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  • LEAD! C.10 World-Changing Worship

    God inhabits the praises of His people, so by worshipping God in spirit and truth we bring His kingdom into our heart, soul, mind, and strength — and our world. Memory Verse: “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”” — John 4:24 (NKJV) Assigned…

  • LEAD! C.7 Silence and Solitude

    To know God fully requires knowing ourselves. Silence and solitude reveal to us our true faces, so that we can in turn approach God face to face. Memory Verse: “Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to…

  • LEAD! C.4 Fervent Fasting

    Fasting denies our the body its most basic physical need so that God can supply our soul with its most fundamental spiritual needs. Memory Verse: “‘Now, therefore,’ says the LORD, ‘Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.’ So rend your heart, and not…

  • LEAD! B.11 From Gluttony to Self-Control

    Learning to control our appetites is essential for spiritual as well as physical health, as it teaches our flesh its proper place in God’s created order.

  • LEAD! B.1 From Humanism to Wisdom

    The humanity of the Simple, Mocker, and Fool versus the fear of God’s Wisdom. Defines wisdom as the ability to live out God’s name, and virtue as the different facets of wise character.

  • LEAD! A.9 Spirit’s Conviction

    In Which Jesus Sends the Comforter, and We Are Convicted By Him This week we move from the Father and the Son to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. This also continues our theme of God restoring His Image by saving us from our rebellion. And as…

  • LEAD! Syllabus for “Theological Foundations”

    LEAD! Syllabus for “Theological Foundations”

    In thinking about it, I realized I should take my Curriculum one step further, and actually identify the passages and key learnings for each lesson. Not only will this help ensure I’m on the same page as my pastor, but it would enable others to write some of the lessons…

  • LEAD! Curriculum Reset for “Theological Foundations”

    LEAD! Curriculum Reset for “Theological Foundations”

    So, the good news is that our church is gearing up to start LEAD! on September 4th, and already taking applications! That’s also the bad news, since I’ve only finished three classes. 😦 Still, it only takes me about four hours per class, which is two late night waiting-to-feed-Rohan sessions…

  • Twelve Steps to Arrow-Proof Your Ministry

    Apologies for the pretentious title, but I wanted to challenge myself to identify and reorganize the lessons we covered in last year’s leadership class into a coherent prescription for facing down “Ministry Killers”.

  • Stoned, Part I: Three Stones

    5:30 AM, Sunday, March 11th, 2007 I am walking down a street of some kind, carrying  three stones I, um, excreted earlier. Semi-round, they are roughly the size of a quarter, nickel, and dime, respectively. Clean now, I juggle them in my hand, relieved to have them out, but not…

  • Calling Up (Rite of Passage 2/2)

    [Continued from Part 1] I wake up, not quite able to remember how I got here, or how long I’d been asleep. I’m not even sure I’m awake now — it is pitch dark, and I have that drowsy, warm feeling I have right when I’m on the edge of…