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Doorways and Pathways
Missional Initiatives that Transform Communities
Because a great door for effective work has opened to me (us) ...
I Corinthians 16:8
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
-- J.R.R.Tolkien
So, perhaps really just trying to break the ice, I said: “Well, I see that your church sanctuary could seat about 300 people – but somehow you have managed to ‘grow’ it down to 30. But – not to despair: Jesus o ... [read full post]
Posted in Doorways and PathwaysWorship in Spirit
In I Corinthians, Paul talks of the ‘spirituals in a similar way as elsewhere he writes concerning spiritual gifts. God gives His People insights, abilities, tokens, signs of Kingdom-coming that are made Kingdom-present as by faith we receiv ... [read full post]
Posted in Church HealthRenewed, Resourced, Reshaped . . .
If today’s, and tomorrow’s, church is to engage in . . . mission, seeking both to implement the achievement of Jesus and his resurrection and thereby to anticipate the final renewal of all things, it must itself be renewed, r ... [read full post]
OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME. It is by God that we live and move and have our being. Apart from Him we cannot exist. Our recognition of His Presence, Power, Provision and Protection (in all of life) is esse ... [read full post]
Attraction to the Christian life occurs when one can see a concrete community of people living out salvation, living reconciled and hopeful lives in the midst of a violent world. Rarely are people converted by well-argued theories. People a ... [read full post]
It is surely a fact of inexhaustible significance that what our Lord left behind Him was not a book, nor a creed, nor a system of thought, nor a rule of life, but a visible community. He committed the entire work of salvation to that commun ... [read full post]
Since the Fall of humankind, weeds and thistles have attended all our work. When Nehemiah sought with others to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, there was local opposition and opposing leaders who did not want it to ... [read full post]
I was amazed, while in Ephesus, to see how many of the ancient walls and doors are still standing. We toured through ancient buildings, with large rooms. Whose to say that these very rooms did not house a prayer mee ... [read full post]
A few years ago, I journeyed to Turkey with a group of CBOQ pastors. Our intent was to visit the 'churches of the Revelation.' We wanted to visit and see firsthand the remains and visible markers of the Presence of ... [read full post]
Posted in Church Health
Praying the Prayer
Posted in Church Health
Christian Community: Making Visible the Life of the Kingdom
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The Household of God
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AND There Are Many Adversaries
A Great Door and Effectual
Tarrying in Ephesus
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