February 2005

The Cultural Invasion of the Mormons
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I never know what to believe when I read posts, articles and other content online. But lately I've been quietly enjoying The Killers album, Hot Fuss. I was reading a blog, when I found: The Killers- Hot Fuss What’s with...
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The ManKind Project
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Last night I attended a graduation ceremony for The ManKind Project. The ManKind Project® offers trainings which support men in developing lives of integrity, accountability, and connection to feeling. Our trainings challenge men to develop their abilities as leaders, fathers,...
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Vision Nationals
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Our church is partnering with Vision Nationals in India. Currently, they have a Children’s Home built in 1999. This building houses 100+ orphans and children of very poor families providing them with 7th grade education, and Christian upbringing. They also...
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Anchor Point Church
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"Nobody wants to talk about failure," said Pastor Ryan Sharp. "As a new church, you try hard to build it and then you slap God's name onto it, so there is a certain sense of gravity and guilt about failing."...
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Evils & Injustice in Hosting Providers
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I'm helping a church re-do their website and move hosting companies. They currently use Easyspace. I was ready to transfer the domains (2) and whamo! I read the fine print: If you are ready to transfer your domain away from...
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Family Trip to Big Bear
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We took our son to the snow for the first time. Bill Munson let us use their cabin for part of the week. We packed our bags and headed up there with the Fairchilds. Gideon sled down a hill, a...
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Kingdom thoughts continued…
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Yesterday Mike Gunn, a good friend and pastor of Harambee came in to town. We got together for lunch and spoke about the Kingdom of God, evangelism and such. First we talked about evangelism not so much as a 'convert...
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Sheep & Goats : Emergent Conference
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Over 1350 pastors and church leaders from around the world attended a pastors convention in San Diego last week. The dual National Pastors Convention and the EmergentYS Convention were held at the Town & Country Resort in Fashion Valley. This...
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Emergent Interview #6
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Renee Altson is the author of Stumbling Toward Faith, an emergentYS book that was published in September 2004. Here is the soundbite from her on the emerging church movement: "Here's what I know about the kind of church I'm looking...
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Kingdom Living
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A common theme of converstation with people who are part of the emergent movement is this idea of Kingdom living. Most Americans look at Christianity as an individual thing. I'm saved, that's all I have to worry about. Often Christians...
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