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August 19, 2006
EPIC. (I mean, literally.)
I've been looking for pastors other than this guy with takes and ideas that I could learn from, so that at the point where I start actively teaching, I won't sound like repetitive ho-hum boy. And if I can get more pastor's blogs (or, even better, loudmouthed lay leadership blogs, since loudmouthed lay leadership really is what I do) over there to ther right, that would rock even more.
Bryan has been trying to turn me on to Ben Arment for a while; I'm not sure I totally get Arment and what he's trying to communicate with his very random blog (maybe it makes me uncomfortable to see somebody whose attention span is as short as my own!), but there's enough there that I'll read every now and again.
In all the random, I read a hammer-to-head statement in there this morning:
Talked with my good friend Robb Overholt this morning. He made a powerful statement about church outreach ~ "Half the battle is helping our people talk positively about their church." Eurkea. That's it.
And I think I see something about the power of Arment's style of blogging. That's the statement. That's all that's said. The challenge to dig deeper is placed on you, the reader. You have to look at your own church situations. You have to question where you stand and why you walk in the door of your church week in and week out and how you talk up that blessing that you get from your church to others. (And, if you aren't getting blessed where you're at, if it really does make you feel that low and that beaten down, why are you still there?)
Nice one.
Hrm, what about this Robb Overholt guy?
He seems to lead this joint called Epic City Church in Virginia Beach. (It meets in a theatre. What is it about churches meeting in theatres lately?)
Online sermons. Quality. (He doesn't call 'em sermons. Even better.) Of course, because I'm blogger boy, the moment I read this message description...
"Getting connected." These are words that just about all of us are familiar with now. Be it via IM, MySpace, a BlackBerry, or even an old-fashioned Cellular. Within the context of this culture, it would seem that we are constantly exploring and discovering new and improved ways to connect with one another faster than ever before. So why does it seem so difficult to connect with our Creator?
If I can find a way to get that kind of atmosphere in anything in the church that I'm a part of...yeah. wow.
Of course, Overholt also mentioned Blue Like Jazz in that message and triggered a whole new round of DANG IT I KNOW I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE BLAME BOOK YET AND I STILL NEED TO READ IT STOP REMINDING ME.
sigh
Posted by Chuck at August 19, 2006 11:14 AM
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