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Essays and working ideas from more than fifteen years of writing about faith, leadership, discipleship, the church, family, and life in Austin.
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A few essays that introduce the questions and convictions behind this site.
- The Organizing Principle of the Church
- Leadership and Administration
- What Is a Missional Community? — Definition
- Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities
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Culture Making and Plant Growing | 9 Marks
Greg Gilbert does an excellent job of providing a parallel analogy in order to show the relative strength over at the 9 Marks Blog in his post discussing a review of Crouch’s Culture Making. I haven’t…
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College Ministers and Adoption
As many of you have read, my wife and I have really been praying through adoption and how God would have us advocate for orphans in our city. Connecting with another college minister (Michael Mears at…
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Alan Hirsch Takes a Blogging Vacation
I’m bummed.
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Missional Campus Ministry | Jesus Creed
Scot McKnight has entered the conversation about Missional College Ministry over at Jesus Creed. He’s gearing up for a series of post it appears, and I am looking forward to engaging what he is saying! Head…
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So Many Thoughts, So Little Time
Where does time go? I had great ambitions for developing my thoughts on leadership, continuing a series of posts on college ministry strategy, and writing thoughts on adoption, but I just can’t carve out the time…
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Book Review | Vintage Church
Although it wasn’t the first book I read on vacation, I’m going to start with Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. I have grown to thoroughly appreciate the ministry…
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Between Two Worlds: Calvin’s Death-Bed Charge to Older and Younger Men
The following quote is from Between Two Worlds: Calvin’s Death-Bed Charge to Older and Younger Men on Douglas Bond’s The Betrayal: A Novel on John Calvin (P&R, 2009). Here’s how John Calvin wisely charged older and…
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Vacation Reading | Overview
One of the things I look forward to on vacation is some good time for reading. Over the past two weeks I went through: Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches…
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The Need is the Call | North Africa
Some of our students from The Austin Stone have been instrumental in making the video below…maybe you are the person they’re looking for?
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Together for Adoption Conference
Both my wife and I are planning on attending the Together for Adoption Conference 2009 in October. If we have a group of four or more from The Austin Stone attend, then we are eligible to…
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Back in Action!
Since I know so many of you couldn’t wait for my blogging return, I’m happy to report that I’m back in action and well rested from vacation. I’ll resume regular posting shortly…
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Cool College Students | Repost Set 4
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…