Archive for July, 2011

Generation Justice by Palmer Chinchen

Posted on July 18, 2011 | No Comments
I have a name for this generation. No one’s been quite sure what to call the emerging generation. Some call them the Millennials, or Generation Next (that’s makes no sense,...
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Review: Erasing Hell By Francis Chan – An Important Book and Topic By Dan Kimball

Posted on July 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
Yesterday I got to hang out with Francis Chan as we are 1-hour-and-15-minute away neighbors now. He moved up to the San Francisco area and I am down in the...
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The Financial Transition From Full-Time Ministry to Simple/Organic Church By Felicity Dale

Posted on July 11, 2011 | No Comments
About twice a month, I receive an email that goes something like this: “I am currently in full-time ministry as a pastor/youth minister/worship leader, but sense the Lord is calling...
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What Is Your Dependence Day? By Charlie Wear

Posted on July 2, 2011 | No Comments
What is the anniversary of your “dependence?” For the United States of America the official independence day is July 2, 1776. From the History News Network article, Top 5 Myths...
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Profoundly Disturbed on The Fourth of July (redux): God, The Flag, and the End of America By Bob Hyatt

Posted on July 2, 2011 | No Comments
Author’s note: This article was first published in the summer of 2003. Shortly thereafter, my church employer and I…uh… parted company. It was God’s way of getting me off my...
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God Without Religion – Can It Really Be That Simple? by Andrew Farley: Review by Bill Dahl

Posted on July 2, 2011 | No Comments
Grace...
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- Following Jesus by Charlie Wear
  15 May 2012 5:16 AM | No Comments
  If you know me, then you know that I am not much of a follower in any area of my life. I had a conversation with a young man last...
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- Stages of Grief
  30 April 2012 3:55 AM | No Comments
  The stages of grief: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kübler-Ross_model thinking about this morning…
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- Editor’s Note – April 2012 – Keeping The Fire Burning
  04 April 2012 10:56 AM | No Comments
  As many of you know, Charlie lost his wife Loretta in March 2012. Charlie and his son Ben are currently out getting some air…this is good. I am stepping in...
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- Another year of Thanksgiving by Charlie Wear
  28 November 2011 7:06 AM | No Comments
  Four years ago this month, we set out on our fourth cross-country road trip in about a year and a half. We were on the road on the Thanksgiving holiday...
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