by Markus Watson | Mar 27, 2018 | Big Story, Calling, Church, City, Collective, Culture, Discipleship, Formation, Gospel, Greenhouse, Leadership, Mission, Shalom, Theology, Vocation |
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 the...
by Shauna Schneider | Mar 22, 2018 | Big Story, Calling, Formation, Gospel |
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...
by Markus Watson | Feb 17, 2018 | Calling, Formation, Prayer, Shalom |
Like many of you, I turned on the news this past week and saw the reports… Another school shooting. This time in Parkdale, Florida. I couldn’t bear to watch for more than a minute… Another tragedy. More death. More shattered lives. It’s times like these that our...
by Markus Watson | Feb 13, 2018 | Calling, Formation, Mission, Vocation |
Most of the time it’s good to have a plan. If you’re starting a church, or beginning an exercise program, or moving into a new career you should probably have a plan. You should know how much it’s going to cost, how long it will take, who will help you accomplish...
by Markus Watson | Jan 24, 2018 | Calling, City, Culture, Discipleship, Formation, Mission, Vocation |
Vocational Connection Groups—which I began to discuss in this post and in this post—can be the key that unlocks a church’s ability to discern how God is calling them to engage their community. I call them Vocational Connection Groups because they involve three...
by Markus Watson | Jan 15, 2018 | Calling, Church, City, Culture, Discipleship, Formation, Gospel, Vocation |
It’s so important for God’s people to be paying attention to what God is doing out in the world. In the next few posts, I’ll explain how we can discover how God is at work ahead of us by means of something I call Vocational Connection Groups. But before we dig into...
