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I recently heard an idea that was new to me and I was so taken back by it that I’m not sure if I agree or not. Basically, if we are created for relationships (I believe we are) then everyone responds to everything out of either fear or love. If that’s true, then every situation…
‘Home Grown Church’ 2006 I have always wondered why someone would want to be a part of a house church and this article says a lot. What’s the appeal? I think it is people getting real. Not in the MTV real world way, but in the I don’t know anyone in my church because no…
My last post mentions a marketing term called the Long Tail. Basically this is where after the burst of something new and there is a high amplitude/frequency of users, there is a general tapering off of said users into a “long tail” of low amplitude/frequency. The long tail can be a great thing if it…
Creating Passionate Users: Usability through fun I saw a great article from CPU today that really got me thinking about programming. They had a visual aid with two linked circles, one being usability and the other fun. Where they linked was the place we want to be for users. They draw the very obvious conclusion…
I am in the second day (first full day) of Southland‘s middle school camp at Camp Kulaqua. Camp is always a great place to go with no expectations. In fact, the more expectations you have, the less you will probably enjoy camp. I’m having a lot of fun this year lostly because of my expectations.…
Pseudo discipleship Another great blog about discipleship. This one is very challenging to the insitutional church of America. By the fruit of the people in the church, Seth calls out the practices of the modern church and asks how are we effectively discipling in our churches. The fruit he sees is a church that is…
My discipleship definitions (part 1) I just read several definitions from Seth Barnes that are really a great reminder of what discipleship is all about. I especially like the idea that discipleship is waking people to the identity in the kingdom. Check it out.  1 1
churchrelevance.com » Five Questions that Kill a Big Vision I just read this short article from Church Relevance about how people kill vision. I have always thought that vision is essential to continual growth especially in a group. We all look for vision and yet we all have ways of killing vision. The biggest of…
I have been writing often about the idea that process is king over outcome based programs. Not many people have seen what I mean by it and many just scratch their heads and give me the big W. So here is more fodder for everyone to react to. One of the reasons focusing on the…
OK, a while back I wrote about several youth zines and I was especially discouraged by the first run of the Journal of Student Ministries. Actually this is an old magazine that has just undergone a buyout by Zondervan, so it isn’t really a startup. My big issue with it was it’s look. It was…
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