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Daily Bread

It’s funny how we can make things really “super-spiritual” and in the process strip it of any spiritual substance at all. For years I have prayed, “and give us this day our daily bread”, as though all I needed to pray for was the “spiritual” kind of bread. You see I had a refrigerator stocked full of groceries and a pantry full of the always pleasing Double-Stuffed Oreo. And if any of it ran out, I was only a short trip to the store for restocking. Of course I didn’t need to pray for real bread, I already had that… right?

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How He Loves

The story behind a song that is just starting to hit the .fm superhighway… and a powerful reminder why our stories must be told.

Update: Tiffany

Tiffany has been living back here in Ohio for four months now. She came back before me to begin her job search for her “big-girl” job as she likes to call it. While the economy has been tough, the job-market has been even tougher these past few months. At one point she was sending out five résumés a day with no luck and no word back from anyone.

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GoPlan (free for non-profits!)

We spent time looking for a web project planning tool for our team to use as we were getting started with the church plant. After looking at Basecamp (too complex), NoKahuna (too simple), and a few others we decided on a nice little tool called GoPlan.

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Soundtrack.

Jeremy Riddle’s album, The Now and Not Yet, has been playing constantly as I work. In many ways this album has become the soundtrack of the church plant. His lyrics are filled with a beautiful mixture of truth and grace, and his voice carries a deep passion for the church - to see her become who she is called to be.  The album is a reminder for all of us to get unstuck from the routine of going to church and begin being the church to our neighbors and our world. Check out these lyrics from “Among the Poor”

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