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It’s been a while since I posted, so I wanted to give everyone a quick update. We are approaching several big transitions, and would really appreciate your prayer support.
The family and I are preparing for our relocation to the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas. This is something I first started to sense in the fall of 2010, so it has been a long time in the making. Hopefully that means we are prepared. [Read more...]
“The Church was a family in Jerusalem, became an institution in Rome, a political tool in Europe & a business in the USA. SAD!” – Rick Warren
A professional is the citizen of a corporation, not the citizen of a family, as it appears to me.
So what do I mean by professional Christianity? It’s like, “If you really are called by God, you should be ministering for a living, right?” After all, significant spiritual contribution is reserved for those who are professionals, aka those who are “in the ministry.”
Understanding culture and it’s influence is very important in our times, especially as we encounter diverse people and people groups. While this is especially valuable in our interactions with people from other nations / ethnic groups, it can be equally valuable much closer to home. Everyone has had a unique group of experiences and inputs that have helped shape who they are. This is true on the individual level, as well as the group level, regardless of size, regardless of location. [Read more...]
I am reminded today, that those with influence direct the attention of those they influence, they reveal what is important (to them) and tend to shape the perspective/understanding/belief of those who are under their influence. This is a sobering reality, whether you are leading or following, but I can see evidence of this reality all around. Isn’t this fact one reason why the bible says that too many should not be teachers, because they will receive a stronger evaluation or judgement? Leaders will share in the responsibility of the outcomes they have influenced.How is this true?
Seeds are powerful
What does it take to recognize and realize potential?
Do you ever look at what someone else is doing – bigger than you – and say, “why am I not more fruitful… why am I not getting more results?”
I think this voice can mislead us. [Read more...]
legitimacy, validity, authenticity, reality
As I have been contemplating what makes or confers legitimacy, I have observed some things that I hope will be helpful for you. The word legitimate comes from an old word that means “legal” or to make legal.
There is an order in society that confers legitimacy, validity. I am concerned that we, as believers, so often errantly take our queues from society on what is valid. Let’s keep in mind that the natural world does not embrace the reality of the spiritual realm, much less it’s superiority, as the modern scientist portrays himself as irrefutable.
Finding the center of a worldview can help us understand what seeds are being carried along in it’s stream. [Read more...]
At some point, I got off the train…. with all of it’s momentum, with all of it’s ambition, with all of it’s worthwhile and exciting destinations. With all of it’s swaying back and forth, it’s movements, convincing it’s riders that progress was being made. I headed into parts unknown to me, tho I would find a trail in the wilderness, I didn’t really know that at the outset. Others had passed thru and marked a path, in the generations and the seasons that had come before….. it required focus to make out there markings, as time and weather had worn their edges. But the path was certainly there, and with diligence could be discerned, and trusted. [Read more...]
Tuesday 10July2012
For some years now we have been working with the guys in Cuernavaca, Mexico at the House of Prayer. Check out their ministry by visiting VenPronto.com (which means come quickly, as in come quickly Lord Jesus). They are attempting to hasten the coming of the Lord, which I believe they will do. [Read more...]
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