Thanks For Making Room For Me from Steve V on Vimeo
We are a couple of weeks into the ask we made of our body to finish giving to the new sanctuary. I am proud of the way our leadership has handled the process. Here are a few of the things that haven’t shown up.
No manipulation [...]
The conference was fine and I left with some things to think about but hanging out with these guys made it a really memorable trip. I laughed more in those 3 days than probabbly any other 3 days this year. I was great to reconnect with them all, put our feet up at night and [...]
So they called and audible and brought up a few pastors to talk about the financial crisis. I generally don’t say disparaging things publically but this session was a real disappointment. I stopped listening about 10-15 minutes into when Michael Moore starting talking about how Exodus 10 - Egypt and Goshen was like the world [...]
I was really proud of Todd Wagner yesterday. He was on a panel to talk about how to embed the Bible. He had some great things to say but the most powerful part was the way he quoted Scripture incessantly as he talked about leadership in the church – this really was the best way [...]
Catalyzing Spiritual Growth
Top 5 learning’s from Reveal. Greg Hawkins.
Reading and Reflecting on the Bible is the Most Powerful Catalyst for spiritual growth across all segments.
Developing Core Christian Beliefs is Crucial of those in the Early Stages. Salvation by Grace, Trinity, etc. Willow used to think you waited until later to teach. If they don’t understand [...]
Greg Hawkins
Why do we do what we do? Make Disciples – Mt. 28. Move those far from God to Disciple of Jesus.
Disciples are those who love God and others.
We have programs, classes, etc. to put people through to produce this change.
Reveal study showed that these activities didn’t predict if someone’s heart for God and others. [...]
Today we took about an hour and discussed Power Through Pray by E.M. Bounds with our staff. It really was a sobering conversation. Here are a few of the bullet points I wrote down during our free form discussion.
Prayer matters
Pray is not preparation for the ministry it is the ministry
Holy dudes of days long ago [...]
