Month: August 2009

Total Church Resources

If you haven’t read Total Church, buy it today. If you’d like some more resources on Total Church, check out the following:

My Series of Posts on Total Church. – excerpts and reflections on the book from when we were in Core Team stage. Also check out Three-Strand Evangelism

Total Church study guide. – This is a good tool to use when Building Missional Core Teams for church planting, and for helping re-orient existing churches around the gospel, community, and mission.

Resurgence Resources – includes helpful teaching videos by Steve Timmis and other blog posts.

Prayer is like Sex with God

I came across an interesting post that compares prayer to having sex with God.

But in order to have sex, you have to get naked, wrinkles and cellulite and all. In fact, in all honestly, prayer is like sex with God with the lights on. So often we are afraid to let God truly “see us” because He might think we are ugly, and leave without even so much as having a cigarette. Even Adam and Eve feared being naked before God.

What do you think?

Bat Fest!

Don’t miss the 5th Annual BAT FEST that starts tomorrow! Get your City Group together for this family friendly day of great bands, flying bats, good food, and fun. Bands include:

Bob Schnieder

Alpha Rev

The Wailers

My Fall Speaking Engagements

In case you are interested, I will be speaking at a few conferences this Fall. I’m honored to speak along the other speakers.

September 15-16: Acts 29 Bootcamp

October 9-10: LEAD ’09

November 10-11: Missional Network Gathering

North American Mission Board (NAMB) we will be hosting a Regional Missional Network Gathering on November 10-11, 2009 in Kansas City. The conference will focus on the topics of Missional Church and City Networks. It will begin on Tuesday, November 10 at 1:00pm and conclude on Wednesday, November 11 at 4:30pm. The two primary presenters will be Eric Swanson and Jonathan Dodson.