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Category Archives: Missional

True eternal sunshine

In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the female lead character, Clementine (played expertly by Kate Winslet), makes the following key statement during the course of the narrative:
“I’m just a ****ed up girl who’s looking for my own peace of mind.”
I think that is the heart’s cry of the postmodern world. We’re fast […]

Interesting ideas from IMC

I heard about the Internet Ministry Conference by way of Church Relevance, and these two posts of recap notes featured some extremely beneficial information that I found to be both challenging and inspiring.
IMC :: Communicating Without Words Rough Notes
IMC :: Design is Credibility Rough Notes

Best. Blog. Post. Ever.

Wow, I just read this impassioned post (more like a combination of hard-hitting essay and a cry of desperation) by Adrian Warnock over in the U.K., and it struck to the heart of everything that’s been rumbling through my head the past few months. I too want it all. I hate all the individual extremes […]

Worship in the woods

A number of years ago, my family was involved for a while in a church plant. Due to some differences in vision and priority, my parents told the founding pastor that they were planning on leaving the church and moving on. The pastor, who generally was an OK guy, then made this strange comment: “so […]

The Church is already out there

I believe God is wanting to tell us in the Church that His Church is already out there. He’s already preparing hearts and minds. He’s already calling individuals and communities to come to Him. Dreams, visions, revelations — the atmosphere is pregnant with heavenly possibilities. We simply need to see where God is moving and […]

First expedition of prophetic arts group

Yesterday after our morning church service, several of us at Grace Fellowship got together and went ~30 miles out to the coast (Shell Beach in Northern California, in case you were wondering) for a casual time of fellowship. For a couple of hours, we sang, we prayed, we talked, we loved on each other and […]