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Lenten Season Resource

Lent is something most people don't even think about except when it's all over their clothes. This however is not the Lent I want to talk about here. Traditionally, Lent is the penitential preparation of the believer—through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial. For many orthodox churches and denominations it is the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday, which then culminates in the celebration on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus [...]

By |2017-03-20T08:35:23-05:00March 21st, 2012|Spirituality, TLM Blog|Comments Off on Lenten Season Resource
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Comfort from fellow travelers..

It is always comforting to find people and things that let you know you are not journeying alone.  Outside of Jesus being the only way to the Father, I don't usually suggest that there is a uniform pattern in life other than we were created to grow and hopefully we will do so til we die.  In the case of the article below by Roger Thoman at simplechurchjournal.com I am not saying every person who [...]

By |2017-03-20T08:35:25-05:00June 1st, 2010|Church, Church Planting, Mission, Simple / Organic Church, TLM Blog|2 Comments
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Insecurity in Church Movements…

Can't we all just get along!  This expresses how I feel so many times when I read what people write about the church and others get their two cents worth in how they think.  I am all for a free thinking society, but we cannot lose sight of where the real battle lies.  Neil Cole in the below suggested article uses the words "friendly fire", to which I would suggest is not so friendly when [...]

By |2017-03-20T08:35:51-05:00May 23rd, 2010|Church, Simple / Organic Church, Spirituality, TLM Blog|Comments Off on Insecurity in Church Movements…
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Simple Church: Global & Generational Movement

After the last post concerning the House Church Movement in China, I ran across this article at World Mission Impact: "200 Christian leaders from 40 nations met in New Delhi, India, Nov 11-14th, 2009, to explore the scope and significance of house-based discipling communities and emerging house church movements worldwide. Known best from the history of the underground house churches in China that report by now an estimated 100 million members, a similar phenomenon has [...]

By |2017-03-20T08:35:52-05:00December 30th, 2009|Church, Church Planting, Discipleship, Leadership, Mission, Simple / Organic Church, TLM Blog|2 Comments
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Simple Church – putting a number on it…

Ever feel like you are the only one? Simple Church, Organic Church or House Church is no longer thought of as some fringe, obscure or illegitimate expression of the Church made up of hippies and those too strange to belong to traditional christian churches.  Let me take that back... some of us are strange.  However, there is a longing amongst many believers today for something more than the status quo, more than church attendance.  There is a growing desire [...]

By |2017-03-20T08:35:52-05:00November 20th, 2009|Church, Church Planting, Mission, Relationships, Simple / Organic Church, TLM Blog|Comments Off on Simple Church – putting a number on it…
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