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There’s Something About Mary
Jon Davis | 22 Dec 2020
Believe it or not, Mary has a lot to say to us about mission and discipleship. We can have a number of focal points in telling the Christmas story; prophecies...
7 Practices to Help Others Move From Hanging Out to Exploring Jesus
J.R. Briggs | 18 Sep 2020
Here are seven practices for how you can move from hanging out to helping people connect with Jesus.
An Ash Wednesday Meditation
Bob Hyatt | 26 Feb 2020
Ash Wednesday begins Lent by reminding us that the journey towards the Cross is one every Christ-follower must make- step by step, selfish impulse by selfish impulse. And Ash Wednesday also reminds us that the time is finite, limited because it reminds us of our mortality.
FX Resource: Signs of Love- Christian Liturgy in the Everyday Life of the Family
23 Aug 2019
In Signs of Love, Msgr. Renzo Bonetti tells us that married couples are “books of God written in flesh.” Through the iconography of ordinary marriages, Bonetti shows us how married love—the “great mystery” St. Paul writes about in Ephesians 5—can make us present to the very heart of the church itself. To understand the Trinity, he says, we should look to the lives of Christian couples as they reenact Jesus’ self-sacrifice at Calvary.
Reaching Minority Neighborhoods with Fresh Expressions
Dee Stokes | 7 Aug 2019
Before you begin this process, be honest with yourself and ask why you want to plant a fresh expression in an ethnic minority neighborhood. If out of guilt or sorrow for the people, then DON’T DO IT! If out of a call from God, then DO IT!
As You are Going…
Jon Davis | 14 Jan 2019
Talking about Jesus should be as natural as talking about anything we are passionate about.
How to Disciple Someone… Quickly
Mark Cryderman | 19 Nov 2018
Discipling takes too long. I dreamed of the men in my church getting together, prayerfully discovering the spiritual disciplines, parsing theological truths, pushing each other to memorize scriptures and thinking...
The Way of Jesus and the Ancient Art of Retreat
Jon Davis | 5 Nov 2018
[Jesus] said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” —Mark 6:31, NIV The pace of life is faster, more hectic, and more...
The Impact of Rebound
Michael Beck | 26 Jun 2018
Port Orange, Florida—Can church happen and disciples be formed around a basketball hoop in a church parking lot? Todd and Brittany Leclair say yes! Basketballs, hoops, pizza, Christian Scriptures, prayer,...
History Repeating Itself in Discipleship
Michael Beck | 5 Mar 2018
About our guest writer: Reverend Walter Edwards was a United Methodist pastor for over 50 years. He graduated from Asbury College, where he studied History, Greek, and Psychology. He earned...
Pick Your Preposition Wisely
Shannon Kiser | 10 Apr 2017
One of the principles behind fresh expressions of church is “bringing the church that Jesus loves closer to the people Jesus loves.” In other words, it is a form of...
Identifying Pioneers in Your Midst
Craig Williams | 27 Mar 2017
A few months ago we encouraged the members of our established congregation to not come to services on Sunday morning but instead to go into the community to listen and...
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