tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55089642012-02-17T16:44:19.530-08:00An exploration of Simple Church by a group of people seeking to love God with our whole lives and love our neighbors as ourselves.Ryannoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508964.post-1155336509562817602006-08-11T15:47:00.000-07:002006-08-11T15:49:54.543-07:00

As many of you know, I took my son and some friends to see Matisyahu on Aug 9th. The next day after contemplating Matisyahu’s message I was struck by our own lack of heritage. Matisyahu is a Hassidic Jewish reggae musician with a very clear and concise message. His music is a proclamation to his Jewish brothers and sister to return to the fold. The message goes something like this. “I went out

bradnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508964.post-1150241366489152942006-06-13T16:29:00.000-07:002006-06-24T19:35:41.406-07:00

What does God think he's doing!?! This is tounge in cheek of course.....God is all-knowing. My life keeps changing. The lives of those around me keep changing. It's all wonderful and scary!A few months back I felt inspired to start listening to Steve Camp again (http://stevenjcamp.blogspot.com/). While I have not yet read his blog, his music from, well, a few years ago is challenging. I do not

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A few links to old posts on method:In Defense of MethodDiscipleship 101The Mechanism of DiscpleshipIn this post I would like to discuss the concept of mechanism. A mechanism is the tool in which the method is delivered. The combination of method and mechanism is necessary to effectively disciple. The mechanism of all discipleship is community. It is the community of believers and our

bradnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508964.post-1148627392146303182006-05-26T00:09:00.000-07:002006-05-26T00:09:52.210-07:00

Rambling at it's best.....welcome the mind of gadman.....God's really been working on my heart lately. Hallelujia! This soul needs a good once over by the Holy Spirit.....every hour! :) I have been thinking about how I can be stewardly with my entire life.....in taking up my cross and carrying the "light" burden of Jesus. How do I reach out to my neighbors? How do I evangelize in my shere

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A disciple of Jesus is someone who is learning to follow the sayings of Jesus through the power of His life. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. But this yoke is not ease like the world sees ease. His peace is not like the peace and ease the world can give a man. But His yoke is the only true path to peace and service that abides in a love from the heart. His yoke is the cross.Jesus’

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I was up in Azusa for a gathering of the Christian Community Development Association (http://www.ccda.org/) . They had gathered 30 leaders under age 40 from across the US to talk about the challenges and hopes for the Christian Community Development movement in the next 20 years.One of the leaders gathered was a guy named Darin who is involved with the Simple Way, a new monastic group connected

Ryannoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508964.post-1148021227278959882006-05-18T23:46:00.000-07:002006-05-18T23:49:47.746-07:00

I found this passage listed on one of the websites connected to the Simple Way and Relational Tithe. Keith had asked me if they had scripture that guided them. There is one verse listed below but I see much scriptural influence in the ideas listed..."Moved by God’s Spirit in this time called America to assemble at St. Johns Baptist Church in Durham, NC, we wish to acknowledge a movement of

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This weekend we took an offering at House Church for the Barnabas fund. We decided after reading Acts 4 that we should begin to gather our finances in such a way that we could give them then to the "orphans and widows" as we meet them in our lives.

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