disciple in the making
From the yearly archives:
I was flipping through some of my old documents and ran across this collection of poems. I wrote them for my mom last year as a Christmas present.
Contrary to popular belief, I do occasional give Christmas presents.
Each poem has a different rhyming scheme. I don’t remember which is which, but Wikipedia was my [...]
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I’ve been banging my head against the same wall for awhile now. It happens to be the wall that is Celebration Church Online.
It is my ministry.
One that I can’t help but believe God has uniquely equipped me to handle. The opportunity to disciple the nations. An opportunity that I am passionate about; one that excites [...]
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Here’s the final part to Christine Caine’s talk to the staff at Celebration Church. Read Part 1 and 2 here and here.
Passion is Not a Job or Obligation
You’ll go further on fumes of passion than one million dollars.
With passion, you’ll get more buy in from people and volunteers.
At this level, no one is going to [...]
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I did some minor housekeeping with the email and RSS links used to subscribe to this blog.
If you’re not subscribed, why not click here to subscribe via email? You’ll get emails whenever I make a new post. No need to manually check the site. Just kick back, relax and let me do all the work. [...]
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This is Part 2 from Christine Caine’s talk to the staff at Celebration Church. You can read Part 1 here.
Submission Isn’t Negative
Sub simply means under the mission of the church. Similar to how a submarine goes under water.
There is always a bigger picture.
Realizing the bigger picture is a critical point to the idea of submission. [...]
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This past weekend at Celebration Church we had the privilege of having Christine Caine (Twitter, Facebook) guest speak. Not only did she speak at our weekend services, but she took some time out to speak to the staff.
What she had to share to the staff was an extremely timely word to anyone involved in ministry. [...]
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Last night I listened to the latest episode of Andy Stanley’s Leadership Podcast (iTunes, RSS) titled Stating Vision Simply. It fit well with another article I read from Joel on Software called Figuring out what your company is all about.
I’ve decided I like Andy Stanley. And I always knew I liked what Joel [...]
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Who has been approached by a homeless guy asking for money?
And in the course of the few seconds you’re asking or thinking to yourself:
Does he really need the money for bus fare?
Am I safe? Is he going to club me over the head?
Is he going to use this money to buy drugs or alcohol?
Do I [...]
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I don’t know why, but I’m afraid.
I’m afraid of responsibility.
I’m afraid of leading people.
I’m afraid of being outwardly passionate.
I’m afraid of accepting the authority given to me.
I’m afraid of stepping up my game.
I’m afraid of my life being out of balance.
I’m afraid.
I’m paralyzed.
2 Corinthians 11:30 (NIV)
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the [...]
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