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Category Archives: Community
Ribs and Community: Thanks, Charlie Vergos
Last Saturday, March 27, 2010, Charlie Vergos died at the age of 84. Now, if you’ve never set foot in Memphis, that might not mean too much to you, but I kind of feel like he was something of a hero. … Continue reading
Off for Interview Weekend at Tullahoma
Well, friends, the weekend we’ve been waiting for all month is finally here – Friday morning, Kelly, the girls, and I will travel to Tullahoma, TN, for an interview weekend. The interview is for a preaching ministry position with the … Continue reading
Red-Handed Refuge Audio
For those of you who missed it, this Sunday night’s sermon, “Red-Handed Refuge” is uploaded in the Sermons section of this website, so if you’re interested, check it out! (This is for all you spring break folks who thought you … Continue reading
Red-Handed Refuge
In tonight’s sermon, we thought about what it would mean for our church to become a modern city of refuge. Can we go beyond Hebron’s mission as a city of safety for the accused innocent, and be a place where … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Life Reflections, Ministry, Preaching
Tagged follow-up, hospitality, preaching, refuge, sermon
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Paradigmatic Events: Individuals and Communities
As I reflected some more yesterday afternoon about the sorts of moments in people’s lives that can become paradigmatic events, another dynamic really came into focus from my own experiences. How communities respond to people during times of tragedy or … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Life Reflections, Ministry, Modus Vivendi
Tagged Community, creativity, discipleship, experiences
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Achan Again
I was going to post on something else today, but my reading in Project 4:4 for today held another little reference to Achan, who I still had on the brain from yesterday. This bit in 22:20 really caught my ear: … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Community, Devotional
Tagged Bible Study, church, Community, project 4:4, scripture
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Tornados
Last night was one of those Arkansas Spring nights. Not the ones where it’s uber pleasant outside and the mosquitos aren’t out yet (maybe tonight!), but the flip side of the season: the nights where thunderstorms rumble over the city, … Continue reading
Conan’s Farewell
I never thought I’d ever type these words, but I think Church leaders could learn a lot from Conan O’Brien. (Man, it even looks worse when I see it actually on the screen.) Over the last year, I’ve been thinking … Continue reading
Clues
When I was a kid, gathering for christmas with the Stevenson clan, you had a pretty good idea what you were going to hear if you asked about a Christmas present. They didn’t mind if you asked for a hint … Continue reading
a place to…
Okay, here’s a way I’m thinking about ecclesiology these days. I’ve been plugging words and phrases into this formula: our church is (or should be) a place… It’s a local ecclesiology, in other words it how I’m coming to understand … Continue reading
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