Imagine With Me

Re-Presenting Jesus Christ

What's Our Motivation?

What Should I Tell Them?
I’ve been listening to the song, “Should I Tell Them?” by a Christian music artist by the name of Shaun Groves today. I’m posting the lyrics below so you can read them, then I’ll do some follow-up commentary. Walking with you is not without hazards Trippings this traveler’s curse Price paid for falling is more than my stumble In a world that is watching and waiting for words But I listened when You said to go And I set out in spite of my fears About truth mixed w

The Christian Life, Without Expectations
The title of this blog is somewhat of a misnomer. There really is no Christian life totally without expectations. Even non-Christians have preconceived notions on how Christians should talk, act, and live life. What I would like to propose is the Christian Life Without False or Unrealistic Expectations. There are two groups on my mind and my heart as I write this: 1. Christians (and non-Christians) who try so hard to live up to unrealistic expectations placed upon them by other, well meaning, but often pretent

Update and Reminder
Hey everyone! Just a quick note.. We’re moving our time for Community Group from Sunday evenings to Monday evenings at 6:30. We’re trying to be flexible and accommodate as many people as possible. This goes into effect this upcoming week, Oct 26th. As we grow, we’ll be offering more groups at different days, times, and places around the region. If you are interested in leading or coming to a group, then let me know! If we get enough interest and commitment, we’re more than happy to take another look at adding a Sunday night group, but for now, we’re going to Mondays. So far, we’ve been looking in the Bible book of John

Book Review – Finding Organic Church by Frank Viola
The subtitle of this book is “A Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Sustaining Authentic Christian Communities.” I’ll say that is a correct subtitle, if you agree with Viola’s approach to church and church planting. I will start this blog the same way Viola starts his book, and that is disagreeable. He lost me when he stated (my paraphrase) that we cannot take culture into account in our church planting. He also states that Paul did not take culture into account when he planted the New Testament churches, so neither

I get it… Church SUCKS!
So as we go on this journey of starting a new church in Winchester, the biggest common denominator for why people are not going to church is “Church People”. I may get slammed on this one, because many of my friends and colleagues are “church people.” By that, I mean people that regularly attend church more than once or twice per month, and actively practice the Christian faith. So while I hope not to offend anyone, I’ll just say that if you’re offended by me saying that church and church people suck, then I also suggest that you loo