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Monday, November 7th, 2005A bit of background here is appropriate. Clarence Jordan founded Koinonia, an "experiment in communal Christian living." This was in the early 40s, so the money figures here you'll have to multiply by like 10 or something to make it similar to today, but hey.
Clarence Jordan speaking:
"We had this lady one time come and visit […]
The Father's Love for Jesus
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005This morning I read John 17, where Jesus prays for His disciples (including us). One thing jumped out at me. At the very end of the prayer, Jesus sums up everything by asking that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them. Similar, though different from the opening […]
Is It Lawful to Heal on the Sabbath?
Monday, October 31st, 2005Religious beliefs trump hurricane reliefDanielle PepeLast updated on: 10/29/2005 5:06:13 PM
CLEWISTON — Hurricane victims who wanted water had some difficulty finding it at a relief station in Clewiston Friday. The volunteer group running a supply center doesn't like the company that donated the water, so they decided not to give it to those in line […]
Trust the Denomination
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005We've been discussing, of late, whether denominational names are helpful — in fact, if denominations themselves are helpful.This is a difficult discussion, made only more difficult by my wrong answers (that I know are wrong.) It seems to me that I really enjoy having our denominational label, because I don't have to think about these […]
Pharisee and Publican RETOLD
Monday, August 15th, 2005Below is a retelling of the Pharisee and the Publican parable — in this one, the pharisee is replaced by a too-cool-for-you Emergent church subscriber.
Emergent Hipster ? “I thank you. Lord, that I am not like this traditionalist: stiff, irrelevant, uncool, a real Gen-Xer, not. I practice authenticity by coordinating my fashion with my spirituality. […]
House Churches Website
Sunday, August 7th, 2005http://www.house2house.tv/
Check it out - a site devoted to house churches!(thanks to Mike Thisse for the link!)
Bring It
Thursday, July 21st, 2005Good things to bring to a meeting, where appropriate, of course…
Yourself
Questions
Comment, Observations
Something You've Learned
Difficulties
Concerns
Needs (Physical or otherwise)
Food
News (Personal, Local, or Global)
Friends and Children
Openness to help (whether you announce it or not)
Thanks
A Meaningful Verse
A Reason to Celebrate
Your Gifts, in a Practical way
Encouragement, to one or all
Testimony of where you've seen God working
Confession
A Story
Children In Community
Thursday, July 14th, 2005Our community within our local body has changed in the past few years from almost exclusively single, college-age folk, to a wide diversity of marital and parental statuses. We have new parents, newlyweds, singles, divorcees, fiances, and college students, to name a few. With this change, we've seen the issue of children in the meetings needing […]
2005 Retreat
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005We went to Knoxville this past weekend for a retreat! You can see photos I've taken here. The subject of our retreat was the “Our Father” prayer. I'm trying to use it as instructive (as it was given) on how to talk to God. Here's today's prayer:
Our Father in heaven,May Your name be famous in […]