Transforming “SHOULD”
Lately my family and community have been talking a lot about shame and should. I define shame as a deep worthlessness because of one’s lack…
Category: Blog
Ideas, thoughts, resources, and stubs (ideas in development).
Launching the Dojo
I’ve been working with grassroots community development for a while (like 25+ years). While it’s been a life-passion, it has also been my greatest challenge.…
ChatGPT Gets SOF Concepts Better Than My Friends
After hearing a lot of chatter about the ChatGPT language model, I decided to try it out. To give it a real work out, I…
Matt Markins: Making Child Disciples in a Secular Culture
One of our biggest initiatives coming into this year has to do with children and youth. We really feel that the timing is right to…
The 4 S’s of Showing Up
I’m doing a lot of research right now into being present in parenting, specifically as a way of practicing the Presence of God. My wife…
Attachment (with God)
Lately, as part of my fasting, I’ve been listening to The Presence Project with Summer Joy Gross — a podcast that merges ancient Christian contemplative…
Gospel Movements (Part 1): District Conference Call
What is a Gospel Movement? Why did Christianity grow explosively at first, but not now? By looking at two key dynamics, the LMC District Conference…
Fasting 2021: Spiritual Preparation for A Move of God
Right now people across the NYC metro area (and beyond) are connecting in some new ways because they sense God is about to do a…
Prayer, Fasting and the Power of God
The final module in an online course I’m taking featured video of Shodankeh Johnson, founding pastor of New Harvest Global Ministries, a discipleship and church…
Disciplemaking Dimension of Multiplication Course: Module 5 Notes
Lately I’ve been taking online courses as part of Exponential’s Multipliers Learning Communities which I’m completing as part of my work with Lancaster Mennonite Conference’s…