I have continued to read “Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the church” by Reggie McNeal. Here are more quotes that spoke to me as I have been reading. However, the fact that people are no longer willing to let others, including and especially the church, script their spiritual journey doesn’t mean that they are [...]
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When Jesus gave us an example of prayer, we call it the “Lord’s Prayer”, he started it with “Our Father”. He could have told us to pray “My Father” and that would be true and very comforting. To know, and live, with the truth that God is our Father, our Dad. That he knows us [...]
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I don’t know how it is for you but those I’m close to, or want to be closer to, tend to be living some distance away. The adage that distance makes the heart grow fonder doesn’t work for me. Perhaps for a season, after they have moved away it does, but I find that “out [...]
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