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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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Tough Words | Repost Set 3
Below are some posts that were challenges me and people around me: Our messed up idea of calling – The Confusing Language of Calling Get up and do something – Passivity in the Church Pastoring in…
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Discipleship | Repost Set 2
As I’m on vacation, I’m reposting some links to things I have written in the past on this blog. Below are links to the series I wrote on Discipleship: Part 1 – Foundations of Discipleship Part…
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Assimilation and Mission | Repost Set 1
Vacation Repost Set 1: Assimilation and Mission I’ve written several posts that refer to assimilation and mission, and the complexity of doing both well. Take a look at them below: Alan Hirsch meets Seth Godin –…
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Rubik’s Cube and Vacation
Last summer I learned to solve the Rubik’s Cube. This summer, I am aiming to learn how to solve it in under a minute and a half, as well as solving it in as few moves…
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Innovation
This series of blog posts is in response to Steve Lutz’s series on “The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry Today”. and his specific thoughts on Missiology, Theological Foundations, Ecclesiology, Innovation, and Sustainability. My thoughts are here:…
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Theological Foundations
Steve’s take is here, and below is his thesis for this issue in campus ministry: Theological foundations are needed for the faithfulness and long-term fruitfulness of our ministries. We are running semester-long sprints when we need…
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Missiology 3
Lutz’s third assertion about missiology is: We must also talk about what missional campus ministry looks like. His basic idea is quoted below: We must be concerned that most everyone is content to keep doing attractional…
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Missiology 2
For the first thought on missiology in a college context, click here. Steve Lutz inspired these posts, so make sure you read what he is saying here. — We need a missiology of our context: Higher…
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The 5 Big Issues in Campus Ministry | Missiology 1
Steve Lutz is doing a great job of working through significant questions for campus ministries, and I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to think through these as well. Click here for the…
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Leadership | Being Led
Hebrews 13 has some excellent things to say about how we ought to respond to our leaders: 7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way…
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5 Big Issues in College Ministry | The Sentinel
Steve Lutz at The Sentinel has a great post on 5 major issues in campus ministry. Below is a summary, and I’ll definitely be writing some responses to this soon. 1. MISSIOLOGY: We need more work…
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Francis Collins to Lead National Institute of Health
I’m definitely not a journalist, but this is one particular piece of news that I am particularly excited about, so I’ll pass it on. For those of you who do not follow the intersection of science…