Being a long way from anywhere means that just slipping off to a ministry conference is a bit of an exercise. Fortunately a generation of blog savvy posters means that reasonable notes are available. And sometimes audio is even posted a bit later for free. New student Stephen McDonald has posted notes on the sessions …
I commented yesterday that all the elephants at this year’s Elephant Room event seemed to be outside the room. Inside the room (on my reading of Wax’s notes) there seemed less of last year’s committment to understanding how the same commitments can be expressed differently in ministry and mission and more of everyone affirming each …
The Elephant Room is a moderated panel discussion of pastors hosted by James MacDonald and his invited guests. This year Crawford Loritts, Jack Graham, James MacDonald, Mark Driscoll, Steven Furtick, T.D. Jakes, and Wayne Cordeiro. The aim of the event is to have pastors with differing philosophies discuss issues involved in planting, growing and leading …
I’m getting up at 4.15am tomorrow to drive to Mount Barker for a one-day church meeting. Before I leave I’ll be making a double strong-shot black coffee to drink on the way. I’d like to thank coffee (and the new music I’ll be playing) for making this early morning trip a pleasurable experience. This is …
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