October 2008 - Posts
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If You Could Ask Bono One Question....
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Next week, Bill Hybels will be interviewing Bono for the Leadership Summit 2009. Last time this happened, I got to go along to Dublin - but this year that will not be possible. However, Bill asked me if there are any questions the artists would want him...
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Passing the Baton
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I'm still giving thanks for how God worked at our weekend services. We are in a series about Influence, and this weekend was focusing on the potential of the next generation to make a powerful difference - how God often uses young people to do his...
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Learnings From the Goodman Theatre
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I went to see the first play of the season at Chicago's Goodman Theatre Wednesday night with a group of friends. Turn of the Century is a brand new musical crafted by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the team who created the wildly successful hit...
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Seriously
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Take God really seriously ... yourself not so much . - Mark Batterson The Group Life Conference started today. I have the privilege of serving on the creative team for this conference, so I get to sit in on all the sessions. We had rich times of worship...
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Conference Week
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Today we begin a full conference week at Willow, with three distinct experiences. Nancy Ortberg and I will host an all day Gifted to Lead workshop today with over 475 women exploring the art of leading as a woman in the church. This will be our second...
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FREE DOWNLOAD - When was the last time you asked God to make you dangerous?
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When is the last time this question came to mind? When is the last time this came up in conversation? Has it ever come up? Are we living lives where this question is relevant? Are we seeking safety and predictability? Okay … enough questions! Take a few...
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The Economy and Our Church Budgets
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The news just keeps getting worse on the economy, and many of our churches are right in the middle of the budgeting process. Today I participated in one of those meetings where everyone tries to be hopeful and visionary while also facing the realities...
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Call to Worship
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Every Wednesday at noon these days I walk to the other end of the Willow Campus from my office at the Willow Creek Association to join the creative team at my church who are entrusted with planning the weekend services. What is different from the past...
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The Beauty of Mennonite Harmony
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I invested this past weekend serving the Neffsville Mennonite Church in Lancaster Pennsylvania, teach workshops all day Saturday and bringing the message on Sunday. At the end of the Sunday morning service, Pastor Harry Jarrett came up to deliver the...
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Timing Is Everything
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I was talking on the phone yesterday with Jason Hatley, the Worship Arts Director of the Journey Church in New York City. He mentioned that they are just starting this weekend a new series about finances - and this was planned a year ago! I told him that...
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Without Him Nothing Was Made
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One of my favorite passages in the Bible - one that reads like poetry even in the English language - is the first chapter of the gospel of John. This morning I read those familiar words once again, " without him nothing was made that has been made...
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Compassion Art
Marg Rehnberg
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