Category: missional church
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a blast from the past: 2016…Children are part of the Body
It’s so cool the way the Holy Spirit puts things together. A couple of weeks back, we had our regular DC (Disciplemaking Community) at Diaspora. And parts of it were led as always by a variety of our people. And it was beautiful — songs, prayers, word, fellowship — all came together beautifully. Those who […]
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What’s Up With Diaspora These Days?
Many churches are going back to in person meeting but with reduced numbers. But the reality is that many people are not going back. They may be in some sense done with church as usual or they prefer to stay safe and either not attend […]
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Fasting and Praying in September
As our new year kicks off in September, we are leaning heavily on God as we continue in pandemic times. We are taking this month to pray and fast. For a lot of people fasting is a new idea and so we want to explain why and how we can fast and pray. With Diaspora […]
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Are We What We Set Out to Be?
Last weekend I was asked to join a panel talking with traditional church leaders about how to be more missional. It was a question/answer format and I was told I didn’t need to prepare. While that might be possible for some, it wasn’t for me! I had to think about what we’re doing now and how […]
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What’s it Mean to be a Priesthood of All Believers?
It means we don’t have a high priest who needs to lead us or intercede for us with God. (Hebrews 10:11-25, 1 Peter 2:5-9) We have access to God — unmediated, no help required, open access to God. We can pray and talk directly to God anywhere, anytime, and in any number of ways. God […]
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We Need to Disciple Disciples
In Diaspora, our Core Team had a great year of coaching with a dynamic group called 100 Movements last year. We got to interact both face-to-face and digitally with inspiring leaders including Alan Hirsch, Neil Cole, Jessie Cruickshank, Dave Rhodes, Eric and Kandi Pfeiffer throughout the year. Yeah, it seriously rocked and we are so grateful […]
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Creative Expression as Spiritual Formation
For spiritual formation last month, we asked Diaspora, Who are we in Christ?” and then we created a collage of pictures, words, drawings and shapes to answer the question. It’s fun when we get together to think, pray and express our faith in creative ways. Each one brings ideas and understanding from their own experience, […]
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God Sightings
I love it when Diaspora shares God Sightings also referred to as Sacrament of the Ordinary. These stories, incidents or testimonies are us telling where we’ve encountered God in our daily lives. It can be a huge life changing event or a small moment, word, or encounter that speaks to us. Just this past weekend we […]
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Diaspora’s 3rd Easter
Easter is the pivotal event and spiritual celebration of the year for Christians. It’s the time when we mark the crucifixion of Jesus, the time He died to take the penalty for sin on Himself. The time when he set us free by taking our punishment. And we mark not only the death of Jesus […]
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Baby Steps
How exciting it is to see a young child take those first tentative steps. They wobble, they grab a hand or a piece of furniture to steady themselves. They fall back and land on their diaper padded butts. (another good reason for those padded diapers) But then they take a step and then two and […]