Tag: rule of life
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why God works slower than I would often like
So I just got back from a conference in Portland about transformation, innovation and the future of the church. It was a really cool conference where we learned from some secular innovators about design thinking and leadership through the unique challenges of the creative process. It really was pretty great and often inspiring. But, having […]
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why I’m old fashioned (when it comes to churchy things)
One day after a lesson on church history, a youth from our community said: “Robert, you like really old stuff a lot, don’t you?” I replied, “The older, the better.” See, for me, when it comes to cultivating a spiritual life or a religious practice, I think that older is usually better. I believe the […]
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on the value of being lost
from the reflection Sunday at simple church. cultivating calm, centered, compassionate lives. it’s helpful if you read Luke 15:1-10 The setting for these stories that Jesus tells, of a lost sheep and a lost coin, is a confrontational moment where Jesus is responding to some Pharisees about his preference for dinner companions. The text says […]
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learning to live and love intentionally
Simple church exists to cultivate calm, centered and compassionate lives by following a rule of life. As we enter into this fall and we re-launch our evening worship at 5pm on Sunday weekly (starting Sunday, September 11th), I thought it might be helpful to revisit what it means to live by a rule of life. […]