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The most life-changing ministry we can humanly provide a group of overlooked friends is a simple Body of Christ, a Church, planted among them, to be His Hands, His Heart, His Voice, His Compassion in their circle of relationships.
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Skye Jethani :: Where does our legitimacy come from?
One of my favorite videos from #thenines ::
Skye Jethani asks, “Where does our legitimacy (in ministry and leadership) come from?”
So many good points. So worth the nine minutes.
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Jelly Telly is online
Phil Vischer (creator of Veggie Tales) has started a great new online venture in recent months :: Jelly Telly.
On his blog last year he walked through several of the big problems facing kids and media – specifically Christian kids and Christian media.
One of the problems he points out is that Christians are defined by what [...]
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Peppermint Filled Pinatas
I’m currently listening to the audio book version of “Peppermint Filled Pinatas.”
Some really good stuff in there!
The author just told a story (in chapter 3) about a 16-year-old girl who invited him and his wife to her birthday party at a skating rink. They reluctantly decided to come and brought a few teenagers along with [...]
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Duncan McFadzean talks about micro-financing
I’m editing and listening to the next Something Beautiful Podcast – version 1.10!
Version 1.10 is a great interview that Thomas did with Duncan McFadzean who’s wrapping up his career in the secular finance world to head a start-up ministry – Seven Men. The ministry is based around micro-financing and supporting the marginalized.
From the Seven [...]
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Changing roles in ministry
Mike Blythe writes about his recent changes from being a physician at the hospital in Jos, Nigeria, to helping oversee much of SIMS IT work in the area.
It’s interesting how sometimes God calls us from one ministry to the other. He may call us to the front lines, only to later call us to move [...]
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twisted pressure on pastors
Brian shared some thoughts on the encounter blog about pastors and a new book by George Barna, Pagan Christianity…
94 percent feel pressured to have an ideal family
90 percent work more than 46 hours a week
81 percent say they have insufficient time with their spouse
80 percent believe that pastoral ministry affects their family negatively
70 percent do [...]
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Driving in reverse
For the past 4 months, our pastor, Brian (aka Brother Treadaway, Brother Brian, Pastor Treadaway, Rev. Pastor Brother Brian Treadaway ) has been challenging the men of encounter with the encounter 9. You’ve probably heard me mention it here or on twitter more than a couple times.
Each month we’re given GPS coordinates to [...]
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Save gas – don’t make left hand turns
Shipping giant UPS made a realization – they could save fuel and costs by reducing the number of left hand turns on their routes.
According to the NY Times, the international shipper is saving roughly three million gallons of gas a year by reducing those turns.
Think about the time and fuel used at each left hand [...]
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Are you called to serve in New York City?
From Church Video Ideas:
My friends, Nelson Searcy and Jason Hatley, at The Journey Church in New York are looking for a Pastor of Media. This is an awesome team, an amazing church and a special ministry where God is moving in the “Big Apple”. I highly encourage my tech friends to pray about this opportunity.
Below [...]
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