Archive for July, 2009
Cool College Students | Repost Set 4
Posted by Todd Engstrom in college ministry on July 30, 2009
This set is some highlights of what Austin Stone students have done in the last year:
- Students reaching out to children in tough neighborhoods – St. John’s Day Camp
- Making disciples on campus – Unconventional Baptism
- One of my students gets published at Relevant.com – Relevant
- Another student is recognized for her work in Sudan – Student in the Austin Statesman
This set of posts comes from The Austin Stone College Ministry’s blog, and students who have written there:
- Thinking through missional living – Daniel Stull
- Sharing your faith with everything that moves – Megan Strickland
- Some darned good poetry – Ryan Partin
- Students abroad this summer – Sterling Tardy, Chelsea Marcum, Robert Brown
I am blessed beyond belief to minster to and lead these students!
Tough Words | Repost Set 3
Posted by Todd Engstrom in pastoring on July 27, 2009

Below are some posts that were challenges me and people around me:
- Our messed up idea of calling – The Confusing Language of Calling
- Get up and do something – Passivity in the Church
- Pastoring in biblical conviction through tough questions – Tough Questions
- A challenge to adopt – Total Church, Gospel Ministry and Adoption
Discipleship | Repost Set 2
Posted by Todd Engstrom in discipleship on July 24, 2009
As I’m on vacation, I’m reposting some links to things I have written in the past on this blog. Below are links to the series I wrote on Discipleship:
- Part 1 – Foundations of Discipleship
- Part 2 – Practice of Discipleship
- Part 3 – Process of Discipleship 1
- Part 4 – Process of Discipleship 2
- Part 5 – Tools I Use
If you have good resources on Discipleship, let me know in the comments!
Assimilation and Mission | Repost Set 1
Posted by Todd Engstrom in assimilation, missional on July 21, 2009
Vacation Repost Set 1: Assimilation and Mission

I’ve written several posts that refer to assimilation and mission, and the complexity of doing both well. Take a look at them below:
- Alan Hirsch meets Seth Godin – Spontaneous Emergence
- Thoughts from Tribes by Seth Godin – Assimilation is Connectivity
- Effective Connection into Mission – Mission First, Community Later?
- Good discussion fostered by The Resurgence – Attractional and Missional
Please read the comments as well, as they contain some great thoughts!
Rubik's Cube and Vacation
Posted by Todd Engstrom in christianity on July 19, 2009

Last summer I learned to solve the Rubik’s Cube. This summer, I am aiming to learn how to solve it in under a minute and a half, as well as solving it in as few moves as possible.
Should be a fun vacation.
I’ll be reposting some material over the next two weeks, so I hope you enjoy some greatest hits while I’m out of town!


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