Photo Credit: Bridge Maker As we thrive to live a “missional life,”one of the realities we fight in our culture is speed.We all have something to do, somewhere to go, emails that need replies, to-do lists that must get knocked out, kids that need to be driven somewhere, events that must be attended, oh ya, [...]

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I’ve been reading Tim Keller’s book Ministries of Mercy. Man that dude knows how to articulate scripture, theology and culture. A thought from Keller based on Mark 10:17: “It appears that Jesus sees care for the poor as part of the essence of being a Christian.” There is a certain hope for many people who follow Jesus. We see our [...]

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Risk is a thought that is hard to grasp. For some of us we take to many risks and lack wisdom, others of us take to few risk and lack adventure and faith. Liz and Blanca shared this yesterday when they spoke at their church. I thought you might find it valuable.  10 Risks Risk entering [...]

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I got an email from my pastor friend in Zimbabwe. The email was short, filled with lots of real pain. My friend was grateful that we are standing with him in prayer as he watches his country dissolve into a place of chaos and violence. Yet, he is filled with tremendous hope and vision. He runs two [...]

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I spent some time praying and reading scripture this morning. I’m reading Samuel and the story of Saul. It started so well, but we all know the ending is tragic. I love how the “Spirit”  descended on Saul and he was transformed. The OT characters had the audacity to live brave lives and risk it all…I think there is [...]

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A lot of people want to live an epic life. We hear amazing leaders tell amazing stories of success. We want to taste that success, we desire it, we crave it…But what separates the “doers” and the “dreamers” is simple: action. You can’t live an epic life if you’re not willing to take epic risks. So many [...]

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There is no doubt we are busy culture. Like most folks, my day started yesterday around 6:30AM and ended with falling asleep on the couch trying to do some reading for school at 11PM. I felt like the entire day was filled with constant activity. I’m no longer proud to be a busy person, matter-of-fact, [...]

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It’s easy to get up every morning and just “do” life. We all got things to do, rhythms to maintain and aspirations to accomplish. I fear we try to do way-to-much with our own might-not with the Spirits power. I also fear that we’ve lost the wonder to have high expectations of our day, we just run [...]

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Not sure if this is good or bad, but I don’t have any allegiances whatsoever outside of the Jesus story. I don’t have a certain tribe I run with or some sort of theological stream that I’ve attached myself to. I can listen to Rob Bell and Mark Driscoll and not have some-sort of panic attack. (although I do disagree with [...]

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I grew-up in a multiethnic neighborhood in Northern California. When I was sixteen I went to a church camp; at that camp I become a Christian. The day we arrived back from camp I walked home (I was living with my older brother) and saw some yellow “crime scene” tape on the front door. So I [...]

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