Author Archives: Rob
7 Most Asked Questions on Missional Communities and My Thoughts on One
Next month, I get the privilege of speaking on the main stage at the Exponential Conference (www.exponentialconference.org). Exponential has become the largest gathering of church planters in the West. I’ve been invited to share GCC’s story and how we arrived … Continue reading
Construction Accident: I’ve Been Hit By a Ton of Bricks
Another repost from our team in India. This one will give you a whole new perspective on your day. ———————————————————————————– One would think that having taken this journey three times before that not much could be surprising. I often find … Continue reading
It’s India
This is a repost from the GCC India Team’s blog. I will be sharing a couple posts from there this week. The stories, learning, and content is so brilliant…I just had to repost. By the way, you can travel to … Continue reading
India Team March 2011: Don’t Just Do For Them, Do With Them
We’ve got another team headed to India today at 2:30pm. We've sent hundreds of people to India over the years. Our teams are all laser focused in terms of adding value to the churches and communities on the ground in … Continue reading
Something to Help Start the Work Week
As you begin your work week, may this story remind you of how much your work matters. I was living as a political detainee at the time in the nearby local jail, and one of the guards, a Muslim, had … Continue reading
A Note from an Anonymous Blogger, A Prayer, and a Prayer Request
My pal, Chad Meister, sent me this note from an anonymous blogger on Ash Wednesday. These words helped me set the trajectory for this 40 day journey into Lent. Powerful stuff. I read it over and over. After his confession, … Continue reading
Lent Begins
Lent begins today. 40 days of prayer, fasting and confession leading up to the Easter holy week. Nothing matters more than the Resurrection. Now is the time to reorient our lives to the rhythm of the cross and the Resurrection. … Continue reading
No Other Practice Has Been So Helpful
This week the people of the Granger movement are intentionally listening. Over the years, no other practice has been so helpful in moving me from selfishness to selflessness, from worry to peace, from fear to courage, from sleep to awareness … Continue reading
Be The Church: What Are WE Going to Do?
This last weekend, I taught on one of the three anchor points of our new vision, Reproduce At Every Level. During the message, I provided a quick fly over of the coupling of the Creation narrative in Genesis with the … Continue reading
Want To Get an Oscar?
OK, the Oscars were so boring I turned it off a somewhere around Best Soundtrack. If you’ve always wanted to be in pictures, you’ve got your chance this coming Thursday, March 3rd. The next Missional Moves video shoot is taking … Continue reading