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God’s Family Business

Is the church a family or a business?  The answer is, “yes.”  The church is God’s family business.  We struggle with this idea because “family” and “business” are mutually exclusive terms in our culture.  We think of family as something warm, spontaneous, personal, and unconditional.  We think of business as cold, calculated, impersonal, and performance…… Continue reading God’s Family Business

The Parable of Fish

There once was a poor farming village.  The sandy ground bore little fruit despite the daily toil of the inhabitants.  They fought over the meager produce and the weak starved to death.  No one considered leaving the village because the leaders, out of desire to maintain control, had told everyone that they were surrounded for miles and…… Continue reading The Parable of Fish

Good to God’s

I’ve never read the book, Good to Great.  A lot of people I respect have read it and recommend it.  It’s probably a good book- heck it might even be great.  The premise of the book, as I understand it is that in order for an organization to succeed it must insist on having the most…… Continue reading Good to God’s

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To Know How To Sow

I’ve been around a lot of people who are into missions.  They talk about people groups, missiology, ethnography, and mobilizing  After listening to them talk about reaching the unreached, I sometimes come away wondering if it can be done.  All of the social science and methodology which make up modern missions objectify the ones we’re trying to…… Continue reading To Know How To Sow

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