Year: 2011

• Church that Makes No Sense at All

  Tuesday Re-mix – So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with…

  Blake

  October 4, 2011

  Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership, prayer, strategic planning, the revolution

  church, church growth, Genesis 6, God’s will, leadership, Noah, planning, prayer, Proverbs 3

• Burning Labels and Building Bridges

  Tuesday Re-mix – I recently pulled up to the Starbuck’s drive-through thinking about how to say what I want (it’s important in this culture to sound knowledgeable when it comes to coffee–after all, what barista worth his/her salt would be at all impressed with me if I stepped up and just asked for a cup of coffee?).…

  Blake

  September 27, 2011

  Church Communications, Church Unity, missional, The Church’s Influence

  bridges, Christians, church, communication, labels, latte, peacemaker, Skinny Latte, Starbucks, vocabulary

• Laughter in the Hallways

  Tuesday Re-mix –  Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” Genesis 21:6 “I always want to pastor a church where there is laughter in the hallways.” Those were some of the very first words I ever heard my pastor speak.  Some sixteen years ago, when I had…

  Blake

  September 20, 2011

  Church Unity, leadership

  Abraham, church, faith, Genesis 21, hallways, laughter, pastor, peace, pregnant, relationships, Sarah