The Missional Prophet
Getting information is easy; it is just a search away. Getting meaning is harder and changing in light of meaning is harder still. That is the prophetic message. It is also the purpose of a sermon. The “Data Cake” metaphor is great for sermons. Here is how it works: Data=verses, Greek, Hebrew, cross references; Information=Bible reading, … Read more
Attractional Or Extractional: A Twitter Chat
I had a “twitter chat” with Todd Gragg a few days ago. His blog post in my opinion missed the point so I thought it would be nice to chat about it. I skimmed the post and tweeted him. He responded and you can see the short chat here: PastorTodd78: Missional + Incarnational = Attractional http://wp.me/p1hJot-d1 pauldz: we … Read more
Jesus and Missional Leadership
A new guy at church comes up to the pastor and says, “Pastor Jim, what can I do…” the pastor stops him and says, “Just call me Jim. If you call me Pastor Jim then I have to call you Parishioner Pete. Sounds odd so let’s skip it.” Grady Shuman told me that and I … Read more
Helping people follow Jesus
A friend of mine, Phil Kingsley, passed this video on to me. Pretty great! I love the way it focuses on helping people follow Jesus instead of making programs, meetings and such for a church. Thought you might enjoy it too.
Missional hero: Glory
I am looking for a missional hero. So, of course, I’m starting with Jesus. Just about everyone says Jesus was a great person. He was a person on a mission. So, being on his mission is being ‘missional’ like Jesus. Getting the glory or having a glorious day, what was that like for Jesus? I … Read more
Missional hero: Devotion in prayer
Looking for a missional hero? I am. So, of course you start with Jesus. So here is how he started teaching the new missional people around him to pray. Start praying to God the Father and tell him he is excellent and amazing. I decided to give it a go and spent some time telling … Read more
Missional Love Meets Needs
In our ‘ungroup’ we have been talking about a book called “True Faced” (Link to Amazon since, oddly, this Christian book cannot be found on Christianbooks.com). ‘Ungroup’ is a group that hangs out together Tuesday nights and talks about life, the Bible, politics and laughs a lot. Well, we got to talking about love in … Read more
Imagine Church Differently Notes on Alan Hirsch
Today I watched Alan Hirsch give a talk at the Velocity Conference in Georgia. It was a great video and worth the 47 minutes to watch and take notes on. He made a pretty compelling argument for his statement, “The battle for the future of the church in the West will be won at the level of … Read more
No “God-shaped hole”
I am doing a lot of reading on the spirituality and religion of the United Kingdom. This morning I came across a book published in 2006 called “Making Sense of Generation Y: The World View of 16-25 Year Olds” They interviewed 180 youth from all over the UK. One of their conclusions was, “We were … Read more
Missional short video:great explanation
This is a wonderfully clear explanation of the basic difference between traditional church and missional church.
