Kingdom. Mission. Discipleship. Community. Family. These are very important. To succeed in these areas at all is not just about the personality. It’s not just about the individual. It’s not just about that person at the front. It’s about the interdependent connections. It’s about the husband and the wife together. It’s about the parents and […]
Read More It Will Take A TeamIf it was up to me, I would choose to spend most of the day indoors. In fact the work I do and the gift I exercise legitimately gets me to spend most of my time indoors. So that’s sweet for me. Better still, though, I love spending time indoors on my own. Reading, watching […]
Read More Open The Door And Take A WalkHow long would it take Jesus to outline a parable? From that parable he’d probably follow up with another parable. Either way there was enough potency in a parable to keep His followers intrigued. To the point that sometimes they would come back to Him and ask for an explanation of the parable. It’s one […]
Read More Crowds and Disciples: A Conversation PieceIt’s funny. I used to think I was a loner. Then I discovered I was a loner who needed to not be alone. Then I found myself in a situation where I was not alone but I felt a loner once more. Recently a few of my friends and I studied about relationship dynamics in […]
Read More Reflections of a LonerRoughly 15 years ago I was big into reading about church growth techniques. Sure, somebody could have told me to just read scriptures and then see how God does it in His own time and His own way and developing a science about it is like looking to bottle brilliance and sell it as a […]
Read More For Rapid Growth Just Add Oppression and PersecutionIf my wealth was measured by the quality of people I know well, I would be ten times richer than Bill Gates. One such quality person gave me the honour of visiting a group of us in July to deliver one of my favourite learning sessions of the year. Some people are reluctant to do […]
Read More YIR15 – 07 – The VerdictThere is comfort in certainty. Sometimes, however, what appears certain might be founded on something very uncertain indeed. Some have a comfort in the certainty of who is spiritual in the church community. They have a comfort in what is supposed to take place in the church setting and who should be doing what. That […]
Read More More To Being His Than …I am fussy on quite a number of things. More fussy than I admit at times. That has sometimes limited my experience. I appreciate all the more how difference and a variety of it can be beneficial. Take church for example. I grew up with a limited and limiting perspective on the Body of Christ. […]
Read More Thank God for … VarietyI have known her for almost 15 years but she is not my blood sister. The change in her over those years have been remarkable. She has matured so much. She has not lost her sense of fun, her humour is sharper than ever. She’s a stalwart among the saints even though she’s still relatively […]
Read More Thank God for … FellowshipIt doesn’t answer everything at all. It certainly helps. I am not sure if this is taking place, though. The process is usually as follows – something happens and those who need to know that it’s happened find out that it’s happened. Once this registers properly there is a response in meeting with the nature […]
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