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We have someone who would like to head up a team-effort to translate the Simple/House Church Revolution book into Spanish.  If that's your native language and you would be willing to lend a hand, please comment below or reply to this if you receive it by email. As a sidenote, this book is currently available…

When we talk about various ways to express ‘church’ we must always keep in mind that external change alone is meaningless if it does not put Jesus back at the center of our life.  But, sometimes, changing externals does give us the opportunity to renew Jesus as the center and focal point and to help…

A well-meaning pastor-friend recently encouraged me to come to the local pastor’s association meeting which I used to attend regularly (many years ago).  He said, “We need a house church guy.”  (Whatever that is).  And then he commented, “You are still one of us.” Hmmm… “one of us.” One of who?  Oh, yeah, the special…

This can be a challenging question.  Many people do not want to take responsibility for owning the destiny God has made them for.  I see people often avoid the hard questions and find it so much easier to live in the routine, sleepiness of religion. These ‘hard’ questions are actually the ones that lead to…

Last year a dear man wrote me from Romania asking if he could translate The Simple/House Church Revolution book into his language.  I told him to go for it.  Surprisingly, several months later he completed it!  Since then, Ben Taylor, with Newforms Resources in the UK, connected with him and provided training in how to…

(I felt like it was time to pull out an excerpt from my earlier book, The Simple/House Church Revolution.  This is Chapter 3 entitled, "Unleashing the Going Church.") The church is meant to be the expression of Christ’s life and power on earth. This can only take place as: We move out of “comfy Christianity”…

I propose that the greatest loss in the average Christian’s life is the absence of the adventure that following Jesus naturally entails. Where has the adventure gone? Have we become so enamored, as a society, with comfort, safety, and predictability that we have lost the ability to live life fully the way God intended? I…

Note: This is a continuation of chapter two of my Irrelgious Follower book which I am writing here as posts in order to incorporate your comments and thoughts.  The first parts of this chapter are found here and here. Are Rules & Comfort Zones Robbing Us of the Adventure? I confess it openly.  I often…

Note: This is a continution of chapter two of my Irreligious Followers book.  The first part of this chapter is found here. Free From Guilt and Shame–a Starting Point My favorite story from when I preached endless sermons to endless groups of listeners (poor things) was this one: A little boy visiting his grandparents on…

I am continuing the writing of "Irreligious Followers" online so that I can get feedback and comments which I will use, when possible, in the final book.  Chapter one can be found here.  (Note: I am, in fact, traveling in Africa but scheduled these posts in advance). This is the introduction to Chapter 2: Freer…