Ben Sternke — field notes from the missional church planting frontier

Huddle Workshop May 19

April 12, 2012

In just three short weeks, March 12-13, I’ll be leading a Huddle Workshop in the Chicagoland area for anyone who would like to explore huddles in a more thorough way.

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Glory is for Gazers, not Glancers

April 9, 2012

Moses’ face was shining because he spent a lot of time with God, gazing at him as opposed to merely glancing.

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Words for Easter Sunday

April 8, 2012

Two quotes worth meditating on today, one from an expected source, one from an unexpected source.

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Words for Good Friday

April 6, 2012

Jesus didn’t go to the cross so we wouldn’t have to. He went to the cross so we could join him there.

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Centralization Before Decentralization

April 2, 2012

Discipleship and mission go together like centralization and decentralization. You need both, in a certain order.

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Which Comes First: Structure or Life?

March 27, 2012

Does structure follow life or does it need to precede it?

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The Radical Availability of Jesus

March 25, 2012

Jesus is radically available to all who ask and seek him, including you, today.

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This year I’ve started using the Moravian Daily Texts to guide my reading of and meditation on Scripture. The following is a little devotional thought I wrote for 3DM’s Facebook page on today’s New Testament passage (Matthew 24:1-25).

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Renaming, Rethinking, or Really Re-forming?

March 9, 2012

In which I talk about not being content with simply renaming or rethinking things, but only with a genuine re-forming of structures and practices around discipleship to Jesus and mission in his name.

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