Month: October 2007
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House Church Blog Gets a Makeover!
Assurances about Feedblitz, Links, and RSS Feeds. Let me say upfront that, despite the new look, there should be NO changes in functionality for your feedblitz subscription, for your links, or for your rss feeds. Everything should work just as it did before. Enhanced Newsletter Capability. With the new look comes a better process for…
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Life Must Precede Form
One of the most difficult things to communicate regarding simple/house church is that we really, really do now want to just re-invent a new (or ancient) form of church. Instead, we are seeking to re-capture the essential “church life” that Jesus taught—a way of life. We are, at the core, radical Jesus-followers lived out in…
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Shane Claiborne’s Book, “The Irresistible Revolution”
Speaking of way of life… Shane Claiborne’s book describes a passion for living with and for the poor. His commitment to following Jesus involves meeting “God in the sewers of the ghetto.” His community, “Simple Way,” had its genesis when Shane and others moved in with a group of homeless people who were being evicted…
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Practical Tools: Gatherings and Reaching Out
Here are a couple of practical tools. Gatherings. We sometimes like to dramatize certain passages of Scripture together. Yep, actually act them out. If this sounds Sunday-schoolish, well, perhaps. In fact, it is a great way to involve children. Everyone acts awkward about it at first, but jump in and people have a great time. …