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The Q & A From Sunday Last

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

A few of you have asked for the questions…
Here’s the link for the audio. It’s a bit long to go through all of the questions here but I want to hit a couple of highlights.
It’s always fun to read Song of Songs…always…especially in church. That’s all I’ll say about that.
Amy is [...]

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Tags: church & emergent musings · spiritual formation

Exodus 36:5

September 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I’m very nervous when people say to me – “The Lord gave me this verse for you..” I half expect them to quote Matthew 27:5. I just cringe because…it’s creepy. I admit it. It creeps me out.
So when I tell you that the Lord has given me a verse for [...]

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Tags: journal of a new lead pastor · leadership

Why The Debt and Why Now?

September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Western Hill continues to pray this month to see what God will bring in for the Harvest next month. But you may ask why would a church with a new pastor in the worst economy in decades tackle their debt at this point in time?
1. Churches that have debt can’t be [...]

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Tags: random abstract

Super Summer 2009 Video Clip

July 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

We’ll show this in the morning at church but it gives some pictures to what I was talking about yesterday.

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Tags: youth ministry

22 Days of Prayer: Leadership

April 6th, 2009 · No Comments

For the background, you can read here.
2 minutes @ 2pm for 22 days
This week – leadership. When we talk about leadership, we really mean followership. We want to be able to say the same words as Paul – follow me as I follow Christ. So any leadership starts first with following Jesus. [...]

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Tags: leadership · spiritual formation