LA 2010 unConference

by Ben Sternke on September 17, 2010

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My friend JR Woodward is hosting an “unConference” in LA Nov 5-6.

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Praying with Children

by Ben Sternke on July 11, 2010

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A first-grader’s prayer for peace

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UNconference in Denver

by Ben Sternke on May 10, 2010

UNconference planned for June 11-12 in Denver.

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Viral Hope Drops!

by Ben Sternke on April 6, 2010

Viral Hope, the first book from Ecclesia Press, makes for great Easter season reading.

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Ecclesia’s Church Planter Training

by Ben Sternke on March 5, 2010

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If you have recently planted or are thinking about planting a church, you should check out this training.

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Praying with the Church

by Ben Sternke on January 31, 2010

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A prayer for the church to be formed as a sign, instrument, and foretaste of God’s kingdom on earth.

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A Practical and Responsible Way to Help Haiti

by Ben Sternke on January 17, 2010

Photos by Jonathan Torgovnik (CNN)

A responsible and practical way to be of real help to Haitians suffering in the wake of the earthquake.

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Praying With N.T. Wright

by Ben Sternke on January 10, 2010

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JR Woodward (who I saw yesterday at the Missional Learning Commons) blogged a prayer by N.T. Wright that I have found profoundly helpful over the past few years. It’s an expansion of the “Jesus prayer” (Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner) into a more holistic, Trinitarian prayer. It’s easy to memorize, and [...]

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A Prayer For Listening and Changing

by Ben Sternke on September 20, 2009

This evening before hearing the Scriptures we will be praying this prayer (by Brueggemann): Holy God – in this precious hour, we pause and gather to hear your word – to do so, we break from our work responsibilities and from our play fantasies we move from our fears that overwhelm and from our ambitions [...]

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Brewing a Movement

by Ben Sternke on September 5, 2009

One of the things I said at the vision meeting we had a few days ago was that I was not very interested in simply building another “church on the corner” for people to get their religious fix for the week. What I’m really interested in doing, and what our community is longing to head [...]

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