [...]

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This past Sunday I had my first opportunity to address the Living Hope community. I must have had a thousand different thoughts on what to share. Ultimately, I really wanted to share some of my story and highlight something that I found relevant for where we’re at as a community of [...]

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Besides being a gratuitous reference to Dupree’s Self-Help spiel in “You, Me and Dupree,” it’s the best title I could come up with for a post full of randomness and fun linkages. You’ve been warned, no coherency is to be found here!
Listen to this song, it’s awesome.

I hurt my knee last week and it is [...]

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I grew weary of the term and idea of small groups years ago. In most of my experience, church based small groups served mainly to isolate people in affinity based relationships. Interestingly, small groups are a relatively new concept and practice for churches in the south. Most folks down here who have [...]

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This past Sunday was great. Aside from out Sunday morning gathering being its usual awesomeness, a big group of young adults got together to play Ultimate Frisbee. We have had a few games already over the past few weeks, but we had some new folks show up this week and the two teams [...]

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