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Neighboring meets ripple-effect faith. I call it missional neighboring.
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Can We Still Be Missional in the Winter?
In the winter I have to be careful to not negate what I can offer because it feels small—to not stop being missional because doing life with my neighbors takes more planning than spontaneous availability.
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Better Than A Roller Coaster High
May we seek You when we are alone with You just as we do at big events. And may the fire burning in our “woodstove” encourage others in our neighborhood to also forgo the roller…
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Letting Go of The Right Things
How often do I resemble my son, I wonder, so worried about the marshmallows that I fail to see there is more beyond my vision? That I am perhaps hung up on the wrong things?
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Cultivating a Life Worth Imitating
“Imitate me as I imitate Christ” is discipleship in radical simplicity. We cultivate a life worth imitating through spending time with the One we wish to imitate, then as discipleship organically overflows, we continue to…
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Margin Meets Mission: The Gift of Availability
An open door is a tangible expression of availability—a gateway to a space where community on mission can be cultivated. The gift of availability is where margin meets mission.
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Word of the Year 2020: Given
I must be first broken to be given. I nod to the words of Ann Voskamp, underlined in my copy of The Way of Abundance: “Love isn’t about agreeing with someone; it’s about sacrificing for…