Warming Up Them 10 Little Digits
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009I haven’t written in a while mostly for good reasons. So this post is an attempt to reawaken my muse, get my brain going again and do some catching up on things that have been jammed into odd little corners of my mind. Something has been occupying my time of late. My church has had [...]
Vision Care and Planting
Monday, March 10th, 2008Last night we had a congregational business meeting. It was the meeting I’ve been hoping to attend since I started attending. :) We talked about our plans to plant a church. About half of the elder board spoke and so did representatives from our denomination. I’m an advocate of church planting and for a while [...]
Multiplying Churches
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007This is interesting. Tim Keller’s Redeemer Pres in NYC was rated the number one multiplying church by Outreach Magazine. Number two was Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill Church in Seattle. The church in third place made me do a double take. It is a church in Keller, TX. So if you’re a pastor and you want [...]
Am I a Church Planter?
Friday, April 20th, 2007I got the feedback from my assessment today. Here is the summary: The assessment team recognizes Tim as an elder caliber man who is more of a waterer than a planter. The assessment team recommends that Tim pursue placement in an established ministry as either a solo pastor or associate. The assessment team recommends that [...]
On Mission in Suburbia
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007We have a monumental challenge if we are going to contextualize the gospel and live as missional communities of faith throughout suburban America. We cannot flee. We cannot get out of here. This is where we live. This is where God has called us. And this “God-forsaken place†that we have been called to desperately [...]
Sticky Ideas
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007I heard about this book on NPR a few weeks ago and kept waiting for it to show up at my local Borders. I got a gift card for Borders and this seemed like the thing to spend it on. The authors discuss ideas that survive and ideas that don’t. They use as an example [...]