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6

Dec

Just Because …

Posted by Bill T-B  Published in Chatter

… I didn’t know where else to put this, here’s a short video of the light, sound, and decoration’s display at our home this Christmas. Perhaps sometime I’ll figure out how to marry the music that’s playing in the front yard (with many thanks to our tolerant neighbors) to some sort of sound quality. But [...]

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2

Nov

A Christmas Eve Church Fantasy … Or Not

Posted by Bill T-B  Published in Revitalizing Existing Churches

This post comes from my Editor’s Foreward in the Nov-Dec issue of Net Results, North America’s most enduring and trusted church growth and evangelism magazine (for which I’m the managing editor). You can check out the whole issue at www.NetResults.org. The following account is a compilation of four or five church visits. It takes the [...]

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15

Dec

A Christmas Carol

Posted by Bill T-B  Published in Church Planting, Revitalizing Existing Churches

Every time I pick up a mainline hymnal that was printed anytime after 1990 I get just a little bit disgusted. In an effort to save our sensibilities and to be as politically/theologically “correct” as possible, many of the old hyms were lyrically changed. Now, I’m all for inclusive language and all that, but I [...]

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23

Nov

The Fortune Cookie

Posted by Bill T-B  Published in Church Planting, Revitalizing Existing Churches

Imagine finishing your meal at the Great Wall Chinese Restaurant. The server brings you the bill and snuggled up against it is a very special Fortune Cookie. I say it’s special because this time it’s going to accurately predict the future. With great anticipation you break open the cookie and eat it completely before you [...]

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