Archive for July, 2007
Vacation Photos
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Beach Beauty
Linley knows how to dig a really big hole.
Great day to fly a kite at the beach!
The view from the condo…crystal clear water and white sandy beaches.
Beach Bound
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007I am departing shortly for a much anticipated vacation. As with most folks I know, I am in need of some serious down time. The past several weeks have been crazy, but really good. I am looking forward to getting away and not having much to do other than play. I hope to post some [...]
Missional Make-over
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007We have been talking about what a missional church looks like for 4 weeks now. Last Sunday, Andy Lawrence continued our series by teaching about being missional as individuals and families. He did a terrific job at helping us discover God’s missional plan for each of our lives by using Exodus 3 as the text. Listen to his [...]
More Churches Are Needed
Thursday, July 12th, 2007I recently heard about a local person who made the statement, “we don’t need anymore churches”. I can’t imagine a more thoughtless, uncaring, foolish thing to say. So many, so called Christians are so very encompassed in bliss.
Ignorance may be bliss, but that’s no excuse. But maybe they meant to say “we don’t need anymore [...]
Missional Church Planting In America
Monday, July 9th, 2007According to a report by Outreach Magazine and Leadership Network, Mars Hill and other ‘reformed’ churches lead the way in church planting in America. To me this is solid evidence that sound theology, strong doctrine and a centrist view of God trumps pragmatism as the key ingredients for successful church planting.
Quoting David Fairchild, pastor of Kaleo [...]