I’m Back?

Wow, it’s been nearly a year since I last posted. Sad. I fell the need to make this “buffer” post before I start blogging again. I set a goal of making 40 blog posts this year. Yet, here we are – nearly 3 full months into the year and nothing. How do people do it? [...]

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100 Reasons Why Epiphany Station should Grow

I took the challenge from Nelson Searcy to make a list of 100 reasons why our church should grow. The premise is that if you know the “why,” any “how” is possible. I thought there was no way I could come up 100 reasons – 20 maybe – but once I got going, I couldn’t [...]

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Teach us to Pray

“Lord, teach us to pray…” (Luke 11:2) Confession: I have really been struggling with prayer lately. I know prayer is important – for my own spirituality, my family, and our church. But for some reason, it’s just a struggle right now. I’ve really been convicted lately that we need to be a church of prayer [...]

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Contentment

Lenten Journey – Day 23 I have totally been digging this spring weather. The sunshine, warmth and melting snow put an extra spring in my step and joy in my heart… That is, until I discovered that it’s been 25 degrees warmer in the Twin Cities where I used to live. Suddendly my joy turned [...]

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Aslan is on the Move

Lenten Journey – Day 22 Ah, Spring is in the air! There is nothing better after a big blizzard then to watch it all melt away as quick as it came. Every time I step outside over the past few days I am overtaken by a powerful metaphor from The Lion, the Witch and the [...]

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Church is a Team Sport

Lenten Journey – Day 18 One of the things I really love about our church is that we are such team players. People don’t expect me as the pastor to do everything and I, in turn, have a cast of people I can count on to compensate for my weaknesses and do real hands-on ministry [...]

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As I Lay Here Dying

I’ve got the flu… for the second time in five weeks. This time I actually went to the doctor because I thought I had bronchitis and I was diagnosed with certifiable Influenza Type A. They actually test for influenza now which is new to me. It used to be if you were sick and they [...]

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You’re Welcome

I have changed. Thank God for that! I am no longer a post-modern, emergent, urban church planter. I am me. And I kinda like it. For those who know the old me, this blog might be kind of a change. I don’t know. I’m still me, but everything has changed. And I need to write [...]

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