Todd Engstrom

Author: Todd Engstrom

  • unChristian 7, 8, 9

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    I stalled in my review of unChristian because I lost some interest in the book as a whole.  I occasionally do that… You can find my thoughts here: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 Alan Hirsch pulled a number of quotes from the book here, so if you’re curious how it finishes up,…

  • Random Thoughts/Anecdotes on a Slow Day

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    Here are some random thoughts and anecdotes for Friday: GTB decided to go on sleep strike last night.  He literally cried for five straight hours, and we have no idea why.  He finally fell asleep at about 5 am, then woke up at 8 ready to go for the day.  Weird. I’ve been thinking about…

  • Why do I do stupid things?

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    A lot of times I feel like the kid in this picture.  I do things people tell me not to, ignoring wise counsel, just to see what will happen. Bottom line, sometimes you have to be stupid to learn the lesson.

  • Mission First, Community Later?

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    I found this quote on our Missional Community blog from the Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch: “In a remark ascribed to Gordon Cosby, the pioneering leader of that remarkable community Church of the Savior in Washington, D.C., he noted that in over sixty years of significant ministry, he had observed that no groups that came…

  • TASCC Missional Communities Blog

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    Stew and the Community team have been working on putting together a Missional Community Blog for The Austin Stone. Here’s an excerpt: How to stay focused on the vision and mission As leaders we must clearly communicate the vision and mission and what it means. Review the vision and mission often. Intimate knowledge of the…

  • Fivefold Leadership | Dream Awakener

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    I’ve found this post and the whole series from JR Woodward particularly insightful in applying the APEPT/APEST model of leadership to a western, contemporary church context.  JR has a unique way of articulating these ideas into a framework that makes sense for me. I first encountered this idea of missional leadership through the writing of…

  • Practice is the Embodiment of Value

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    I listened to Alan Hirsch at our leadership conference (via Shapevine), and he busted out the title of this blog.  He was talking about the idea that intellect moves us to action being a complete reversal of reality.  Another quote from the day that really rung home for me is below: Act your way into…

  • The Austin Stone on Campus Audio

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    I had the awesome opportunity to preach to the college students of The Austin Stone a week and a half ago at The Austin Stone on Campus.  God presence was palpable through the evening, and it was truly a blessing to be a part of. If you’d like to listen to/download my message from The…

  • Lessons in Evangelism | Gentrified

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    Logan is doing a quick set of posts on Evangelism at Gentrified. Below is an excerpt: I am far from gifted in evangelism, if there was such a thing as ungifted that would be me, but I’ve learned that Paul’s exhortation to Timothy to “do the work of evangelist” likely means Timothy wasn’t either, but…

  • Evangelism | TheResurgence

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    A funny, yet very practical tidbit on evangelism from The Resurgence.  This captures the main idea of of externally focused, gospel driven community: Click here to read

  • Digital REAP

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    Our church uses a simple method of Bible study called REAP, coupled with a reading plan.  I’ve recently discovered how useful it can be to RSS this reading plan, as well as bookmark it, then use Google Notebook to take notes as I read. I still use the old fashioned bound Bible and a journal,…

  • Summary of Matt’s Innovation Talk

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    The Christian Post has a summary of Matt’s talk here.  It is a good capture of some of the things our church and leadership has learned over the past few years.