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I SMELL SMOKE
I smell smoke…. After a few whiffs around I realized it was me. If I had been 16 rather than 39, I would have had some serious explaining to do. I smelt like the rich,thick,smokey aroma of someone who’d stayed far too long in a late night bar….yet I’d only had one chai tea latte…
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THE DISCIPLESHIP OF THE CROSS
“Pick up your cross and follow me” …and stop being a goofball.Last week I found myself mulling over this profound phrase. Like a Child turning over a shinny new penny in my hand, I thought and thought about what this could possibly mean for me. What would I do with it and how could it…
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YOU KNOW YOU’RE A CHURCH PLANTER WHEN…
You know you are a church planter/ Apostle when… You look around at your church of five people and get excited. When new people come to your church, you get unsettled when they tell you they are already Christians. The back of your car is filled with coffee pots, sound equipment, random items left behind…
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THOSE WHO SOW IN TEARS…
“Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy.” I’m really enjoying comparing the birth of a church plant to the nine week gestation period of a pregnant woman and early months of life….mainly the fact that the emotions are all over the place and there is no real logic to the pain…then…
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A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A CHURCH PLANTER
“The people we love to read about in the Bible are impressive because they battled through the challenges.” David Branon. I read this in “Our daily Bread” the other morning and I figured this was as good a place as any to start my “Year in the life of a church planter” blogging for the…
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LIVE ON PURPOSE
“True Christian love helps those who can’t return the favor.” I’d like, if I were ever to have a tombstone, I’d like it to read, “I did it on purpose!” Do you remember those days? When you use to say that phrase with perhaps a bit of a rebellious stance, casual hand limply tucked into…
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HELP ON THE HORIZON
The long awaited place to post for girls who want to impact this generation through church planting. I’m all new at this bloggin thing, so be patient with me please. But hope to have some fun discussing church planting and all its many joys and challenges.