Todd Engstrom

Author: Todd Engstrom

  • Obedience Is Key | Learning to Trade

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    I love doing College Ministry, but more importantly, I love it when men whom you have invested your life into apply what they have learned to their lives.  Below is a post from a student whom I discipled as he is entering into the world of day trading: I’m 100% sure that trusting God will…

  • Discipleship and Ministry | Part 2

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    For my initial thoughts on the challenges of remaining faithful to discipleship in the midst of ministry, go here.  I’d like to expand a little more fully on my thoughts from the last post. In brief, I’ve found that it can be extremely difficult to continually cultivate the centrality of discipleship, or the process of…

  • Summary of College Ministry | Gentrified

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    Ever wondered what we’re up to with college this time of the year? Check out my friend Logan Gentry’s post on what’s happening, starting with Austin Stone on Campus. Below is the twitter chatter from ASOC…good stuff! — Realtime results for “austin stone” 0 more results since you started searching. Refresh to see them. toodus:…

  • Launching a Church Adoption Fund Webinar | ABBA Fund Blog

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    My friend Jason Kovacs from The Abba Fund is doing a webinar on setting up an adoption fund at your church (something we have done recently at The Austin Stone).  ThE webinar will provide an overview of how to establish a simple yet effective church adoption assistance fund. The webinar is happening September 15th, 2009,…

  • Labor Day Links

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    I’ve been slacking on this blog lately for two reasons: I’m struggling with my next set of posts, and can’t seem to nail them down. We’re right in the heart of Fall insanity, and I’ve been working some long hours. Excuses, exschmuses. For Labor Day, I figured I’d provide you with a few links to…

  • People Work and Task Work

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    I’m learning a lot this week about the similarities and differences of people work and task work.  My role has been shifting into a managerial and oversight role over a significant number of people, and this has required much more personal interaction and meeting than I have had in the past. Here’s a few things…

  • Multisite Church | Christian Standard Interview

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    If you have been interested in the multisite discussion as a missional church, then I’d recommend reading the article below.  Todd Wilson does a great job of highlighting the upside of multisite planting, and a holistic perspective on how it fits with church planting strategy. Christian Standard Interview – Todd Wilson on Multisite I think…

  • Ethereal Thought Train Summer Review

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    As summer winds down, I figured I’d do some highlighting of the blog over the past few months.  In no particular order, here are some of my favorites and yours: The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Innovation – This post contains most of my responses to Steve Lutz’s post on the 5 Big…

  • Benefit for Missionaries to Sudan

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    Local Austinites – please consider supporting my friends Jonathan and Lauren Ramirez as they pursue God’s call to work with the Didinga people in Sudan! Ramirez Sudan Benefit Night @ Dominican Joe Friday, September 11th, 2009, 7:00 – 11:00PM Music Performances by: Aaron Ivey and Aaron Peace — Armed with wide eyes and a desire…

  • Not Being Able to Do It All | Kevin DeYoung

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    From Kevin DeYoung’s post On Mission, Changing the World, and Not Being Able to Do It All: Maybe it’s because I’m Type A or left brained or a beaver or an ESTJ or a good pastor or a people-pleasing sinner, but I often feel like I could, perhaps should, be doing more. I could do…

  • Book Review | Adopted for Life

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    The third book I had the opportunity to read through was Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches by Russell Moore. As a short synopsis, Moore paints the theological foundations of adoption in the first portion of the book, asking the church and Christians to consider our calling to serve…

  • Buy a Book, Support a Mission

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    College Students: As you are preparing for you return to campus and your fall classes, inevitably you are going to purchase your textbooks. Makarios, one of our partnering organizations in the Dominican Republic, has set up a site where you can purchase your books through Amazon and they receive a percentage of the proceeds. Friends:…