Month: January 2012
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Working Title and Thesis for the ‘Irreligious’ Book
Based on your input (recorded here and here) and my own convictions, I have come up with my first attempt at a working title and thesis for my next book. The word ‘working’ means that it’s still being worked on and is, therefore, NOT in final form. This is why I bring it to you!…
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Organizing Your Thoughts on What Hinders the Western Church
Two weeks ago I asked for your help in identifying the key hindrances in the Western church. I did this to inform me with your insights as I work on my next book. Your responses were many and amazing! I have organized those responses into the three primary categories they seem to fall into. Below…
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Writing My Next Book With Your Help!
It was so invigorating to receive the comments from my last post in which I asked for input on what y’all see as the major hindrance in the church in the West. Because of the value of this input, I am considering writing this next book transparently, the whole process beginning to end, right here…
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Online Course: Sign-Up Now
The next online Simple/House Church Course begins on February 1 and you can sign up now. Only 9 spots remain! Why consider this course? It’s fun (I think). It’s interactive with lots of opportunity to share and hear from others who are on a similar journey. It provides a lot of great material that challenges…
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What’s YOUR Opinion? The Number One Hindrance in the Church Today?
As I begin to think through a new book idea, I want to listen to YOUR insights! Would you take a moment and help me complete the following list which I will then turn into a poll: “What’s the number one hindrance in the church of the West today?” Here are possibilities I already have…
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House Church Movements: Decentralized and Constantly Emerging
Church—as a true expression of the life of Jesus—must always be a decentralized and constantly emerging house church movement. This is the way living things manifest! They are simple, they spread, they grow, and they reproduce themselves. Religion is a breeding ground for death as it seeks to monitor, control, and keep everything within the…
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Cross-Cultural Missions from the Organic Perspective
Felicity Dale has written some excellent posts on cross-cultural missions as it relates to the simple/organic/house church movement. I think this conversation is so important, so I just wanted to highlight these writings: The Good and the Bad of Missions Missions: the Bad! Missions: the Ugly Quote: the dirty secret of missions When Western finance…
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I Sold My Soul for Church Attendance
I know that all too many of us can relate to this pastor who recently resigned when his dream church did not materialize as expected: For 10 whole years before I started Courageous Church I dreamed of it being one thing, started it as another, then spent the next 3 years trying to get it…