Upside-Down Leadership (Video)
Yesterday in our network gathering we watched the video below and had a lively discussion about all that is addressed. If you are involved with us or interested in simple church (or leadership in general), then I would highly recommend that you watch this video. I’m very grateful to the people at House2House for putting … Read more
Trying To Play “Son House”
This past weekend I finally sat down to watch a documentary I have been eying ever since it arrived in theaters in 2008. It Might Get Loud is a documentary on the electric guitar and three legendary guitarists: The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes). In the clip I’ve … Read more
Meeting Ideas (part 2)
I mentioned yesterday in our network gathering at FAC that we had access to several small group lessons on DVD. Here is a list of the videos that should be arriving soon. Feel free to let me know if your group would like to check out one. Again, we wouldn’t want the video or discussion … Read more
5 Encouraging Things So Far…
This was going out to the “prayer list” at First Alliance Church. Thought I’d share it here too! ————— Hello First Alliance! God is continuing to grow and lead us in the formation of the “new church.” Let us thank Him together for what He has done! Name. We have settled on a name: “Simple … Read more
What is Organic Church?
Authors Neil Cole and Frank Viola have both been involved in organic/house/simple church for some time and while they share many core beliefs about “organic church,” they do see it a bit differently. Recently they took time to sit down together and address the question: “What is organic church?” I’d be interested in your thoughts … Read more
Meeting Ideas (Part 1)
I wanted to share some abbreviated notes from Frank Viola’s book Finding Organic Church. Perhaps it may encourage you as we “learn how to meet” together in our simple churches. Please note that, to my knowledge, the Frank Viola that wrote this book is not the same Frank Viola that played for the Mets and … Read more
Men and Simple Church
I would like to make a short observation based on my experiences thus far…Men are excited about Simple Church. I have long felt that the modern church has a tendency to be primarily attractive to women for a host of reasons ( I will not get into these reasons here for the sake of time. … Read more
