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Category Archives: religious innovation
The Table Server Who Challenged The System Had My Middle Name
My birth certificate reads “Charles Steven Simms,” but I’ve always gone by Steve. When I first began to read the Bible, I came across a guy named Stephen. He was an early Christ-followers and was one of seven people appointed … Continue reading
Posted in being religious, religious ceremonies, religious innovation, religious tradition
Tagged Acts, Acts 7, Christianity, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1871, formalized religion, God, Holy Spirit, organized religion, religion quotations, routine religion, Stephen, What is religious freedom?, Who was Stephen in the Bible?
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For hope view life as a mosaic
Some people see randomnessOthers a loose collage.I see life asAn amazing mosaic. Don’t despair. Begin to see life is a collage of cascading creativity and a mosaic of marvelous mystery. In an artfully crafted mosaic, the ugly pieces and the … Continue reading
Religious bubble wrap can shrink wrap your relationship with God.
Don’t let religion shrink wrap your relationship with God. Show people religion and they get bored (at least after an hour). Show people the risen Jesus and they are captivated and transformed. Religion likes to interpret life. The risen Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in alternative church, alternative to church, American church, bored in church, boredom in church, casual church, change in church, church burn out, church decline, church hurt, church leadership, church order, church programming, formal religion, organized religion, practical religion, religious innovation, religious meetings, religious questions, religious tradition, religious words, rocking religion, routine religion, true religion
Tagged bubble wrap, Christianity, Headship of Christ, relationship not religion, religion, religiosity, religious inaction, sermon hearing, shrink wrap
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Jesus can clean your heart with His disruptive innovation–catch the wave
Perhaps churches try to make things look too good on the outside, without getting down to business on the inside of people’s hearts. However, Jesus can clean your heart with a disruptive innovation (a term coined by Clayton M. Christensen in … Continue reading
Posted in ambassador for Christ, business, Christian innovations, Christian spirituality, flow, information technology, inner flow, innovators, new wave, religious innovation, soldiers, spiritual discovery, spiritual flow, spiritual innovation, technology, Uncategorized, waves, worship innovation
Tagged Catching the wave, Christianity, church innovation, Clayton Christensen, creativity, disruptive innovation, disruptive technologies, innovators solution, quotes
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Insider ideas for innerpreneurs
Christ-followers need to be innerpreneurs & find fresh ways to shine God’s light. He who thinks he is an expert at Christianity, misunderstands what it is. Beginner Christ-followers just love on Jesus, experts get caught up in religion. When an expert runs a … Continue reading
Posted in alternative Christianity, alternative church, alternative to church, alternatives to sermons, Holy Spirit, innovation, ordination, preaching credentials, priesthood of all believers, Quotations, releasing creativity, religious innovation, spiritual innovation, Uncategorized, universal priesthood, worship innovation
Tagged church, creativity, entrepreneurs, innerpreneurs, insider trading, quotes
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No time for spectators in church –MLK
Martin Luther King, Jr. put it this way: “There are many people who have caught the dangerous disease of ‘spectatoritis.’ Such persons are only spectators or onlookers but not participants. Such persons watch the minister and choir indulge in prayer … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, African American church, Black history month, black-church, body life, creativity, house church, innovation, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, MLK quotes, Quotations, Ray Stedman, religion, religious innovation, simple church, spectatoritis, spiritual innovation, Thom Schultz, Uncategorized
Tagged black history, church, Dones, Martin Luther King, organic church, quotes, Reformation
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“God talks” or “God talks”? (“Talks” as a noun or as a verb?)
What if Jesus intended church to be a community of loving believers, instead of a series of weekly lectures? What if instead of listening to a man’s sermonic God talks, church was originally designed by Jesus for you to listen … Continue reading
Posted in Berry Street, Berry Street Worship Center, church meetings, church program, church programs, church services, God talks, grammar, hearing God, hearing Jesus, hearing the Holy Spirit, listening, listening prayer, listening skills, listening to God, organic church, praise and worship, religion, religious innovation, religious talks, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Corps, sermon, sermon-hearing, sermons, simple church, Tennessee, The Voice, understanding nouns, verbs, voice of God, worship, worship center, worship gathering, worship service, worship styles
Tagged Christianity, church, Nashville, preaching, Salvation Army, the voice of God
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Realty TV / Reality Church . . .
Reality church? We have reality TV that features ordinary people. So, why not reality church, where everyday people show and tell why God has done? When church is scripted, the freedom to flow in the Spirit is restricted to the … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, Andy Chamberlain, C. Wess Daniels, Constance M. Cherry, experiential worship, Fuller Seminary, Music City, Nashville, new kind of church, New Testament, open church, open mike, open sharing, order of worship, participation, participation in church, participatory culture, participatory sermons, passivity, pastor, popular culture, quotation, quote, Quotes, religious innovation, Ryan Bolger, Ryan Flanigan, Salvation Army, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Corps, television, TV, TV network, William Willimon, worship, worship center, worship gathering
Tagged Christianity, church, culture, quotations, reality TV, religion
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A notebook, a smartphone, and a person walked into a . . .
A notebook, a smartphone, and a person walked into a restaurant. The notebook said, “I’m getting on Wi-Fi!” The smartphone said, “I’m making some calls!” The person, feeling rather lonely and depressed, ordered drink after drink. –The moral of the … Continue reading
Posted in cell phone, cells, link, plan, religion, religious innovation, walked into a, wireless, wireless connection
Tagged joke, notebook, parable, smartphone, tablet, technology, Wi-Fi
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