How to raise the joy level in your group
To create a new culture of joy and peace in a practical way, we must find and amplify joy. We amplify the news of hope when we share and listen to Immanuel stories of how God has returned us to joy from our distress and restored us to shalom in God’s presence.
House church wasn’t always life giving for Steve
Steve Sheller, from Colorado Springs, CO, was part of a house church for six years. However, it wasn’t a very life giving experience. To Steve, it seemed like wandering the the wilderness, never getting to a destination. In the last year, however, something has changed. House church has become what he always hoped it would be. […]
CO2 – Fiercely opposed.
We have learned that CO2s (churches of two) will be opposed. A man named Stephen said it well… Thanks for sharing Verkler’s 4 Keys. That is helpful teaching for those of us at the beginning of this road.My wife and I have been struck by how difficult it is to be disciplined enough to do […]
CO2s – a bracing call to wake up!
From Kent Smith… “A few days ago, a friend said she thinks that CO2s (churches of two) are opposed. I agree–both from outside and inside ourselves. We want–all too often, expect, really–for intimacy with God to come to us hassle free, with little effort on our part. Pretty much the way we’d like the rest of our life […]
This most critical practice
“His sheep follow him because they know his voice” John 10:4 And, yet, how many Christians have not been taught how to hear His voice? Could it be that this is why the church in America is so weak? Here’s a very honest comment from Jeff about his experience with CO2… “I feel so strange concerning where […]
Church is changing!
A couple of weeks, ago I shared with you these important quotes from a recent article in The Huffington Post (of all places!)… Something startling is happening in American religion: We are witnessing the end of church or, at the very least, the end of conventional church. The United States is fast becoming a society […]
What happens in a Foundations Course?
The video above is an interview with Walt Hastings who is one of our LK10 Coaches. Walt has just finished leading one of the Cohorts in our six week Foundations Course and is describing what happened during the Course. (See below for comments from members of that Cohort.) Five new Cohorts are beginning in January. […]
“A powerfully affirming daily routine”
Of course, we mean something different by CO2 than when the term is used in the environmental sense. The CO2 (church of two) is one of the six rhythms of the LK10 Apprenticeship. At first, it’s sometimes challenging to begin this as an every day rhythm. But, over and over, once people find that rhythm, […]
CO2 virus spreading around the world
Margie James, who is part of the Australian Cohort in the LK10 Apprenticeship, just returned from India where she and her husband attended the Global Summit on Market Ministries. (Speakers included Victor Choudrie, Tony Dale and Wolfgang Simson.) Margie was delighted to find the CO2 “virus” spreading there in India. Here’s her report… “…let me […]
LK10 Apprenticeship: Week Eight (4)
Synergy, in general, may be defined as two or more agents working together to produce a result not obtainable by any of the agents independently. In the first three parts of this interview with Jim Mellon and Wade Adams, we identified the following “agents” or components that create the synergy of the LK10 Apprenticeship. 1. […]