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Archive for October, 2009

How to deal with conflict

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Noel has created a helpful flowchart for dealing with someone who has sinned against you. I was expecting this to be humorous at first, but it ended up being very helpful. Check out his post and download the flowchart.

Ed Stetzer Shares 7 Big Church Planting Mistakes

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Some notes from Ed Stetzer’s talk at Catalyst. Worth a read.

Ed Stetzer Shares 7 Big Church Planting Mistakes

As a teaser, here are the 7 mistakes: check the article for the explanations.

Forgetting the mission. Being married to a model (way of doing things). Not taking care of yourself. (physically, spiritually, taking care of family) Arrogance. Not taking believers [...]

The Gun-Belt Gospel

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Excellent post over at The Gospel Coalition blog about evangelism.

The Gun-Belt Gospel at The Gospel Coalition Blog

Three quick bullets (pardon the pun) from the article:

The lost are not targets of opportunity. They are not prospects. An encounter with them is not an argument to be won. Converts are not the goal. Disciples are. Any method of [...]

Meet Darrell Klaver

Monday, October 12th, 2009

(Sorry for the poor photo quality, I’ll explain below)

Darrell Klaver has been playing organ and piano at Community Church of Kamrar, Iowa for decades. CCoK is my wife’s “home church” (where she grew up and where her family still worships). It is a small but mighty church in the exact middle of nowhere.

I [...]