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• Church Planting in Europe: Post Script July 2, 2009
  Here is the final video put together by the Central and Eastern Europe team. I do hope you will considering partnering with the folks there in church planting. Here is the link where you can find all the info about the ministries there. Come, Join us in Europe from CEE Admin on Vimeo. While I was there in Europe, I also spent a couple of days in Rome. […]
• It's Guerrilla, But C'mon... July 2, 2009
  My wife just loaned our car to a total stranger. For real. Check out her blog for the details.The big question of the day: Will we ever see our car again? Gulp.(And by the way: If you are a church planter, you should have your wife reading my wife's blog. Everywhere I go I have church planters telling me how much their wives love it.) […]
• I've Been Carjacked? July 2, 2009
  A perfect stranger just drove away in my minivan...Vince has a new book coming out in February called, "Guerrilla Lovers." The premise of the book is that as Christians we need to love people in a way that surprises them. Guerrilla warfare is a type of warfare where you "sneak attack" your enemy (think Vietnam War). In the same way we […]
• Captivating Baltimore July 2, 2009
  Just got back from two days with my friend Tally Wilgis, who is launching Captivate Church in Baltimore. What's interesting is that he's planting two churches - one in the suburbs and one in the inner city.Tally was raised by a single mother in one of Baltimore city's toughest neighborhoods. He went on to attend Liberty and help start several […]
• Captivate Update July 2, 2009
  A ton has been going on here in Baltimore as we work to Captivate the city. These updates will not do our efforts justice but will give you an idea of how God is at work.1. We held a block party for the first time in our inner-city location. The block party was complete with games and food as well as three Moon Bounces. Well over 200 people came out with […]
• A Rhythm Beyond Random July 2, 2009
  I have had this conversation with many pastors over the last couple of years.  It goes like this: “we started our church in outreach to the community using a kind of shotgun approach to service.  We took on lots of different projects to get our name out there and to build a better attitude about the [...] […]
• Back in the Saddle July 2, 2009
  Well this has been quite a month. Two months actually. The result is that any blog updates have been pretty sparse. If you are watching for multi-cultural stuff, sorry about that. My world has been pretty consumed with family stuff. You can see the posts below. I am finally caught up from being buried, and am gearing for several weeks of mission trips. […]
• Wishing We Were Still There! July 2, 2009
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• Margins Aren't for Church Planters July 2, 2009
  I'm writing this as a response to Ron Klabunde's post 10 Ways to Create Margin.  Its a good read and something every planter should think about.  Margins go hand in hand with health.  Church planters will be told over and over make sure you have margin in your life.  The root biblical concept is Sabbath.  We weren't made to run 24/7.  He […]
• Join God's Global Mission in Taiwan July 2, 2009
  I want to tell you about a mission / vision trip that I am putting together with the Upstream Collective and the International Mission Board to Taiwan this Fall. We will depart from the states on September 19, arrive the next day on the 20th, and will complete the trip on September 26th. Each day we will be taking a look at various ministry venues for chu […]