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photos from 2nd church plant event
A week ago Sunday we had our second training event for the New Community Bronzeville Launch Team. This is the team of people who have come together to pray and work for the launch of our new church in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. It’s amazing and encouraging to look at these photos and realize the individuals…
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multi-site church ad nauseum
My most recent post for Out of Ur went up yesterday. The audience on that blog tends to be those with an interest in or experience with church ministry. Frankly, I’m not sure most of the readers here at Signs of Life would find the content all that intriguing, but it’s certainly a blog I…
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deadly viper character assassins [updated]
I prefer to stay away from the arguments that so often characterize blog-world; don’t we get enough of that in real life? However, on occasion there are disagreements of substance worth pointing out, ones that have the capacity to teach. Yesterday Dr Soong-Chan Rah (whose book and blog I’ve recommended before) wrote about a new…
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happy saturday: charlie darwin by low anthem
How can a song be so beautiful and utterly sad? Such is the case, in my opinion, with Charlie Darwin by The Low Anthem. Here’s the new video; the lyrics are below.
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3 recent films you may have missed
Last week I drove out to some friends’ vacation home for a few days of study, reflection and prayer. It was a restful and productive time despite missing Maggie and Eliot. The number of films I’ve seen this year has dropped off since we welcomed Eliot in April so during this time away I enjoyed…
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