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Missional Theophanies: Course Corrections

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Friday, January 28, 2011. We support LRI's ministry, which teaches people all over the world how to study the Bible, and we were excited to use their materials. Ruth is a short book, is narrative, historical and has a fairly easy story to understand. Smooth sailing. One of our younger members did not understand the relationships between Ruth, Naomi, Boaz and who were those men that died? Emboldened, the others chimed in. What were they doing in a foreign country? Wasn't he always was? So, two nights a mo...

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Missional Theophanies: February 2011

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011. I honestly do not feel the choices we've made up to this point are all that risky. Yes, we've volunteered in the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast, lived in the inner city, and taken people into our hearts and home who had no place else to go. Yet, it all seems quite reaonsable behavior to me. Unusual, perhaps . but why? Think about this. When God asks you to do something, where is the risk? That it might not work out? Is that even a possibility if God is behind the request? Romans ...

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Missional Theophanies: January is nearly over and I've checked off ...

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011. January is nearly over and I've checked off . One item that I can honestly claim responsibility - visiting the Pacific Garden Mission. Our garage getting cleaned was one of the items on The List but someone else did this (thanks Bill! Without being asked, so, while I will remove this from The List as done . I didn't do it. There, I've been honest. And while I'm being honest, I am rethinking The List on several fronts. Behold . The List:. Be More Like Jesus. Visit Sean and Ena.

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Missional Theophanies: Say What?

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Monday, February 7, 2011. When eyes glaze over, you've got a problem. It doesn't matter how passionate you are about what you are sharing if someone does not understand you. Mwah, mwah, mwah. This can be particularly frustrating with people who. I have trouble hearing them and still do not make accommodations for my disability. One person actually told me I needed to work harder at hearing. Really? Mwah, mwah, Jesus, mwah. Do they hear,. Mwah, mwah, mwah? Last year, when some brand-new born-again in our ...

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Missional Theophanies: Risky? Really?

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011. I honestly do not feel the choices we've made up to this point are all that risky. Yes, we've volunteered in the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast, lived in the inner city, and taken people into our hearts and home who had no place else to go. Yet, it all seems quite reaonsable behavior to me. Unusual, perhaps . but why? Think about this. When God asks you to do something, where is the risk? That it might not work out? Is that even a possibility if God is behind the request? Romans ...

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Missional Theophanies: January 2011

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Friday, January 28, 2011. We support LRI's ministry, which teaches people all over the world how to study the Bible, and we were excited to use their materials. Ruth is a short book, is narrative, historical and has a fairly easy story to understand. Smooth sailing. One of our younger members did not understand the relationships between Ruth, Naomi, Boaz and who were those men that died? Emboldened, the others chimed in. What were they doing in a foreign country? Wasn't he always was? So, two nights a mo...

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Missional Theophanies: What Kind of Name is that for a Blog?

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011. What Kind of Name is that for a Blog? I love my daughter's blog title . "Finding Faces." It comes from a C.S. Lewis quote:. 8220;I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, do not let us answer. Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces? Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold. Hmmm Can you change a blog name? Indeed, my daughter mentioned I was using a "buzz" word in my blog...