Finding something to excerpt from a Harry Reeder blog post continues to prove impossible. Everything is so well written and fits together so tightly. So read this post from his blog, Inperspective, and be challenged and instructed. The seventh paragraph nails it for me. In the inky black darkness of April 14, 1912, The Titanic, …

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Practical tips from Bobby Jamieson at 9Marks which follow prior posts on the subject of making sure groups exist to serve the church and not have the church exist to run groups. 1. Put better content in the programs you’ve got. If you’ve got programs that aren’t going away any time soon, figure out how …

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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 …

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