John on October 20th, 2009

This song leaves me speechless.
It reaches into the hidden depths of my hope in Christ and reveals to me the wonder and beauty of His victory for us.  The lyrics of this song pass through my lips, but it is not I who is singing:  it is the Spirit who proclaims ” Jesus has overcome, [...]

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John on February 21st, 2009

The time has come in the reading of the Gospel of Mark where we’ve hit the account of Jesus’ transfiguration before 3 of his disciples.  I’m finishing up a sermon on that right now that focuses on the fallacy of having to ‘know all the right answers’ (just read about Peter in Mark 8:27-9:13 !).  [...]

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Dan on January 28th, 2009

So this is a little different than my average column for this series, but this story is definitely making the rounds and the different angles I hear make it an interesting story on pop culture.
So what do you think about the girls’ basketball game where Covenant beat Dallas Academy 100-0?
Is this another example of a [...]

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John on December 22nd, 2008

Can you believe that Christmas is this week?
This past weekend at Faith was awesome!  On Sunday morning the preschoolers and their families braved the -25 degree windchill to come and celebrate Jesus’ birthday at the 9:15 service.  I don’t know what was cuter:  the little kids dressed up in their Christmas outfits singing their little [...]

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John on December 15th, 2008

Rejoice in the Lord always.  I’ll say it again: Rejoice!
–Philippians 4:4

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This Week in Advent follows what has traditionally been called ‘Guadete’ Sunday.  Gaudete is Latin for ‘Rejoice!’.
Anticipation and excitement overflows in us this week so we rejoice in what we know is about to happen:  that our King is Coming!
He will [...]

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John on December 12th, 2008

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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John on December 11th, 2008

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, [...]

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John on December 8th, 2008

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Everyone’s waiting for something.
What are you waiting for?
Some things are full of expectancy:  the last hour of the last day of school before summer break, the last day of work before you hop in the car and drive home for Christmas, and even the final few uncomfortable weeks before the birth [...]

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John on December 1st, 2008

It’s about this time of year when you might have the opportunity to work the word ‘Advent’ into a conversation or two.  Normally, your opportunities to use ‘Advent’ will be limited to joining it with ‘calendar’ and ‘chocolate’ as such:  “Who ate my Advent calendar chocolate today?”  However, you may find yourself in a hip [...]

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John on November 10th, 2008

After a long few months of studying up on multi-site ministries, analyzing the possibilities of my church and another local church merging together to do multi-site ministry, communicating the exciting possibilities of this new adventure to a congregation of 3800, and then waiting to see if they would vote to join in this new adventure, [...]

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