Jean Williams writes of her own experience and also commends the concept of ‘church invaders’, Christians who consciously seek fellowship and ministry with people who aren’t like them. The only reservation I have about the article are her reservations. If your exclusive fellowship is with people who you’d be comfortable hanging out with even if …

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Sojourn Network blog provide seven signs of burnout. I can’t stress enough that I’m not posting this simply for/about pastors. Anyone could suffer this, particularly folk who are in any situation where the situation isn’t satisfying, doesn’t have definable and objectively achievable goals, and has no known conclusion. As the last paragraph alludes, they’re promising …

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A local church should be a body of people whose only reason for hanging out together is that Jesus loves them and they love Jesus and Jesus has joined them all together. Anything else we share in common is a bonus. The notion that people should be looking for a church on the basis of …

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This YouTube was the hit of the internet last week. A father frustrated with his daughter’s inappropriate and disrespectful Facebook post takes extreme disciplinary action. If you don’t know what this contains stay till the end. Only in the US. Thanks to Phil Johnson for posting this copy with a few expletives deleted out. UPDATE: …

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