CRM: Empowering Leaders
Thin Places
This past Saturday I ran into some of my friends from the park as I walked through the Farmer’s Market in our neighborhood. One of the friends was Matt, my team mate with NieuCommunties, walking through with his two young boys. Matt and another park friend and I decided to browse the market for a [...]
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9.November.2011
a new day is blooming
This past weekend our community had a sacred envisioning retreat down in Mexico. God graciously shielded and guided us through an exciting but also emotional time for our community. As with the human experience of giving birth, the birthing of a new co…
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4.October.2011
sacred wounds
The English mystic Julian of Norwich wrote, “Our wounds become our honors.” She didn’t hide them. She didn’t pretend her wounds would simply disappear. Nor did she allow them to debilitate or defeat her. She carried her wounds with dignity.I recently …
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26.September.2011
Finding Life in the Middle of Nowhere
Every year, Sam Metcalf – the President of Church Resource Ministries – hosts a weeklong retreat for about 20 developing male leaders within CRM. Because CRM (NieuCommunities is just one the many ministries within CRM) has missionaries scattered all…
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23.July.2011
desires
The longer I work with people, the more I’m inclined to believe that we are driven by our desires. We’d like to think it’s our theology or our personal mission statement that animates our lives, but in the real time moments of every day life it’s what …
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23.July.2011
desires
The longer I work with people, the more I’m inclined to believe that we are driven by our desires. We’d like to think it’s our theology or our personal mission statement that animates our lives, but in the real time moments of every day life it’s what …
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12.July.2011
Road Trips that "Refresh the Soul"
Our NieuCommunties team here in San Diego recently hosted a group of high school students from a church in Seattle. They were here for about a week on what we call a “Road Trip.” A Road Trip is basically an intensive, experiential introduction …
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12.July.2011
Road Trips that "Refresh the Soul"
Our NieuCommunties team here in San Diego recently hosted a group of high school students from a church in Seattle. They were here for about a week on what we call a “Road Trip.” A Road Trip is basically an intensive, experiential introduction …
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6.June.2011
What My Muslim Friend Taught Me About Jesus
(Pic: Prayer of sending/commissioning Ali) Ali is my good friend and one of my hero’s. He has taught me so much. Let me tell you about him. Ali grew up a Shi’ite Muslim in Iran. In an effort to complete his studies as a doctor of neurology, he…
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6.June.2011
What My Muslim Friend Taught Me About Jesus
(Pic: Prayer of sending/commissioning Ali) Ali is my good friend and one of my hero’s. He has taught me so much. Let me tell you about him. Ali grew up a Shi’ite Muslim in Iran. In an effort to complete his studies as a doctor of neurology, he…
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22.November.2011
Christiana + Derek Rice, San Diego