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Not only is the missioner’s mission the mission of Jesus, the missioner represents Jesus. One can say that the missioner is the presence of Jesus wherever the missioner is. Think about that.

Here’s another letter used with permission. I’ll reply later, but what would you say — how do we make our ministries, including those with our youth, more missional?

Laura, our daughter, ran a 10K recently. We watched her at two different places and had a great time — it was a hot day, way too hot, but she fought the whole way and beat her personal best time. Congrats to Laura! She got second in her age group!

Missional Jesus depended on God to provide daily necessities through those who were committed to the missional Jesus’ vision of the kingdom. There’s a lot there, but do take it in. The text for today is Matthew 10:9-10.

We finished our Hawaiian Isles Kona Classic yesterday, and so I got out some Boyd’s Espresso Milano Coffee — very nice except one problem. So far as I can figure out, the grind was so fine that my Starbuck’s Espresso machine can’t force the steam through the coffee. So, I packed Boyd’s back up and…

O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you…

Today I awakened a little nervous because on the schedule was that Kris and I were going to the mall for some “casual pants.” This made me wonder if Kris didn’t have in mind that I would be getting some jeans — an article of clothing I have not worn in more than twenty years.…

Sorry for this: somehow the Weekly Meanderings were published “private” mode instead of public mode. So, here they are: Chicago’s finest is caring for some new penguin chicks:

E.P. Sanders, in 1977, published the most influential book of the last fifty years: Paul and Palestinian Judaism. There has been all kinds of scuttlebutt about what a decade later Jimmy Dunn began to call the “new perspective.” And now Tom Wright has added another major voice and there you have it: the new perspective.…

We’re back to Jon Wilson’s Why Church Matters, and chp 5 is a fascinating chp. But Jon cheats here — in his section on worship he has included a chp on the pastor. It’s the adjustment of a nice article he wrote elsewhere, and it doesn’t matter to me one hoot — it’s a new…
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