Month: January 2009
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Spiritual Community = Safe to be Human
What Christian community is and should look like has been the subject of countless blogs, books, small group discussions and sermons. As a member of a fellowship living in intentional Christian community, I have often found the input from the wider conversation on community beneficial for the growth and development of our group. One…
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The Great Seed Heist – Jared Barton
The Great Seed Heist is a book that Jared has been working on for the past few years. The book tells the story of Tommy the Squirrel, his best friend Harley, and the great adventures that they have together. Throughout the story, Tommy and Harley have many dangerous close encounters; but they eventually get back…
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Putting it bluntly
“…cut free from any sense of community, we are miserable and lonely as well as rude. This is an age of social autism, in which people just can’t see the value of imagining their impact on others, and in which responsibility is always convieniently laid at other people’s doors. People are trapped in a kind…
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This is brilliant
Normally, I don’t find much value in Saturday Night Live, but this skit is just brilliant.
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Advent Walk ’08
This is our second year doing an Advent Walk; during the walk we have different scenes set up around one of the lawns illustrating the story of the Nativity. At each scene we stop, read a portion of scripture and listen to a song that illustrates that scene. We work our way around in…
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Community versus Society
There is a lot of buzz today about being missional. In fact, according to Bill Kinnon missional is “the Western Church word of the moment.” A whole debate is raging about the merits of missional versus attractional models. The missional movement started out as a way to change the conversation about what the Church is…
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Welcome Luke
Jared and Heidi are now the proud parents of Luke Anthony Barton. Luke arrived at 6 pounds 9 ounces and 19 3/4 inches on November 30, 2008. Luke is an answer to many prayers. Jared and Heidi have been seeking to adopt for quite a while. The community has been in intense prayer for the…