preaching “godliness” is not good enough

I’m not picking a fight with anyone here. I’m just saying. Church culture must stop doing what Jesus told the Pharisees to stop doing – preaching “godliness” as good enough. 
Do this. Don’t do that. Do this at least three times a day. Don’t do that ever, especially if it is rated R. Do this every [...]

what is the most important element of discipling?

On Sunday mornings right now, until Feb 8th, we are unpacking what it means to “be discipling.” We introduced the series on January 4th by defining “discipling” simply as this:
_learning the ways of Jesus and living those ways allowing others to taste and see Jesus and begin to follow Him, learning His ways and living [...]

discipleship: thinking process not program

What is “discipleship” anyway? A local church family in our community branded their whole children’s ministry area as a ship called the “Disciple Ship.” Pretty cool looking and well-thought-out and hokey-corny all at the same time. 
There are a lot of church families who still set aside a night a week for what used to be [...]

living sent to my family

Jesus said, “As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you” (John 20:21). How conscious are we of living sent to our own family?
It’s easier to dwell on living sent to Africa or South America. It’s easier to think about living sent to a friend at work or a neighbor, although these are [...]

living sent daily

The Sender made us to live sent daily in our various spheres of living. Listen to these four stories of living sent…

hindrance to living sent

There is a hindrance to living sent. It happens when we stop listening to the Author and Sender of our lives. Check out this video and let me know what you think…

building or no building…is that the question?

It appears that my family is going to be out of our house for a bit with some needed repairs due to water damage. In fact, every wall that touches the outside will need to be gutted and replaced. Awesome stuff. We practically live in a piece of poop house. Funny thing is we really [...]

live sent_the intro video

We are taking five weeks on Sunday mornings as a church family to reemphasize “living sent” and to unpack it even more than we have before. Three goals in doing this:
_to continue to stress this as what Jesus intended for His church
_to further equip followers of Jesus to live sent daily (loving people like Jesus [...]

live sent_an intro

For some time now, church has been known as and defined by Sunday morning. The principle exists that you reap what you sow, and in church culture what has been sown is “come and see and I’ll feed you.” What has been reaped is followers of pastors who have made Sunday mornings a sacred cow, [...]