Doorways and Pathways

 


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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
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-- J.R.R.Tolkien

Category: Church Health (7 posts)
Worship - Signs and Symbols
April 15, 2011 @ 10:18 AM by: Missional Initiatives

I heard a story of a pastor who was watching television. His cat was stretched out lazily on his lap.  When a commercial for cat food appeared, the pastor nudged his cat and pointed towards the television. “Look, there’s one of yo ... [read full post]

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Utterly Derived
April 14, 2011 @ 1:55 PM by: Missional Initiatives

The secret to Jesus' work on earth, of course, is that it was utterly derived.

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Worship in Spirit
March 8, 2010 @ 10:07 AM by: Missional Initiatives

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]

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Renewed, Resourced, Reshaped . . .
March 4, 2010 @ 10:39 PM by: Missional Initiatives

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]

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Praying the Prayer
March 4, 2010 @ 10:22 PM by: Missional Initiatives

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]

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Christian Community: Making Visible the Life of the Kingdom
March 4, 2010 @ 10:16 PM by: Missional Initiatives

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]

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The Household of God
March 4, 2010 @ 10:12 PM by: Missional Initiatives

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]

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