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It’s New Year’s Day and I am getting personal.  2004 has been a year of losses.  One year ago on New Year’s Eve my wife lost her spiritual mother to a rare lung disease.  Fast forward to last night: I get the news that a friend of mine was swept away in a flooding river…

For information on the tsunami and how to pray and help, you can take a look at Tall Skinny Kiwi’s post here. Also, Kevin, at HippieChristian, recommends the following two Christian organizations: Gospel for Asia1800 Golden Trail Court Carrollton TX 75010(800) 946-2742 | (972) 300-7777 AND International Aid17011 W. HickorySpring Lake, MI 49456-9712(616) 846-7490 |…

A note I sent out to our churches: What’s the Holy Spirit Speaking to You About Your Life in 2005? The beginning of a new year is often the time when we make New Year’s Resolutions. Usually, these are human desires or resolutions that we want to pursue; more often than not, they are forgotten…

Chris Marshall has such a good post here that I simply suggest you read it in its entiretly.

This is by Phil at Signposts: Jesus says the kingdom is like a mustard seedAnd we say the gospel is like a buildingJesus says the kingdom is like yeastAnd we say it is dressing in a suit and singing some songsJesus says the kingdom is like saltAnd we say it is how we collect the…

Jayne Ozanne, invited to participate in a high council for the Church of England, presented this vision of what she saw for the future: A new Church will begin to arise – a new Church in England. It will take the form of many single cell groups across the land, united in a common bond…

Chris, from Kingdom and Principalities, asked if I could provide him with a little more information about the upcoming, May 6-7, West Coast Regional House Church Conference.  We are still working on specific content, but I wrote the following to him and thought I would share it with y’all: The best way to give more…

We don’t yet have a website set up yet… but… We have firmed up plans for a House Church Conference on May 6-7 in Santa Maria, California with Tony and Felicity Dale and Neil Cole. I will keep y’all posted, but if you would like to receive details by email send me a note.

We had an excellent meeting last night with four couples who have a "church planting" desire.  It gave us a chance to really explore the shift in our way of thinking about church. For starters: you don’t plant churches.  Churches are movements; people-movements.  We use this terminology "plant churches" to refer to starting organizational entities. …

I have corrected this post.  The following was apparently written by Dave Barry for the Miami Herald (I had given credit to someone else).  In any case, I thought it was appropriate (and helpful) for the time of year: GIFT WRAPPING TIPS FOR MEN  This is the time of year when we think back to…