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Blogging Through James: Choose Joy
Our team at Avenue Church is preaching through the letter of James. There is always more content than can make it in the sermon. I will be regularly blogging through the book of James as a way to go deeper. … Continue reading
Blogging Through James: James 1:1
Our team at Avenue Church is preaching through the letter of James. There is always more content than can make it in the sermon. I will be regularly blogging through the book of James as a way to go deeper. … Continue reading
Not Safe, But Good
The Chronicles of Narnia had played a significant role in my life. I’ve read them several times, along with many other of the writings of C.S. Lewis. Narnia was a world created by Lewis to tell the story of Jesus to … Continue reading
Book Review: Surprise the World
One of the books that has had a lasting impact on my ministry is Michael Frost’s book Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture. This book helped me understand ministry in our current context and the importance of living missionally- which … Continue reading
Elf on the Shelf and Discipling Children
It is no secret among my friends that I am not a big fan of The Elf of the Shelf- the widely popular little guy who gets into mischief each night leading up to Christmas. It is interesting to see … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christmas
Tagged Advent, Children, Christmas, Creativity, discipleship, Elf on the Shelf
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Discipleship and the Family Meal
Yesterday, I shared some thoughts from Eugene Peterson in Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places about the importance of the dinner table in living out the Eucharist in our everyday lives (Read it here). Today, I want to explore the … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Family, Leadership
Tagged dinner table, discipleship, Eucharist, Eugene Peterson, Evangelism, Jesus Christ, Table Fellowship
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Eugene Peterson and the Family Meal
I’ve been slowing reading Eugene Peterson’s book, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, during my devotional time. This week, I read a passage and idea in his book that I’ve been thinking about ever since. Peterson is writing about the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Family
Tagged Communion, discipleship, Eucharist, Eugene Peterson, Evangelism
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Make a Mark: You’re Gifted
This past Sunday, we began a brief sermon series called “Make Your Mark.” The purpose of the series is to encourage those attending Hope Church to understand and take hold of the ministry opportunities that God gives us- and the … Continue reading
Take Hold Of…
At Hope Church, where I pastor, we just finished a six week series called Not A Fan which was based of the book by the same name. I know in my LIFEgroup, we had great conversations around what it means … Continue reading
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