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What if Christianity became Beautiful Again?
By Steve on April 13, 2012
Brian Zahnd’s starts his new book Beauty Will Save the World by telling the story of Prince Kiev, a pagan ruler of Russia who lived a thousand years ago. Seeking to discover a new religion…
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“Let’s Bring Heaven to Earth”…Bono
By Steve on April 9, 2012
For a while I had been wondering what has been happening with Bill Hybels from Willow Creek. Seemed in the 1990’s we were all reading his books and watching his teachings. Haven’t heard from him…
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What’s in a Name?
By Steve on March 13, 2011
For a few years now (OK for a LOT of years) I have been a reader of Charisma Magazine. Its a monthly publication with articles and news covering the charismatic stream of Christianity.As a “dancing…
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Ethan’s Dedication & Kingdom Conference with Bill Johnson
By Steve on February 18, 2011
Last Sunday was a busy day! I had to speak at Island City Church in the morning and then race over for the beginning of the Kingdom Culture conference at Queen Elizabeth Stadium…all that while…
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The Church and the Things People Hide!
By Steve on January 23, 2011
My blogging peer Michael over at Megaloi-Great Things posted a thought-provoking piece recently. He raised the issue of a lack of transparency in church circles despite our claims to be an open, sharing community. He…
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Jesus Culture Revival
By Steve on November 12, 2010
Tammy and I were at a Denver film festival a few years back when we got into a conversation with a co-worker who was there with us. She had recently been hired by the Westin…
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More Thoughts on God’s Grace
By Steve on September 8, 2010
The Grace of God has become new to me… all over again. That’s one (of many) things I love about God. Just when you think you reached the top step of understanding in an area,…
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Why I’m into Organized Religion
By Steve on September 20, 2009
When I was in the U.S. during August I was perusing the shelves of the local Bible book store. Ignoring the promotional display for the #1 book by Jon & Kate Gosselin on marriage and…
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The New Sacraments: Mystery
By Steve on July 29, 2009
A couple weeks ago I was driving near the neighborhood I grew up in and passed an old church we used to attend in the late 1970s. It was called Macomb Christian Community Center back…
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Todd Bentley Fallout
By Steve on May 3, 2009
I was first given an MP3 of one of Todd Bentley’s teachings about this time last year just as the Lakeland Revival was getting started. For those of you who don’t know what that is,…