Todd Engstrom
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Managing Time and Relationships
I’ve been pondering proactively managing my time lately as my ministry slate continues to get more diverse and challenging. The difficulty for me is scheduling specific time for study and stillness when there are so many…
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The Spirit and Obedience | The Ordinary
Want to be encouraged by how God is moving in some college students’ lives? Read the excerpt below, and then follow the link: Im not making this Spirit junk up, and I didn’t do anything but…
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Web Tools I Use
Although I’m definitely not a tech guru, I’ve found a number of tools that help me keep moving throughout my day that many people didn’t know existed. Below is a short list of some things that…
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Cardboard Stories | Easter @ The Austin Stone
Easter Sunday was powerful yesterday at The Austin Stone, and I’d recommend watching this video. They are testimonies of things that God has done in our body over the last year. Archive note: The Vimeo video…
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Wearing Many Hats
Through the last few years, I am becoming infinitely more aware of the necessity of adaptation and flexibility in whatever environment I am working. No matter how much I desire to have things under control, or…
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Malatya Film
For those of you in Austin, I would highly recommend carving out some time next Saturday to view Malatya. Malatya is a documentary about the first martyrs of the Turkish Church. On April 18th, 2007, Necati…
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Hyperlinks – 4.11.09
Here are some links that have captured my attention lately: The Austin Stone Make Disciples Blog: Priority of the Unreached The Austin Stone Missional Communities Blog: Seeds of a Movement Between Two Worlds: Practical Advice for…
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Resurrection Hope through Death
I am reflecting on the cross of Christ this Good Friday, and anticipating celebration of the resurrection on Easter Sunday. I think I am more painfully aware today of our simultaneous joy and sorrow as I…
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The Easter Incarnation | Ben Coleman’s Blog
Ben has some great thoughts on the incarnation at Easter here. Below is an excerpt: You normally don’t think about the Incarnation of Christ at Easter time. That’s a doctrine we normally highlight at Christmas…when it…
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Out of Business | A Holy Discontent
There is some good conversation happening on mega/micro church at Aaron Snow’s blog.
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St. John’s Day Camp Storyframe
Steven Bush, a resident in the Make Disciples ministry at The Austin Stone, catalogued our Spring Break St. John’s Day Camp that was put on by students and volunteers from The Stone and other neighborhood churches. …
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The Ordinary: The Rabbit and The Elephant.
We have some great students who think deeply about the church universal and the church local, and are living expressions of mission on their campus. Aaron is one of them, and I’ve been blessed to watch…