Welcome Back. You belong here. At the monastery prayer experience from a few weeks ago, we spent time doing Lectio Divina, praying through the Scriptures while taking time to listen to the voice of God through unique words or phrases that seem to jump out at you. God does that sometimes, His Spirit prompts, speaks, […]
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Welcome back. You belong here. Three weeks ago, our church hired a church consultant to evaluate our church. Staff met with them one at a time, then as a group all day Saturday (that was long!). The consultants also met with two focus groups of 25 each, people from the church, asking them questions about
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Welcome back. You belong here. Three weeks ago, our church hired a church consultant to evaluate our church. Staff met with them one at a time, then as a group all day Saturday (that was long!). The consultants also met with two focus groups of 25 each, people from the church, asking them questions about
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Welcome back. You belong here. I guess it’s fair to say that I’m in a blogging slump. It’s been a good one this time, since the blog fast a few weeks back. Not sure what’s going on. But I think it deals with a few issues: 1. Just in a blogging slump, no big deal2.
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Welcome back. You belong here. I guess it’s fair to say that I’m in a blogging slump. It’s been a good one this time, since the blog fast a few weeks back. Not sure what’s going on. But I think it deals with a few issues: 1. Just in a blogging slump, no big deal2.
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Welcome back. You belong here. Perhaps you’re wondering what the new header is about, in case you can’t see it, it’s new. The image is from Nicaragua, it’s the statue of “Miskito Indian” in the middle of the street in front of the central park in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua where my father grew up. To
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Welcome back. You belong here. Perhaps you’re wondering what the new header is about, in case you can’t see it, it’s new. The image is from Nicaragua, it’s the statue of “Miskito Indian” in the middle of the street in front of the central park in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua where my father grew up. To
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Welcome back. You belong here. While away this last weekend at our retreat of silence and meditation, the four of us pastors spoke about our marriages and how we’re doing. Very real stuff. Pastors aren’t exempt as many of you know, from difficulties and struggles in marriage. We all shared our ups and downs, our
Welcome back. You belong here. While away this last weekend at our retreat of silence and meditation, the four of us pastors spoke about our marriages and how we’re doing. Very real stuff. Pastors aren’t exempt as many of you know, from difficulties and struggles in marriage. We all shared our ups and downs, our
Welcome back. You belong here. One of the big themes in my life lately has been leading well for the second half of my life. This last week, four pastors from our staff spent time at the Mt. Calvary Anglican monastery in Santa Barbara for prayer, lectio divina and meditation while in community. It was
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