So we've been talking about how to connect with young families and all of the typical challenges to getting them together.
i saw this video on my friends blog so i thought i'd repost it here and ask, have you ever been a part of an intentionally missional community?
Showing posts with label missional living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label missional living. Show all posts
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
A Light to the Nations
This morning i was reading Isaiah 49 and verse 6 jumped out at me.
It's going to be a prayer for me over the summer.
6 He says, “But that’s not a big enough job for my servant—
just to recover the tribes of Jacob,
merely to round up the strays of Israel.
I’m setting you up as a light for the nations
so that my salvation becomes global!”
I'll tell you that there are days that pastoring a small church feels like an enormous Job.
And it's not that it's a small church that's a problem to me. I'm not one of those with a complex about that kind of thing.
The thing that i have a complex about is the Job. I love that our church has been a place where those who have fallen out of favour with church can come and find a community of Grace.
I think there are a lot of reasons people stray from Church and perhaps as many why people stray from God. Not all of those reasons tell a good story.
Some are sad and some are... sad.
I have often thanked God for being able to round up the strays of Israel. But i have a heart for something greater.
A Bigger Job.
It's going to be a prayer for me over the summer.
6 He says, “But that’s not a big enough job for my servant—
just to recover the tribes of Jacob,
merely to round up the strays of Israel.
I’m setting you up as a light for the nations
so that my salvation becomes global!”
I'll tell you that there are days that pastoring a small church feels like an enormous Job.
And it's not that it's a small church that's a problem to me. I'm not one of those with a complex about that kind of thing.
The thing that i have a complex about is the Job. I love that our church has been a place where those who have fallen out of favour with church can come and find a community of Grace.
I think there are a lot of reasons people stray from Church and perhaps as many why people stray from God. Not all of those reasons tell a good story.
Some are sad and some are... sad.
I have often thanked God for being able to round up the strays of Israel. But i have a heart for something greater.
A Bigger Job.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Missional Living
At our church we have this cute little bookmark with the title: I will live the mission.
So i stumbled on this great little post by Jonathan Dodson @ thresurgence.com
I want to make sure I give credit where it is due by directing you to go read the whole thing there instead of here.
Here is a snapshot of what it means to live missionally in simplespeak.
* Eat with non-Christians
* Walk, don't drive ,around your neighborhood when possible.
* Be a "regular" at your local coffee shop, restaurant, market, hair cut, etc
* Hobby with non-Christians - find extra curriculars that you enjoy that you can do with all kinds of people
* Develop relationships with your co-workers and pray for them
* Volunteer with a non-profit once a month, and bring your family, friends and small group too!
* Instead of watching TV or playing XBOX, participate in city events, get in the mix
* Serve your neighbors - like weeding and fixing their cars.
so go on. Click here and read the whole post. It's better than my bookmark
So i stumbled on this great little post by Jonathan Dodson @ thresurgence.com
I want to make sure I give credit where it is due by directing you to go read the whole thing there instead of here.
Here is a snapshot of what it means to live missionally in simplespeak.
* Eat with non-Christians
* Walk, don't drive ,around your neighborhood when possible.
* Be a "regular" at your local coffee shop, restaurant, market, hair cut, etc
* Hobby with non-Christians - find extra curriculars that you enjoy that you can do with all kinds of people
* Develop relationships with your co-workers and pray for them
* Volunteer with a non-profit once a month, and bring your family, friends and small group too!
* Instead of watching TV or playing XBOX, participate in city events, get in the mix
* Serve your neighbors - like weeding and fixing their cars.
so go on. Click here and read the whole post. It's better than my bookmark
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