Urban Reformation

“There are at least two places in the psalms when the word “broken” is used when it comes to our own spirit. I’m sure there are more, but these are the ones that pertain to spirit. A friend of mine and I were having coffee this evening at a local Starbucks, surprise!  And the topic [...]

Spanking has long fallen by the wayside in public schools, and there are certainly skeptics in the public eye who have come up with every “other” form of discipline besides spanking.  I am not sure if it’s based in guilt, or perhaps a child had a “harsh” experience from their own childhood.  I know that [...]

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.. – Romans 6:12 One thing that God has been teaching me, and in my own daily experiences, all times that I can think of when there is strife, pain, difficulty in this life it’s rooted in a few things.  Primarily [...]

“One thing we know, Jehovah Jirah, our Provider, has never let us down. He is faithful though we have often been unfaithful or faithless.” A friend recently responded to an email when I sent it out about a need.  This is so true, God is faithful when we are faithless.  It was true of the [...]

We are far enough along in the church planting process now, where God has granted us a time to come up with our Church Vision.  We have a ton of notes and yet I have no way to put it well.  I just thought I’d share some of my difficulty with all 7 readers of [...]

Yesterday at Panera, met I had the opportunity to meet Gus Suarez, who is the recently the new Professor of Church Planting, Director Nehemiah Center for North American Church Planting @ Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City.  He’s back in the corner with two students who were with him and I was overhearing them [...]

In this video “Is This Really Church by Francis Chan” he’s speeking at a conference in 2009. After 13 years of good ministry, and after having what he could consider a culturally “popular” and culturally “successful” Church he’s ask the question, ” Is what we do on Sunday’s Church ?” – Not that the Sunday [...]

I started to write a blog based upon this and found out that after doing a google search there was something very very similar to what I was about to write already out there in cyber-space.  I understand, no thought I have is my own, and there is nothing new under the sun, but I [...]

Real isn’t a word that I would have used to describe Christianity when I was growing up.  I think in the 80′s the generation raising us was doing the best they could, but the topic of “compartmentalization” grew out of this generation.  Perhaps it’s always been a part of life, but it was definitely a [...]

I’m still in the process of digesting these videos, they are definitely a shift in ministry mindsets which affect everything labeled ministry.  Please consider spending the time in watching them if at all possible.  I would love to hear feedback – either via email or post below! Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Steve Timmis [...]