Reading , 500 Years of Bad Haircuts by RICHARD LEO TWISS
UNDERSTANDING GOD’S HEART FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE. A CHRISTIAN NATIVE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON CULTURE, RECONCILIATION, AND UNITY.
Thanks Jacke Holgate for the referral.
Category Archives: Books I’m Reading
Just a few books I’ve been into lately. I thought I’d share!
The Gospel According To Starbucks by Leonard Sweet
Chasing Daylight by Erwin Mcmanus
Wide Awake by Erwin Mcmanus
Between A Rock A Hard Place by Aron Ralston
More Than Enough by Dave Ramsey
Trail Blazer the story of David Livingston
Unstoppable Force by Erwin Mcmanus
Note to self
Theodore Roosevelt said ..in a speech called THE MAN IN THE ARENA
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris…
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Stuck?
The Leadeship Lessons Of Jesus
I love grazing through my library and picking up a book to re-read.
This one, “The Leadership Lessons Of Jesus” is one that my mom bought and gave to me back in 2001.
Timeless stuff right here.
On my way to Cali with my son for some connect time today.
Forever discovering and learning.
Steve
Both and ….. Not either or
A friend of mine said to me one time, “I’d rather be on my mountain bike thinking about God than sitting in church thinking about my mountain bike ..”
I hear that kind of statement almost every week. It’s this tension between having time in the outdoors and being a person that attends a “church” meeting once a week.”
I used to struggle with it, but the more I think about it the more I like it.
This issue is nothing new.
I came across an interesting read out of John Wesley’s paper blog he wrote from May 5th to June 2nd sometime in the 1730’s.
From the Diary of John Wesley
Sunday, A.M., May 5
Preached in St. Anne’s. Was asked not to come back anymore.
Sunday, P.M., May 5
Preached in St. John’s. Deacons said “Get out and stay out.”
Sunday, A.M., May 12
Preached in St…
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Both and ….. Not either or
A friend of mine said to me one time, “I’d rather be on my mountain bike thinking about God than sitting in church thinking about my mountain bike ..”
I hear that kind of statement almost every week. It’s this tension between having time in the outdoors and being a person that attends a “church” meeting once a week.”
I used to struggle with it, but the more I think about it the more I like it.
This issue is nothing new.
I came across an interesting read out of John Wesley’s paper blog he wrote from May 5th to June 2nd sometime in the 1730’s.
From the Diary of John Wesley
Sunday, A.M., May 5
Preached in St. Anne’s. Was asked not to come back anymore.
Sunday, P.M., May 5
Preached in St. John’s. Deacons said “Get out and stay out.”
Sunday, A.M., May 12
Preached in St. Jude’s. Can’t go back there, either.
Sunday, A.M., May 19
Preached in St. Somebody Else’s. Deacons called special meeting and said I couldn’t return.
Sunday, P.M., May 19
Preached on street. Kicked off street.
Sunday, A.M., May 26
Preached in meadow. Chased out of meadow as bull was turned loose during service.
Sunday, A.M., June 2
Preached out at the edge of town. Kicked off the highway.
Sunday, P.M., June 2
Afternoon, preached in a pasture. Ten thousand people came out to hear me.
As I study Wesley, I find that much of his ministry and preaching were done outside.
Yes, he preached in some church buildings, but you can see where he and his brother Charles as well as George Whitefield used the country side as their pulpit. I believe they were adapting to the model’s other wilderness preachers like Jesus and John the Baptist.
Ummmmmmm – It’s “both and ….. Not either or.”
If you like a traditional church service inside a building, you got it…. or, if you like nature and the thought of sitting in the pew bores you to tears…. we got you covered.
Starting in March of 2013, we will offer one church with a multi locations approach.
Both inside and out.
Pastor Steve
Use the geography to teach the theology.
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