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Hey, Who Turned Out the Lights?
Song of the month: You Do All Things Well by: Tenth Avenue North “Blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.” (Matt13:16) Sometimes I think that this life is one giant parable, teaching us about God’s reality. An over excited driver ran me and my children off the road just…
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Everything I needed to know about church planting, I learned in Underoos.
Song of the Month: “Let it go” Frozen soundtrack Ok so maybe not EVERYTHING…but a lot. It’s the beginning of 2014, I’m on my second day of being forty-one years old and I’m realizing that who I am is really so connected to who I was as a silly little eight year old running around…
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What We Fight For
Little Fighter Song of the month- Miracle: Foo fighters It’s been almost two months since we brought our little miracle home from the hospital. Our Eden Hope, born at 1lb 2oz is now a whopping 9 1/2 pounds of poopin, spitin-upin, late night a cryin, baby fun….and we volunteered for this, even paid to do…
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You know you’re NOT a church planter if…
Song of the week: If We are the Body: By Casting Crowns From time to time I come across starry eyed young men and woman who are sure they are called to church plant. I love it. I love to see the enthusiasm and excitement for the lost of this generation. The burden they feel…
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One Bright Balloon
This blog is written for Ashley O’Brian, one cool church planting chick who has been laboring with us in Long Beach. Her heart for the poor and those at risk in this world is always inspiring. Now she is headed to Africa where she will love on the orphan, widow, and those in prison. You…
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Magnificent Storm
Song of the week- Nichole Nordeman :River God “I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me.” Ph.4:13 In our house it’s the girls who are the thrill seekers. The higher, the faster, the rollier the roller coaster, we’re on it. But every thrill seeker has her limits right? Storms are my limit.…
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Who Needs Wings?
“Look to the ant you sluggard” Doesn’t the Bible just have a way with words? I mean who would ever think to say such a statement to you? And if they did, would you ever talk to them again? Or duck behind the grocery isle each time they headed your way? Still, we can’t deny…
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We Go Together Like…
“We go together like Ramma lamma lamma Ka dinga da dinga dong.” We go together like…Mac n cheese, or as Forest says, “We goez together like peas en carawts Jenny.” Church unity, friendships, love, such a blessing when we have it isn’t it? #birds chirping, flowers blooming# I cautiously say “have it” as though unity…
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TERRIBLE TWOS VERSUS TERRIFIC TODDLERS
So here we are. Year two of our church plant. The excitement of the first year with all the cute little “firsts”(like new believers) and the not so cute little “firsts” (like first demoniacs) is over and we are now heading into life as we know it. A bouncing, budding, baby church.…
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A PLATE OF BLACKENED VEGGIES
A Plate full of blackened Veggies Song of the month for me: Worn by Tenth Avenue West: Struggle I tell my girl every evening when her dancing fingers are doing their veggie vanishing act around her cooked veggies, “Baby, just try em. You just ate some while we were cooking em.” But no. In her…