When I heard Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman's story yesterday about winning the Pulitzer Prize for their investigative reporting in Philadelphia, I couldn't stop listening. It was just a fascinating story. But here is the one statement that hit me like a ton of bricks. They were talking about the risks involved with walking the …
2 Personal Challenges from #Exponential 2010
Yesterday, I posted three thoughts from the Exponential 2010 Conference that are shaping how I think about my church context at Brooklife now. Today, I wanted to write about two things that have impacted me personally as a follower of Jesus from the conference. Am I absolutely surrendered to God?: After listening to Francis Chan's …
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3 Thoughts for My Church from #Exponential 2010
Yesterday, I talked with some of our church leaders about things we learned from attending the Exponential 2010 Conference. Here are three things that are shaping how I think about our church context at Brooklife now: We must be clear on vision, strategy, values, and aims: Through Will Mancini's pre-conference workshop, I was challenged to …
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A Prayer
To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever! - Revelation 5:13 Lord, remind me of who You are! Connect me with the awesome, heavenly scenes of worship! Restore in me a picture of Your glory! Humble me before Your awesome …
Are We Radically Welcoming?
This morning while studying in a coffee shop, I got into a conversation with a guy sitting next to me about church. He was a follower of Jesus, but had some hang-ups with church and previous experiences. Let me say that he was not a young guy but a middle-aged guy , so he's not …
