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A Gospel-Centered Reader | Timmy Brister
I stumbled across this resource a couple of weeks ago, but neglected to post it…the link below is an excellent compilation of Gospel-centered resources from Timmy Brister. Give it a look! A Gospel-Centered Reader Timmy also…
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Called | JD Greear
I loved JD Greear‘s thoughts on calling as they are seeking to plant 1000 churches in 40 years. Below is the excerpt: First, calling is not: * Necessarily a Burning Bush/Damascus Road/Warm Fuzzy experience. We all…
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Avoiding the Bureaucratic Death Spiral | What’s Best Next
Matt Perman pulled a great quote from a book that I love, Good to Great by Jim Collins, over at What’s Best Next. The basic gist (for those who won’t read below), is that bureaucracy kills…
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College Ministry Links
There were two great posts about college ministry today that I wanted to point out to you: 6 Essentials of College Ministry from The Resurgence – this is some great practical wisdom for particular issues we…
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Freshman Ministry at The Austin Stone | Gentrified
Ever wondered what The Austin Stone is doing with Freshmen this fall? Check out what my friend Logan Gentry and the College Team have cooked up for Freshmen below: — We’ll be dealing with 6 issues…
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The Spiritual Openness Continuum | the SENTinel
My new friend Steve Lutz has done some good work on articulating the relative breakdowns of students at Penn State on their “spiritual openness continuum”. I’d suspect it looks fairly similar on most state university campuses…
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Obedience Is Key | Learning to Trade
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…
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Discipleship and Ministry | Part 2
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,…
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Summary of College Ministry | Gentrified
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…
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Launching a Church Adoption Fund Webinar | ABBA Fund Blog
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…
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Labor Day Links
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…
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People Work and Task Work
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…