On December 28th, I will have the priveledge of preaching at Creekside. I’ve been tending to preach this last weekend of the year for the past couple of years, so I try to look forward to the next year. Last Year, I talked about how the Church is a community that is called to Exile. Continue reading “The Church Is Mission”
Category Archives: church
The Roles of the Holy Spirit
great post from Tony on the Roles of the Holy Spirit. I think Tony may be on to something. Because of some fairly odd behavior from some Charismatic circles, I think many churches may have shyed away from the Holy Spirit. Perhaps now is the time for the church to come back to talking moreContinue reading “The Roles of the Holy Spirit”
Do they know what we are referencing?
Read this article from Seth Godin. Seth’s basic premise is that, as a communicator, you are not going be able to assume that everyone has seen everything. Yesterday when I spoke, I used a Seinfeld clip, and as we were watching it, I realized that not everyone has seen Seinfeld. With all of the choicesContinue reading “Do they know what we are referencing?”
Hmmm . . . is there truth here?
What if starbucks Marketed like the church?
Prisoner of Christ
At Creekside we have been experimenting with extending the dialogue on Sunday mornings. We’ve been playing with the idea of text messaging questions that people have from Sunday’s sermon. If you are interested in doing this check out PollEverywhere.com. Well I spoke on Philemon 1-7 this week and I received this question: In vs. 1 Continue reading “Prisoner of Christ”
New Website
We Launched the brand new thecreeksidechurch.org I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback.
Missionality 101
My previous post, I guess is really about being missional. The distinction between church services and gatherings that prepare us for service is about focus for mission. Bob.blog has a great post on this
Evangelism Thoughts
This struck me in class. (i’m actually still in glass but had to get this out) Do we evanglize because we want to win an arguement, we want to be right, or because we are actually trying to share the good news. Eu angelion – Good Message Evangelist is the good messenger or the MessengerContinue reading “Evangelism Thoughts”
Is the Church a Force or a Field
Great video from Granger’s Pastor Mark Beeson How do we transform field mentality to force/mission mentality. Thanks Tim S.
Deitrich Bonhoeffer – Life Together Quote
In my Meaning of Christian Community class we are reading Life Together by Bonhoeffer – This is a book of pure Christian Ninja-ry. There are loads of great quotes and here are a few “Only those who give thanks for little things receive the great things well.” “Pastors should not complain about their congregation,Continue reading “Deitrich Bonhoeffer – Life Together Quote”
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