John is tumbling

"Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking."

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:39:42 -0700

“Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking.”

- Fritjof Capra (quoted from elsewhere)

"A gate can be a barrier or it can be a passageway to the other. The latter is the secret of the..."

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:12:28 -0700

“A gate can be a barrier or it can be a passageway to the other. The latter is the secret of the kingdom.”

- Thomas Keating (The Kingdom of God is Like…)

"if the world could have been saved by bookkeeping, it would have been saved by Moses, not Jesus."

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:23:17 -0800

“if the world could have been saved by bookkeeping, it would have been saved by Moses, not Jesus.”

- Robert Farrar Capon

"It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:41:53 -0800

““It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.””

- Aldus Dumbledore

"God created woman for redemption before redemption ever was needed."

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:41:14 -0800

“God created woman for redemption before redemption ever was needed.”

- Dan Allender

"How ironic that the cross — the icon of the dominating Roman framing story — became the..."

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:15:25 -0800

“How ironic that the cross — the icon of the dominating Roman framing story — became the icon for the liberating framing story of Jesus. And how much ironic if we who believe in Jesus dn’t get the irony.”

- Brian McLaren (Everything Must Change)

"The parables perform a similar service. They suggest that our idea of the kingdom may not be the..."

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:51:26 -0800

“The parables perform a similar service. They suggest that our idea of the kingdom may not be the correct one. Our ideas of God and the kingdom need to be expanded and to grow continuously.”

- Thomas Keating in The Kingdom of God is Like…

"Gathering and sending are related to one another like breathing in and breathing out."

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:43:15 -0800

“Gathering and sending are related to one another like breathing in and breathing out.”

- Jurgen Moltmann, The Fellowship of the Spirit

"We are most like God in that our speech brings about profound change. God speaks — to create..."

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:02:53 -0800

“We are most like God in that our speech brings about profound change. God speaks — to create or to destroy. He creates beauty; he destroys sin. Too often we create chaos and destroy beauty with our words.”

- Intimate Allies (Allender and Longman)

"Evangelism should never deterioriate into coaxing, must less into threat. It is not the same as (1)..."

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:49:33 -0800

“Evangelism should never deterioriate into coaxing, must less into threat. It is not the same as (1) offering a psychological panacea for people’s frustrations and disappointments, (2) inculcating guilt feelings so that people (in despair, as it were) may turn to Christ, or (3) scaring people into repentance and conversion with stories about the horrors of hell.”

- David Bosch (Transforming Mission)

"The primary purpose of the missiones ecclesiae can therefore not simply be the planting of churches..."

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:40:23 -0800

“The primary purpose of the missiones ecclesiae can therefore not simply be the planting of churches or the saving of souls; rather, it has to be service to the missio Dei, representing God in and over against the world, pointing to God, holding up the God-child before the eyes of the world in a ceaseless celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany.”

- David Bosch (Transforming Mission)

"Incarnational ministry essentially means taking the church to the people, rather than bringing..."

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:32:20 -0800

“Incarnational ministry essentially means taking the church to the people, rather than bringing people to the church.”

- Alan Hirsch in The Forgotten Ways

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter..."

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:24:19 -0800

““Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.””

- Dr. Seuss (courtesy of Zadok via Josh Williams)

Our Compact Life

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:25:25 -0800

Our Compact Life

"We want to lower the bar of how church is done and raise the bar of what it means to be a disciple."

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:59:40 -0800

“We want to lower the bar of how church is done and raise the bar of what it means to be a disciple.”

- Neil Cole (as quoted in The Forgotten Ways, by Alan Hirsch)

30 minute clutter solution

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:30:32 -0800

30 minute clutter solution

"If you want to build a ship, don’t summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs,..."

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:26:38 -0800

“If you want to build a ship, don’t summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work, rather teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.”

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery (as quoted in The Forgotten Ways, by Alan Hirsch)

"Eleanor could be forgiven for thinking Santa lives in Seattle and has an army of elves in brown..."

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:14:06 -0800

“Eleanor could be forgiven for thinking Santa lives in Seattle and has an army of elves in brown shorts.”

- Merlin Mann — http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies/statuses/530044652

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:40:48 -0800

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

"“Determine what kind of people you with to produce in your church. What do you want the people..."

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:46:00 -0800

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“Determine what kind of people you with to produce in your church. What do you want the people to be? Narrow this list down as much as possible.”

(what the? didn’t Steve Taylor (rightly) mock this idea 20 years ago…”if you wanna be one of His, you gotta act like one of us”)

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- Simple Church