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Today we received a large box of seeds from Living Seeds! It was great to sort through lots of seeds that we need and use all the time but also lots of new things to try out in our garden for the first time. It is so amazing to have Living Seeds in Johannesburg partnering with us!!
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Hey Y’all, did you see my new ministry video yet???? It is from my trip to South Africa and it features our friends the Davis family who are doing some pretty awesome work! CLICK HERE
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Below you will find a brief article which traces the historical rise of “roommates” and simultaneous drop in marriage rates.
The article is good food for thought, but to get the full impact of what we can learn, you simply MUST read the interaction in the comments.
Ministry leaders in USA should pay careful attention about what we can learn here. Those ministry leaders abroad (Europe especially) could weigh in as well with some contrast to what they see there.
Which comment do you think is the most helpful?
OK, I shut up…
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Being opposed is good for thinking. So says a coach of ceos. You can watch the TED talk below.
I agree.
I was in a meeting recently where understanding of a problem and subsequent solutions were sought. Honestly, in this conversation, I felt neither understood nor encouraged. However, I know those in this conversation have the greater good in mind. The value of additional/opposing opinions is that they make our thinking sharper.
In a feature on NPR, the story of a scientist who, in the 50s, sought the reason for childhood cancers in the UK. She discovered the reason through research, but her argument was sharpened by being opposed.
That’s what I am thankful to have experienced in that meeting. Being opposed sharpened my thinking and shook me from what is called “willful ignorance” or maybe, as I might call it, “rut thinking.”
I was telling a pastor friend about this. (This pastor is FREAKING out about the condition and direction he sees in the USA church.) He wondered if this could be an answer to what he sees as a decline of the USA church.
Could engaging with, say, post moderns (or whomever), about the church, or more importantly, about the biblical Jesus not just open conversations with these friends, but also sharpen our own thinking about this most important of topics? That, I think, is his question.
I think he is on to something. I recall a conversation a couple of months ago with a guy where we were talking about life and it became clear that a big part of where we differed a bit was our views of God. As we talked, our thinking was sharpened.
So, my question is, with whom are you collaborating, who provides you with opposition which helps you sharpen your thinking?
Links:
Margaret Heffernan: The dangers of “willful blindness” #TED : http://on.ted.com/dja4
NPR TED hour on making mistakes… http://m.npr.org/story/174030515
(I’m on my phone in a car so no imbeds today gang, sorry)
need to re-blog this as I point to it in a teaching
I was having coffee with a friend a few of days ago and the subject of fear came up, it came up again yesterday with another friend and then last night. Fear. What can we do about it? As a follower of Jesus, I know that I fear when I ease my embrace of Him who gives strength… that’s when I fear, when I look at circumstances instead of trusting God. When I discover fear in my own heart, I run to the same place, the Scriptures (because they really are profitable and able to cut between my thoughts and intentions). Consider these the next time you fear:
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1 ESV)
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1…
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