so, i mentioned it in the previous post, but you have to have the top entry be the big news.

we've moved. been tinkering with squarespace and have found much joy.

please change your links to:

http://tribalicious.squarespace.com

we love you. don't hate us because we are beautiful.

the weekend was great. much clarity and defining of direction. oddly enough, i noticed a difference in the teaching time on sunday night as well... hmm, ya think?

today is my day off from the CU and this morning i was able to have great breakfast with rick. he and his wife are steeping out and moving to california with no promise of work, no promise of a place to stay and only the promise from several prophetic words that God is calling them. talk about trust. incredible.

just picked up kimball's Emerging Church and doug's Reimagining Spiritual Formation. i know "you are sooo last month..." just alittle behind on the purchasing schedule. budgets are budgets.
also reading Second Reformation by william beckham. cell church guy, interesting ideas. liking it so far with a brief, oversimplified view of church history for a foundation on what the next steps in the churhc's transformation should be.

last, we're moving. to Squarespace. i know it's a pain, but if you could change your links, that would WROCK!

new home= http://tribalicious.squarespace.com

Heading out tonight.
If you read this before Sunday morning, I've got a quick request.
I could benenfit from your intercession for:
wisdom in direction
wisdom in connections
insight into current situations
rest
rest
rest.

Thanks...

Last weekend was a blast. Beer and rest, worship and chillin', new songs and new memories.

I'll leave tomorrow night for a personal prayer retreat with Jeff to seek wisdom for Mars and the direction we should go in.

We are having a great discussion right now about the way the ministry is shared. Organic vs. Synthetic. What naturally happens over and against what needs to be structured. That has led to a question about the way we share the gospel. Do we make a program, do we push 'relational evangelism' only? I'm thinking that, while we should never be driven r led by the culture, the culture you live in obviously dictates the way you handle the ministry God has given us to carry out. One nation calls for this, another city calls for that, and still another house calls for something entirely different.

When he spoke, Ben mentioned that in order to be 'successful' in anything you must determine who it is that you love. When you have that nailed, methods come next. Who do we love? How can we reach them?

Sunday's scripture at Stephen's was a challenge to reflect on what our story would be to those who were watching. Paul saw that the Epehesian's story was one of love for all the saints, so the question for us would be, "If someone wrote us a letter, what would we be known for?" Ideas were tossed around on how we could be known as a community with a love for "all the saints." One suggestion was to connect with Voice of the Martyrs to see how we can be an encouragement to Family under intense persecution. Another , courtesy of Kelly and I, was to gather as a community to write letters of encouragement to the orphans connected to Children's Hope Chest. The final idea we brewed on for a while was one that will connect us with the Family locally. Basically it entails us as a community connecting with pastors in other communites to discover some of the needs in their communities that they may have not been able to address, whether financial, spiritual, whatever. Then, we as a community pull together to help take care of the need.
I'll be meeting with Joseph from Simple Church tomorrow (Tuesday) to get in contact with some local pastors and share our heart with them. Please pray for us.