There is something happening…something is shifting in the urban church context,and leading the way are young men who are seemingly fearless, bold enough to take what look like un-calculated risk, in an effort to see Jesus glorified, the urban church rise from the ashes, and young black men introduced to a theology of the cross… [Read more…]
August 27, 2009
I am not all together opposed to flyer’s, and print media…I never have been. In fact, I have used print media to promote events, concerts, and various other types of gatherings, and even and I write this, I imagine I will again at some juncture(I am after all planting a Church). But I have a… [Read more…]
August 25, 2009
Today we had a young lady visit who was a part of our young adult community in rural Tennessee. The first thing she said to Breanna was, “I didn’t know y’all lived in the ghetto,” with typical southern drawl. Vantage point matters…it matters in how we often interpret all facets of life, and depending on… [Read more…]
August 25, 2009
August 25, 1:39 PMAtlanta Evangelical Perspectives ExaminerMark Lamprecht Previous Comment Print Email RSS Subscribe Subscribe Get alerts when there is a new article from the Atlanta Evangelical Perspectives Examiner. Read Examiner.com’s terms of use. Email Address Include other special offers from Examiner.com Terms of Use // The words “Fight Club” usually make one think of… [Read more…]
August 20, 2009
New layout, new name, new reason for writing…something shifted inside me, and so did my focus on what I share. For over a year now I have been writing under the title “There is no spoon”, but since this move to Atlanta, and the shift in my focus, and change in my environment, I felt… [Read more…]
August 18, 2009
Last Sunday I saw something amazing…there were nearly thirty people in my home, and among them about 9 different ethnicity’s were represented, only Jesus could construct something so beautiful. A true tapestry of His creation, of His children. God seems to be shaping something much bigger than talent or ability to contrive. We ate together,… [Read more…]
August 7, 2009
There are few things so funny, and so shameful that I laugh until it literally hurts. I found this first video and posted it on twitter, then I saw there was a second….I had to share them with the world. Welcome to Frankie and Johnnies furniture store, where the special man says, “Let em have… [Read more…]
August 4, 2009
In Matthew 18 the disciples ask the most ridiculous question…after seeing Jesus do amazing things, things that they could never have imagined, the only question they are left with is, “Which one of us will be the greatest.” In reference to Jesus’ coming kingdom. It was amazingly ridiculous, but not uncommon to any one of… [Read more…]
August 30, 2009
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