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Invitations
In: Church| greenhouse
20 Oct 2009This month at Greenhouse, we’ve been talking about our purpose as followers of Jesus. Last Sunday we created a handbook for people to explore who God is creating them to be. Next Sunday, we’re creating space for everyone to (voluntarily) claim, in front of our community, who God is creating them to be [...]
Take Your (Allotted) Time (TED Commandment 10)
In: Church
12 Aug 2009Continuing our series on what preachers can learn from the TED conferences’ guidelines, which they’ve affectionately dubbed “The TED Commandments”.
Finishing what we started. Today, the final TED Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee.
There’s a lot wrapped up in this commandment: There’s a lot of ground to cover, [...]
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Building a Greenhouse: Threads
In: Church| greenhouse
7 Aug 2009We want Greenhouse to be the kind of church where whatever we do on Sunday afternoons affects the rest of our week. Many of our conversations have been about ways to connect our community to one direction and theme for a season at a time, and help it to seep into all the corners [...]
No Reading Allowed (TED Commandment 9)
In: Church
5 Aug 2009Continuing our series on what preachers can learn from the TED conferences’ guidelines, which they’ve affectionately dubbed “The TED Commandments”.
Eek… has it been a month since I paused the TED Series? Let’s finish this sucker out. Today, commandment number nine, Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
Why do we create and deliver sermons? [...]
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Poets Prophets Preachers from 36,000 Feet
In: Church
8 Jul 2009Rather than give you a play-by-play of the event, which several other blogs did in splendid fashion, I want to share key moments or thoughts, and let you know what it did to me.
Session One: The Original Guerilla Theater (Rob Bell)
No one hears King’s I Have a Dream speech and asks “Did you like it?” [...]
Reclaiming the Art of the Sermon
In: Church
5 Jul 2009My broken toe & I are off to Grand Rapids for Poets, Prophets, Preachers through Tuesday. I’ll be Twittering a little, but probably nothing on the blog until Wednesday. You can follow what’s happening at the gathering on Twubs, and I’m just going to embed a feed here. Feel free to leave [...]
Make ‘Em Laugh (TED Commandment #8)
In: Church
29 Jun 2009Continuing our series on what preachers can learn from the TED conferences’ guidelines, which they’ve affectionately dubbed “The TED Commandments”.
Today, commandment number eight, Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
At the heart of this commandment is something deeper than using comedy to communicate. It’s a call to not take yourself too seriously. [...]
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Backwards & Forwards
In: Church| greenhouse
24 Jun 2009Do we plan our main Sunday gathering curriculum forward or backward?
If we plan our curriculum forward, we build as we go and see where it leads. One thing leads to the next, which leads to the next. Ideally we know where we’re going in a broad sense of the term, but nothing is [...]
Hocking Your Wares (TED Commandment 7)
In: Church
22 Jun 2009Continuing our series on what preachers can learn from the TED conferences’ guidelines, which they’ve affectionately dubbed “The TED Commandments”.
Today, commandment number seven: Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desperate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
When people show up at [...]
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On Becoming The Bends
18 Jun 2009Allow me to beat a metaphor into the ground in the name of church creation:
Before we can become OK Computer, we need to become The Bends.
OK Computer is one of the all-time life-changing records. Entire books have been written dissecting each moment of that record. It is a hyperbole-inducing hour of music made [...]
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