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*we informed ethan last night that he was going over to grandma’s to which he responded by packing a backpack for the 3 hour stay. its contents: 4 super nintendo games (though grandma doesn’t own the game system), his spiderman pyjamas and a rock. at that moment, in his mind, i suppose nothing else was […]
Filed by Joe at November 22nd, 2006 under Quotes, People, Office Stories
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Hooray for my friends Jayme and Lynn as they begin their adventure in South Africa! The Calgary Herald just did a piece on them here, and you can follow their adventures here.
Filed by Joe at November 10th, 2006 under People
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“The English missionary C.T. Studd once wrote, “Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.” The more I think those lines, the more I believe that the stakes have changed, and that a yard outside the gates of hell […]
Filed by Joe at November 7th, 2006 under Creativity, Cool Links, People
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Still there? Here’s what’s been up as of late:
theStory
theStory had its first gathering outside of my livingroom this past Sunday. As posted earlier on this blog, we were going to be housed in Central United’s chapel, but unfortunately(?) that fell through at the last minute. However, this opened the door for us to be at […]
Filed by Joe at October 31st, 2006 under Ideas to Share, Creativity, Cool Links, Church Planting, People
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I’ve discovered the place where that Bono was describing in the famous U2 song…Ingersoll, Ontario. I just got home from the city of 11,000 where a number of major intersections had no street signs. What a freakshow…
And why was I in Ingersoll? I had the privilege of sharing at a leaders retreat for The Embassy, […]
Filed by Joe at October 14th, 2006 under Church Planting, People
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Yeah…so where did we leave off?
*theStory: Week 3
This Sunday concluded our series on Regeneration, spend some time in Matthew 13 with specific reference to the parable of the Wheat and the Weeds. [Did you know? The ‘weeds’ that Jesus was eluding to looked just like wheat until their heads were reared? Not only that, they […]
Filed by Joe at September 26th, 2006 under Ideas to Share, Creativity, Cool Links, Church Planting, soundtrack of life, People
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Much to summarize from the last few weeks. I’ll keep it brief.
Coming and Going
Two weeks ago I was near Guelph with my good friend Phil and his leadership team from New Hope Community Church in London. A few highlights…Watching a friend grow from a bright eyed kid to a savvy leader; seeing a passion for […]
Filed by Joe at August 21st, 2006 under Cool Links, Church Planting, People
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Last Friday along with 5 others, I spent the evening in Detroit to see Rob Bell on his Everything is Spiritual tour.
Tremendous.
It was a small, yet rennovated theatre that sat about 300. On the stage was a 40 foot whiteboard where he diagramed and illustrated his points.
Inspired.
I left the theatre jacked. Bell brought the […]
Filed by Joe at August 4th, 2006 under Creativity, People
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My 3 year old son, Ethan, started playing Nintendo this week for the first time. He can beat the first 2 levels of the original Mario Brothers. Unbelievable.
While playing, he informs his onlookers what the mushrooms and the stars do and moves his whole body in the direction he wants Mario to jump. I can’t […]
Filed by Joe at July 26th, 2006 under People
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my good friend and co-church planter, nathan, has written and excellent piece here. check it out.
Filed by Joe at July 15th, 2006 under Cool Links, People
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