Simply ChurchOur friend, Steve Lyzenga of http://www.House2Harvest.com did his doctoral dissertation on releasing resources (both financial and personnel) towards completing the Great Commission. He compared how resources are used within a traditional church set up and house/simple/organic churches. I had the honor of being on his doctoral board, and so was closely involved in the whole… Read More
Easter celebrates what our Christian faith is all about. We rejoice that Jesus died and rose again. As the song by Graham Kendrick goes: Over sin, he has conquered (hallelujah he has conquered) Over death, victorious (hallelujah, victorious) Over sickness he has triumphed (hallelujah he has triumphed) Jesus reigns over all!
I'm doing a workshop on how God is using an army of ordinary people to extend his Kingdom at Exponential this year. Exponential is a conference for church planters, taking place in Orlando at the end of April. If any of you are interested in how mega- and simple/organic churches are working cooperatively together, this would… Read More
Our oldest two sons recently came up with a business idea that marries the best of what is happening in the daily deals sites (like Groupon and Living Social) with the best of what is happening through social networking sites, but with the added value of finding a way to share the wealth created within the… Read More
Thank you to all those who follow this blog and especially to those who make comments. It's much appreciated. I pray you all have a wonderful and blessed Christmas season. Enjoy the video:
I recently read the book "Imaginary Jesus" by Matt Mikalotos and George Barna. It was a book I could not put down (rare in the Christian genre). Matt uses an "almost fiction" approach and brilliant humor to lower our defenses and then hits us hard with the truth. We often either create Jesus as we… Read More
This past week, we have been doubly blessed. Both our daughter and our daughter-in-law were due to have babies at the end of May. Kristen, who is married to our son Matt, went into premature labor about a month ago. Thankfully she did not deliver at that point, but has been staying with us because… Read More
A new version of "An Army of Ordinary People" is being released on May 3rd. it has been completely rewritten and updated and is being published by Tyndale House Publishers. Here is what is written on the back cover. "This inspiring collection of real-life stories introduces you to ordinary people who've practiced "simple church"… Read More
One of the main reasons that women are so restricted within the church is that certain Scriptures apparently forbid their taking any role of significance. And all of us, both men and women, want to obey the Bible. But these challenging verses can, with integrity, be understood differently. Let’s take, for example, this passage from… Read More
I received this email in response to my first blogs on the subject of women. Dan Hubbell has been used around the world to teach and encourage leaders. He is a man of the Word, an apostolic father in the best sense of the term, and one whose opinion I value on any topic! Felicity,… Read More