Exploring Common Practices
How will the Church in the 21st century “equip the saints for works of service” (Eph. 4:12) for the vast challenges we face in the world today?
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Following Through Fear
I was obedient in the strictest sense of the word, but that obedience looked less like obligation and more like trust.
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Wisdom Takes Flight
Rather than allowing envy to suck the joy from my life, I can embrace the path that my good, loving Creator fashioned uniquely for me.
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The Praxis Course – Redemptive Entrepreneurship Aug 2018
Good News! We are ramping up another offering of The Praxis Course! Here is your chance to harness your entrepreneurial gifts in ways that advance God's redemptive purposes in the world. Are you an entrepreneur or professional, the sort of person that loves taking on...
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Stealing From Myself
Rather than allowing envy to suck the joy from my life, I can embrace the path that my good, loving Creator fashioned uniquely for me.
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A New Heart
Much has been said and written (including by me!) about the ways churches need to change in order to be the church we are called to be in the world as it is today. Over the past several decades, we’ve used all kinds of adjectives to describe what the church should be...
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Why Does Flourish San Diego Exist?
Why does Flourish San Diego exist? What do we hope to accomplish? In this post, I simply want to lay out as clearly as I can why we do what we do. It’s All Because of Jesus Before I say anything else about Flourish San Diego, I have to begin by saying that...
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A Dash of Hope with Dinner
Mixing random ingredients from the cupboard was a favorite activity for my son Matt at age six. He’d whip up concoctions of sugar, spices, and liquids and stick them in the oven, eagerly awaiting the outcome of his experiment. As a very efficient and tidy mom swooping...
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How Do Churches Change?
How does change happen? How do organizations and institutions change? How do churches change? The world has changed dramatically—and churches have noticed! There’s no getting around it. The way we’ve done ministry in the past—strategic planning leading to lots of...
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