Andrew Peterson has been one of my favorite musical artists ever since I unexpectedly found his first CD Carried Along in my college mailbox – compliments of an errant BMG music club order. It’s funny how God works! AP really knows how to couple timeless melodies with truthful words that often pierce my heart and [...]
Isn’t that the way you feel some days? A Perfect Mess?
It’s how I often feel after leading weekend worship for the 300-1000 people at either of our two church campuses. I plop down in my car, peel off my nametag, and rehash all the mistakes that happened during the worship experience. “What a mess that [...]
Every once in a while I like to ask my wife, Erin, to provide a bit of the ‘female’ perspective here at Faith Emergence. Once again, she’s been asked to review a new book that’s coming out, and this time it was a book that she’s been waiting for: Sisterchicks In Wooden Shoes.
A Sisterchick by [...]
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**Today’s post is by Erin Scott – John’s wife. She had the chance to write a review for Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira’s new book, Mama’s Got a Fake I.D.: How to Reveal the Real You Behind all That Mom
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A great mom’s day gift…to say, “I get that your role is tough and you’re doing great!”
So I’ve [...]
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At Faith Church, we perform a lot of weddings. 2 per Saturday is not uncommon in May and June. That means that we also do a lot of marriage counseling.
In fact, as I write this, I’m waiting for a couple to finish their big, scary ‘TEST’ that determines whether or not they can get [...]
Leonard Sweet’s Post-Modern Pilgrims is a book I read & reread every couple of years just to refresh my knowledge of his EPIC paradigm, and to evaluate how I’ve been implementing this in my life & my ministry.
E-P(articipatory)-I-C
Participation
Keyboards are sooooo 1980s. My son expects that he can touch the icons on my computer desktop and [...]
Leonard Sweet’s Post-Modern Pilgrims is a book I read & reread every couple of years just to refresh my knowledge of his EPIC paradigm, and to evaluate how I’ve been implementing this in my life & my ministry.
E (Experiential) – P-I-C
Experiential Worship
Something is missing.
We’ve lost something in the grand scheme of corporate worship. Symptoms include: [...]
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Leonard Sweet’s Post-Modern Pilgrims is a book I read & reread every couple of years just to refresh my knowledge of his EPIC paradigm, and to evaluate how I’ve been implementing this in my life & my ministry.
E (Experiential) – P-I-C
Experience
When you need to buy a mocha or a washing machine or even a car, [...]
Faith Emergence has the honor of being one of the blogs chosen to participate in Mark Batterson’s blog tour to promote his new book, Wild Goose Chase. This is a follow up book to the Mark Batterson book we just finished reviewing, In a Pit with a Lion. I just finished reading it yesterday, and [...]
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For the next few weeks we’ll be using Mark Batterson’s “In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day” to help us stimulate a conversation about God-given opportunities in our lives. He blogs at: evotional.com
The title of the next chapter in Mark Batterson’s book, In a pit with a Lion, says it all, “Playing [...]
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