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Dave on February 26th, 2009

  In his book, The Mentored Life, Jim Houston gives four reasons why mentoring (or, life with life, Incarnational ministry) is becoming a cultural necessity today.   1.  Alienation in Modern Society:  We may have forgotten the long tradition of apprenticeship in our modern age but the move toward mentoring is certainly an indication of [...]

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Dave on February 16th, 2009

A congregational conversation already in progress… One Sunday morning… After this pastor had resigned…   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   By now you know my thoughts on the importance of identifying our “red dot”. It helps [...]

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Dave on February 15th, 2009

  I’m an Associate Member of The Mission Exchange (formerly known as EFMA). Every so often they send out articles or musings on mission from their perspective. The musing below struck me as something worth pondering long and hard. So, I’ve put this in my board’s hands as something we must chew on and I [...]

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Dave on February 5th, 2009

  We are working our way through “Papa Prayer” by Larry Crabb with our House Church.  From the start I could tell this would be an interesting discussion. All agreed we needed work on our prayer life but the crowd was mixed as to whether this book could actually speak into the void. Besides, “we [...]

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