John on December 16th, 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-P(articipatory)-I-C
Participation
Keyboards are sooooo 1980s.  My son expects that he can touch the icons on my computer desktop and [...]

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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 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 August 1st, 2008

In my surfing adventures this week I have seen so many great videos that I’m going to dedicate an entire Friday to all things VIDEO.  Cuddle up in your favorite video-watching chair, cause these, my friends, are gems…
An Office Max ad by way of Leading Smart.  This joke never gets old…

A great example of why [...]

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John on July 18th, 2008

O.K.  So I missed last week’s Friday Fun Day links post.  I’ve got a good story -but I’m waiting until Monday to tell it.  Until then, enjoy some of the best links I’ve put up in a while…
Wordle is awesome.  It can take all the words on a blog or website and put them in [...]

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John on July 14th, 2008

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
I sure hope you don’t have a case of the Mondays today!
If you do, I suppose you could take it [...]

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