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Monthly Archives: June 2010
The ACT 3 Weekly: A Resource for Leaders Who Think
Many of you who regularly visit this blog are not readers of the much more important Internet writing that I do for ACT 3. Each Monday we publish a weekly article that runs from 1,200 to 1,800 words. This feature … Continue reading
Posted in ACT 3, Missional Church, Missional-Ecumenism
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Sharing a Vision, Building a Movement of God’s Spirit
From the inception of ACT 3 as a mission, back in 1991, I have believed in the church. I have three great loves: (1) Jesus Christ; (2) The Holy Scriptures; and (3) The Church. The church encompasses the whole body … Continue reading
Posted in ACT 3, Renewal, Unity of the Church
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What Makes the Present Moment So Unique in History?
What makes this period in human history so unique? Is even the idea that we are living in unique and unusual times really all that important? Wouldn’t people living in any previous era have said the same thing and been … Continue reading
One More Word on Love from Mount Athos
Over the past few Lord’s Days, during the month of June, I have posted some reflections on love from the writings of Staretz Silouan (1866-1938), a monk who lived on the most famous site in Orthodox Christendom, Mount Athos in … Continue reading
Out of the Mouths of Children: “Billy Graham’s Fruit Salad”
When we (John and me) were serving in our first pastorate, in a suburban church-planting experience southwest of Chicago, we were often invited out to dinner to our parishioners’ homes. One of our all time favorite recipes was collected from … Continue reading
Take What You Find Useful and Leave the Rest
Several months ago a reader of this blog wrote me a gracious email encouraging me in my work and mission. He added that he had read C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity again and as a result of this reading he … Continue reading
Posted in ACT 3, Books, Personal
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What Does the Millennial Generation Have to Give to the Church?
Rachel Held Evans is a young woman with an unusual talent to express the Christian faith in ways that relate to her own generation with power and clarity. I discovered her blog last August in the midst of the conflict … Continue reading
Christian Community Development is a Kingdom Priority
Christians in America have far too little interest in economic and community development. We have generally argued that our mission is spiritual and the saving of communities is not our concern. I personally cared next to nothing about community development … Continue reading
Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit
Below the surface, unseen to most who attend the church on the typical Sunday, lies the fundamental question: How can leaders and churches be enabled to discern and obediently cooperate with the guidance and the power of the Holy Spirit? … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Renewal, The Church
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What Is the Role of Tradition in Church Unity?
I grew up in a background that had little or no regard for Christian Tradition so it seems more than a little odd that the name of my mission, ACT 3, stands for Advancing the Christian Tradition in the Third … Continue reading