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The Spiritually Far-Sighted

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Are You Spiritually Far-Sighted?

It was back in 2005 that I started tapping on my computer screen and yelling at it because it was blurring in and out of focus. I would lean in and sometimes it would appear clearer, I would restart my computer and sometimes it would look better.  “Blink^##(#& monitors,” I would say in hopes that harsh words would make them wise up.  Really, how could two new monitors have gone bad so quickly.  So, obviously, I sold them on eBay and went out and bought some nicer ones, bigger ones, and justified it easily when my wife questioned the expense. When I got them home I couldn’t believe it. Same problem!  What was going on? My wife comes in during one of my fits and makes the statement filled with all wisdom and insight,

“You need to get your eyes checked.” (more…)

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Book Release is Coming Soon

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

My latest book, TOM and the Goldfish Bowl is almost out! I have proofed the final work, and have ordered some physical copies for our online store at Enter The Worship Circle so you can order them in plenty of time for Christmas.

Check this page out at my personal website for a little more information about the book.

Subscribe now in either an RSS feed reader or by email to my complete audiobook podcast of TOM and the Goldfish Bowl. That’s right the entire book, professionally recorded, released chapter at a time absolutely free for subscribers. Coming soon to iTunes as well. The first episode will release on December 1, 2009!

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Introduction to Family Tools

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Another podcast excerpted from the very first Churchthink retreat ever.  Here David Wilton and Ben Pasley introduce the idea of moving past the ideas of “church planting” or “community” and introduce the idea that what we really need are the practical relational tools to build family between us!  Awesome.  It’s a long one at 45 minutes.

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Forgiveness and Expectations 2

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

BONUS! I found this wonderful recording of a real conversation with real people that covers some of the key stuff in the article! Yes! This is part 2 of 2 where Robin and I lead our very first Churchthink at none other than David and Ally Wilton’s house last fall. This first part deals mostly with learning to express healthy expectations of one another and building familial language.

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Forgiveness and Expectations 1

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

OK, David Wilton and I tried to record a conversation on our last article posted here which is titled Being A Reconciler, but it was super long and filled with aweful explosions for the iPhone which was in my butt pocket. I have learned this lesson before, but this time it was fatal.  BONUS!  I found this wonderful recording of a real conversation with real people that covers some of the key stuff in the article!  Yes!  This is part 1 of 2 where Robin and I lead our very first Churchthink at none other than David and Ally Wilton’s house last fall.  This first part deals mostly with exercising forgiveness.

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Being A Reconciler

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Paul had a Wounded Heart

I would like you to read the first seven chapters of 2 Corinthians with this in mind:  Paul loved this group of believers  in Corinth but something had come between them–and it had broken his heart.

I have always loved this section of Scripture, but I don’t think I saw it as a personal letter until recently.  I think many of us read the letters in the New Testament as though the authors put chapters and numbers in them from the beginning like they were teaching manuals.  I know I can’t help but seeing them that way sometimes.  2 Corinthians is a book in the Bible, but I submit that it is also a very personal letter from Paul to the Church in Corinth.

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