I have always thought small groups were important in the church. Ever since reading Roland Allen’s Spontaneous Growth of the Early Church and rediscovering (perhaps discovering for the first time) the growth of the church in Acts, I knew that most of the small groups I participated in came no where close to the cellular [...]

I find it interesting how something that is so out of the normal in your average day to day affairs, that when it is introduced, even fleetingly, can carry such power to transform the way you see things. We did church normally yesterday, only it wasn’t normal at all. A sword used in a symbolic [...]

I’m excited! I’ve just spent an incredible two weeks doing the impossible in northeastern Brazil. The flame that has been lit is attempting to consume me. The possibilities that are bubbling up have me pacing the floor with anticipation. And, to add further fuel to this fire, Nathanael de Poix will be speaking at The [...]

Cell Groups at The Message Church can get a little bit out of hand… This is the email and photo I get after one last night: I was out of town this week. Really…

This is nine+ minutes long. Most of you understandably won’t want to take the time. In the light of the Rob Bell “controversy” and all of the overwhelmingly negative response, Chann makes an extremely valuable point. I am very impressed.

I sat around a table last night over some really good coffee, discussing a radical overthrow of the universe. Everyone began to get really excited. We were chewing on the concept of what an encounter with this Being we call God might look like. It started innocently enough but quickly escalated to dangerous levels. Suddenly, we [...]

I’m disturbed. Greatly. I’m not sure why those who are not Christian would really have any inclination to become one. The feeding frenzy that occurs when someone says anything that is not “correct” in terms of the status quo, Christianly speaking, is horrifying. We are quick to condemn the Islamic response that is so brutal when someone [...]

According to the National Park Service, in Mammoth Cave, there’s a story under every rock, and behind every stalagmite. And, it is BIG, really, really big: Mammoth Cave is the world’s longest known cave, with more than 392 miles of interconnected passages—so long that if the second and third longest caves in the world were joined [...]

I mentioned an app that I use on my iPad in a recent post that was referenced only in passing. I’m constantly asked what Bible application I use, especially when someone sees me using my iPad in a situation where you would typically be using a Bible. Since this seems to be a topic of [...]

While this isn’t a technical blog, my geekness sometimes kicks in and draws me to a topic that holds my interest. I know that there are at least two of my ten readers who will also find it of interest. The other eight of you may even find it entertaining. I mentioned how I was [...]