Month: April 2015

  • Traditional Church & Organic Church: Some Similar Emerging Directions

    I have noticed a similar morphing taking place within some organic/simple church participants as well as some traditional church participants. The movement seems to be toward disciple making and missional communities as the core shape of the church. Some might suggest, myself included, that the simple/organic church emphasis has helped pave the way for this. But…

  • Jesus–the One We Follow

    Jesus Jesus Jesus Make disciples who are followers of … Jesus. Not followers of doctrines, opinions, or church visions. Not reciters of creeds or religious points of view. But followers of the One. Followers who follow because they know Him. They have tasted, touched, and encountered Him and now they want to continue to develop that closeness,…

  • Tough Questions

    Thanks to Guy Muse’s blog, I was reminded of Reggie McNeal’s book “The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church.” Although this book is over ten years old, it still addresses key issues that the church, if we are willing to be honest about who/what we are meant to be, must continue to face…