February 2010
14 posts
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Watchcrazy video about the mortuary half a block from our house. bad, just bad.
January 2010
20 posts
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A SIGN of the Times (in Denver at Least)
photo by Sister72
so, i get daily emails from a group coupon list called groupon that gives daily deals on this and that. usually it’s things like “Get $20 worth of pizza at Cap’n Luigi Italian’s Pizztravaganza for $10” (not a real groupon) or get a oil change for $10 and a hug at Greasy Guy’s Oil Change (also not a real groupon. So the catch is that you...
New Simple Church Launched with a Front Lawn... →
jaeson ma tells the story of how starting a new organic church. click the title to check it out.
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HOLLYWOOD HOUSE CHURCHER: Zac Levi of NBC's Hit... →
click on the title to read the relevant mag article.
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Watchan example from our organic church community here in denver of how mission flows from listening to God.
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the relevant magazine piece →
so, one of my friends, kate cremisino, writes for relevant mag and interviewed me and wrote up a piece on my life in denver as an inner city missionary/organic church planter and coach. ain’t she nice? click on the title to be magically taken to the article over the interwebs.
11 Practical Ideas to Combat Slavery →
there are an estimated 27,000,000 slaves in the world today. check out charles lee’s ideas to fight slavery.
“There’s enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed.”
– Ghandi (via humanitybeautiful)
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Watchthis one goes out to all the shutterbugs who don’t think they are “real photographers.”
grab your camera phone and capture life.
i love seeing tools brought down for everyone to use.
the do-it-yourself revolution is here, not coming but here.
“quite literally, the best camera is the one that’s with you.”
the diy revolution needs you to document those...
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Newsweek Article on Home-based worship →
The article is entitled “House of Worship: finding spirituality at home” by Lisa Miller.
a few highlights:
supposedly 7 percent of U.S. population worship in homes (Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life)
questions but no answers as to what constitutes a church
it’s thought house churchers “mistrust authority and institutional hierarchy.”
such worship is growing...
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WatchI was interviewed for a documentary on organic church ( or simple or house church) a while back by a team of simple church leaders in las vegas who are a part of the four square denomination.
what are your thoughts about the content of the video?
comments, critiques, push backs or whatever you’d like to share would be appreciated.
Neil Cole: Is There an Organic Church Movement? →
an interesting blog post asking whether there is in fact an organic church movement in north america and some great discussion in the comments as well.
check it out by clicking on the header or here.
Our Love of the God Who Loves Justice. →
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University - “God does not simply admire justice, as one might admire a fine painting. God’s love for justice is the love of one who does justice; God is just.”
Read the whole article at the International Justice Mission’s Website by clicking the header above or HERE.
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not so alternative anymore: are alternative... →
andrew jones, the emerging, missional blogger extraordinaire a.k.a. tall skinny kiwi, sure seems to think so. check it out HERE (or simply click on the title to whisked away across the internets to his blog).
he gives 10 expressions of the church that he thinks are gaining such momentum that they are not on the fringes (or at least not for long) anymore. in fact he calls his post “10 types...
so what's the big deal about blogs? →
a great little vid answering the what and why of blogging.
click above and away.
6 Reasons Pastors Should Blog :: Desiring God...or... →
so it is my intention to share my prayers & thoughts, life lesssons i’m learning & the ones i don’t learn as quickly here at desistarr.com.
i’ll also share silly things from the interwebs and really just whatever suits my fancy.
abraham piper, john’s son, posted this article on why pastors should blog and i thought he gave some great reasons as to why anybody who...