Posts of the week

Here are some posts that are worth reading.

• I love this idea. I'm planning on doing it with my boys. Now I need to start saving $$$.
• Ben's posts here and here on cultivating the soil for church planting are must reads. I think that's what Movie's in the Park and three years in Spartanburg has done for us.
• Seth's post on how to organize a room is great.
• I don't know how we got connected to this blog, but this was a moving post that I totally agree with.

On another note, Nathan's trying out for the swim team. I think he could make the Olympics one day.

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Craig posted on "Ten Questions Every Leader Should Ask" here, but I think these are 10 questions all followers of Jesus should ask.

I heard this story from my friend Frankie and then read it here. Pretty amazing.

Also, this post and this post from Vince is a great reminder that I needed to read.

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This was supposed to go out on Friday, but for some reason it didn't work. But it's here now and worth the read. These are some great posts about marketing. We have so much to learn. Check out Vince's post here and what the top experts say here.

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I know, I missed a post of the week last week. Having the flu really threw me off, but today's post is worth it. I totally agree with Seth on this post. We even talked about this at our LTM on Tuesday. Resistance will come. I love the encouragement: Persist.

Another post worth reading is Shawn's on being a healthy leader. You can read it here.

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I've got a few places you should check out this week. As I mentioned, I went to churchplanters.com conference. A few of the sessions were great and I wanted to pass on some links. Shawn Lovejoy talked about being a healthy leader. Being a healthy leader requires discipline. He posted some great personal diagnostic questions here. Mark Batterson is someone I have an enormous amount of respect for. He posted notes from his talk on being a Secure Leader here. Though it wasn't my favorite talk, Bill Cornelius' talk is online for free here. It's worth listening to. I also want to give a shout out to my friend Pat who became a first time dad on Tuesday. You can read all about it here. Congrats Pat!

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This week I want to send you to two places. First, you need to check out Jay's post here. I think it is extremely pertinent considering how we are trying to put together a launch team of missional people.

Second, you've got to check out this article from Fox News. Sounds like a sermon that you (or I) might want to do. :)

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Before I get to this week's Post of the Week (which I know you've been dying for me to send out) I have to say how excited I am about Hub City Church's vision casting gathering on Sunday night. I am pumped about getting to share with people about what God has called us here to do. Maybe you live in the area and are feeling a nudge right now. Come on Sunday and find out more. Click here for information.

Now, without further adieu... I loved Mark's post about what Rick Warren said about commitment. I also think you should check out Craig's posts on Signs of Immaturity here, here, here and here. They are so relevant to guys who are just starting out.

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Simplicity. What do you think of when you hear that word? Scott has a great post here on why they value simplicity at his church. I want what we do at Hub City Church to be simple. A couple of great books on this are Simple Church and 7 Practices of Effective Ministry.

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Once again this week's honor of "posts of the week" go to Vince. He began a series of posts this week entitled "Waaaaaa, I'm not getting fed." You can find the posts here. They are worth your time.

I've been saying for a long time that it's not the church's responsibility to keep feeding people. Of course we need to feed baby Christians, but we need to also teach them to feed themselves. That's the only way they'll grow up. Maturing Christians need to be feeding themselves and others, but as Vince says, we're lazy. We'd rather have some pastor's chewed up, half digested burger than dig into Scripture ourselves and let God speak directly to us. Too often we're "sermon connoisseurs," instead of Scripture connoisseurs.

I'm always thinking about what a disciple of Jesus looks like in today's world. This week I've keep coming back to the fact that it's someone who spends time in God's word and then aligns their life according to it.