Tom Planck ask an important question, one that I still need to overcome. 

Drew Goodmanson has a great post on Eldering in a decentralized movement! 

Charles Lee announces Freedom Day 2009.

Church Relevance lists the top 60 Christian blogs. 

Tony Morgan has some thoughts on why consensus sucks. 

Dan Kimball is wondering if social media is getting in the way of mission.

Tim Keller has his own wiki. I think DJ is the creator. 

Check out the missional family tree. 

My friend John who blogs at Creativityist has a great post comparing GTD software options Things vs. Omnifocus. Many people are trying to choose which is better now that Things is out-of-beta and you must purchase a license.

NYT posted an article on Mark Driscoll: Who Would Jesus Smack Down. HT: Laura

Atheist proclaims, “Africa truly needs God.” Very interesting, I read this last week and Dodson linked it today.

Steven Bush asked a really good question, “What is your church doing in your community?” Go and respond!

Nick has stopped blogging until the conflict with Israel/Palestine is resolved.

Interview with NT Wright: Responding to Piper on Justification.

Matt Chandler shares his weekly schedule. Geez…dude makes a huge weekend sacrifice .

JR Woodward has two good post on re-imagining leadership here and here.

Ben Arment says we need to do away with mission statements and adopt mantras. 

Scott Hodge gives us a sacred reminder. 

Alan Hirsch continues to discuss The Bible and communitas. 

Ed Stetzer talks about the pro’s and con’s of social networking. 

Jonathan Dodson challenges us to re-up are missional activity in 2009  by going global.

Tony Morgan does not like Christians.

Steven Murray who is a church planter from Cape Town posted on the missional/attractional discussion between Dan Kimball, David Fitch and Tim Keller. Truthfully I love it when folks can discuss this stuff with a sense of humility. Very good.

For you iPhone junkies here are some useful tips that you may not know about. HT:Todd Hiestand

Drew Goodmanson posted a PDF document from Tim Cain on “how to create a philosophy of ministry.” Good resource.

I really enjoyed Aaron Ivey’s thoughts about adoption and kids in crisis.

Craig Groeschel posted multiple practical posts on success in ministry, go here, here, here and here.

Eugene Cho want to know why this tragic yet redemptive story has not gotten more press. All I can say is Dong Yun Yoon seems to be an amazing person who walks deeply with Christ. Can’t imagine trying to process what he is going through. Pray for him!

Check out I Am Second. Very cool!

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Fellow blogger and church planter Jay Hardwick has two good posts on fund raising here and here.

Mars Hill Church has a simple Advent Daily Bible Reading Plan.

I really enjoyed Dan Kimball’s recent article on Missional Misgivings.

Great post on Missional Church Planting by the folks at Glocal.Net. Some thoughts below:

The West’s model of church planting:
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Acts model of church planting (as found in Acts 11, 13, and 17):
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