Monthly Archives: October 2009

You go back to the caves, you’ll see the cave dwellers painting their stories on the walls of the caves. All through the OT, the people of God are called to “remember” and tell the Story of deliverance. In your more »

Once upon a time…I would start my stories. Tell us another Pesty story. I would make these stories up. The character was wacky and wild. She was my alternative self. The brave and crazy girl I wish I could be. more »

John is one of my heroes. Enough said. ——————————————————————————— How do you know if someone is a follower of Jesus? We live in a world that is tired of Christians with Christian bumper stickers, t-shirts, music, catch-phrases, building their own more »

Chris Seay, pastor of Ecclesia missional community in Houston, was on deck for Session 3.  He delivered a great talk on the value of Story over proposition. ——————————————————————————————— We need a larger view of the Scriptures and what God’s story more »

The first session started with Creation and the topic of Creativity. Second session we move into the Fall and our own brokenness.  Dave Gibbons, author of Monkey and the Fish and pastor of Newsong church, was spot on. —————————————————————————————- Stumps more »

I’m headed to the Story conference this afternoon. Interestingly enough, I’m currently building a team to develop a STORY-BASED theology capacity building initiative for our 600 plus pastors/church planters in India. As we have moved deeper into the local church-based more »

Maribeth had the girls for an overnight, along with her grandkids. One of the many fabulous activities Mimi planned was the production of a play.  Enjoy. (See if you can notice the “Twilight Zone” influence that comes from watching many more »

I just received this email from Kem with an update on Craig from Japan. Craig is leaving tomorrow (Saturday). He will be escorted by a male nurse who specializes in escorting patients to their different destinations.  They fly out of more »

Last night in the Life Mission Journey class, we dove head first into what Jesus called the “Good News,” otherwise known as the Gospel.  The word Gospel come from the old English word “Godspell,” which literally means God’s Story. In more »

Update on the update 11:46 am Thursday Update The story continues!  Tammy just sent this message, We have spotted a flight that would depart on Sunday from Japan and would land in Chicago.  He would then go from Chicago to more »