Just a pastor navigating the world
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An organization that’s a preview of the new creation looks like Jesus giving his life for the world. In such organizations, the Spirit of God flows, bringing ever-renewing life, orienting people towards God and towards their neighbors. In such orgs, structure serves mission. Jeremy Chen (@germy224) June 23, 2021 Digital isn’t great because it’s…
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Innovation is only worthwhile if it’s of God. Jeff Reed, Intro to Multi-Modal, Stadia Innovation March 2021 Meetup. As someone who frequently says (regarding church things), “move fast and break stuff,” Jeff’s words are both encouraging and cautionary. Jeff’s words caused a visceral response in me, too. Unblessed Sameness “Staying in the same place,…
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If I’m talking for an hour a week, and they’re feeding their souls with something else 15 hours a week,” Bezner said, “I simply can’t win.” A pastor’s life depends on a coronavirus vaccine. Now he faces skeptics in his church. Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post. Dec. 11, 2020 (web) One of the reality…
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Has our definition of ministry become so focused on the building that we can’t change lives outside of it? Nona Jones, From Social Media to Social Ministry Nona Jones is concerned that the church is overly focused on the plane. And everything it does, is concerned with building. I think she is correct in…
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One of the big struggles with the current church online scenario is what to do with kids. Churches are struggling with it. In many ways the problem can be summarized this way… Don’t try to digitize the past or the present. We need to invent the industry of tomorrow. Erik Swedberg The quote is…
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In her recent opinion piece in the New York Times, Big Oil faded. Will Big Tech?, Shira Ovide wrote about the former behemoth of Exxon (formerly known as Standard Oil, a so-called Robber Barron company) is now off the stock market due to the (over) valuation of Apple. It has now been replaced by…
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We’re all basically in a place right now where we have so many attentional drains, because we don’t have place to focus us. You know, going to a place focuses our effort, because we’re here to do a thing, but when you’re working out of your home, it’s very different. How to Channel Your…
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Person 1: What if we were to plant a church … in a building?Person 2: What? That’s ridiculous! Who’d ever go to a building for church? Besides it’s such a waste of resources. The building would be used for a couple of hours a week? This is a crazy thought, isn’t it? Why would…
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Just like so many people, I’ve been overwhelmed as of late. You’d think I’d be really happy that all the churches are going online. I am. It’s just that I’ve found that it now means a lot more voices in this conversation that I, as an introvert, find hard to manage. That being said,…