Entries Tagged as ‘culture’

January 14, 2009

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 [...]

November 24, 2008

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 [...]

November 7, 2008

who did i vote for?

jen and i got to vote with our two oldest kids in tow back on Friday the 31st (early voting). They loved it. I got a little stressed – just cause i always got antsy growing up when i would take tests where you had to give your answer by filling in a bubble cause [...]

September 29, 2008

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…

September 29, 2008

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…

September 15, 2008

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 [...]