Month: January 2010

  • The Unstoppable Excitement of New Simple Church-ers

    One of the things I enjoy about offering an online course on Simple/Organic church is that is keeps me in touch with people who are discovering many of the principles and joys for the first time. Here is a quote from a recent participant who is finding renewal and excitement in simple church: What we…

  • California Greenhouse (Neil Cole) & Tenessee Retreat

    Neil Cole's workshop, called "Greenhouse" will be taking place in our own local area: San Luis Obispo, California, on March 5-7.  Neil (author of Organic Church) does a great job of orienting people toward the principles of organic church life and church reproduction.  You can find more information here along with more details here: Download…

  • Stage 2: Exploring New Testament Gatherings

    I continue to reflect on the “stages in the journey of simple church life” that I outlined in a previous post by looking at each stage one at a time. Since our old paradigm of church life has often revolved around the Sunday morning gathering, we often find ourselves on a quest to discover what…