Archive for August, 2008

Growing Christians Who Are Growing Churches.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

I am really trying to understand church dynamics at a deeper level. I have been praying, searching scripture, examining my self and letting others have at it too. And I keep coming up with two questions that are nagging at me... Who am I in an intentional discipling relationship with? ...

Transforming the world.

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

The mission statement of the UMC is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.  I am always challenged by the idea because it implicitly requires the "Methodist" and local church to disciple individuals who don't have a relationship with Christ. An example of the way I ...

Praying for Friends.

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Well, this morning I woke up to the grim realization that I only had about a pound of green coffee left in the house. The tragedy of it, no green beans means store bought roasted coffee and I just can't. So, I got my handy laptop and was about to ...

The Shack

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

I have been reading The Shack by William Young and it has been awesome. I was hesitant at first for a number of reason, but I started it and it has been great. I am really enjoying it. I am doing a book study on The Reason for ...