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Author Archivepoor, dumb, and uglyA friend once observed that I knew less of what I was “for” and more of what I was “against” (a criticism). Granted, I have often felt like Don Quixote with a vengeance for spiritual windmills yet I continue to labor over the need to ventilate. meeting mentality!Humor me for a simple thought for the day. This came from a friend (Peg) in New Mexico. A gathering is a tool where relationships happen. The Christian church of our culture continues to labor under 1700 years of gravity that is hard to escape. The church has a “meeting mentality” that exaults itself as [...] the common man/womanGod is calling the common man/woman off the bench to plant simple church expressions. They are emerging from all walks of live. I am a real estate appraiser and Suzy is a home maker (a waitress when I first met her). As I am typing this post in my office, Suzy is gathering with a [...] network (noun) vs. networking (verb)Greetings from Tennessee! We started here, at the local level, with the vision of a “Network” of simple churches. This seemed to communicate the concept of incorporating simple church expressions into “something larger” than the entities that comprise it. We have adjusted our thinking on this issue. We now endeavor to encourage relationships at the [...] |