Archive for July, 2009
What is missional? Part 4: Awe
Acts 2:42-44
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common.
I absolutely love this text. But it certainly has been [...]
What is Missional? Part 3: Witnesses
In August 2005, I packed the last few reminders of our youth room into a various assortment of cardboard boxes. Finally after years of existence in a strip mall in the suburbs of New Orleans, we were going to be moving into a real building. Most of this stuff didn’t make the cut for the [...]
ShareSomething I’ve never heard in church before…
In this transition from megachurch youth pastor to missional church planter, I’ve learned tons about myself.
One thing that I’ve learned is that maybe I’m less of an extrovert than I always thought of myself.
If you saw the Paul Dabdoub of just a few years ago, you would’ve seen the center stage, funny, witty, passionate communicator, [...]
If the church could learn this…
from the movie: The Big Kahuna
Phil Cooper: It doesn’t matter whether you’re selling Jesus or Buddha or civil rights or ‘How to Make Money in Real Estate With No Money Down.’ That doesn’t make you a human being; it makes you a marketing rep. If you want to talk to somebody honestly, as a human [...]
What is missional? Part 2: Missio Dei
Missio Dei is a heavy Latin phrase that brings a smile to my face everytime I hear it or see it in print.
When kept in the context of the Scriptures, missio Dei correctly emphasizes that God is the initiator of His mission to redeem through the Church a special people for Himself from all of [...]
What is missional? Part I: The Wrong Question
What are you guys doing?
In my opinion, the question often precedes the deathnail in the coffin for a church or ministry.
What are you guys doing for evangelism?
What are you guys doing for disicipleship?
What are you guys doing…
And we go to conferences to hear professionals who’ll sell us their next book or give us the step-by-step [...]
Smashing Success
I’m becoming more and more convinced that the modern expression of the church has effectively ripped the arms and legs from the average Christian.
I was talking to a new friend of mine who told me how there are a lot of people in her church who are ready and willing to reach out to the
community, [...]
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