Month: March 2012
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House Church Movements: the New Normal
(Note: this is a continuation of chapter 1 of the Irreligious Followers book I am working on. The first part of this chapter is here, then here, then here and then here.) The church has found new ways to express itself, down through the generations, through out-of-the box followers who listened to Jesus and did…
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Cloneliness is Not Next to Godliness (book continues)
(Note: this is a continuation of chapter 1 of the Irreligious Followers book I am working on. The first part of this chapter is here, then here, and then here.) Above all, followers of Jesus, by definition, are not clones of those around them. Our cultures invite us to fall into lockstep and become clones…
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Children & Family Are At the Heart of It
This post digresses from my book-writing to highlight an article that reminds us how important it is that we keep our own children and family at the heart of our church expressions and spiritual life. The simple, Biblical model is that our church gatherings, as well as our whole walk with God, embrace the family…
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The Predictable Way or… (Ch. 1 Continues)
(Note: this is a continuation of chapter 1 of the Irreligious Followers book I am working on. The first part of this chapter is here and then here.) The Predictable Way or the Jesus Way We often love Jesus but, really, we love even more our comfortable religious boxes, our titles, our roles, and our…