ED'S BLOG
CENTER, GLORIOUS MESS and the Weekend that Was
There is so much in and around this weekend, exciting and challenging that in some ways I felt like I crawled in to the worship center. But wouldn't you know, the services ended up being exactly what I needed. I know, that’s not the point and we try to not plan...
Community Prayer (Used in Sept. 28 & 30 Services)
Together as a community, we gather around the table of communion. The table that You invited us to and that teaches us of Your love and Your plans for our future. We remind ourselves that communion was Your plan all along. Just as Father Son and Holy Spirit enjoy an...
GROW UP, GLORIOUS MESS and the Weekend that was
This weekend was fun for me in that I was in town, at Journey and not speaking. This is a deliberate move for us. First of all we have people that are gifted speakers in our community and we would profit from hearing their voice. Secondly, since the 1st part of the...
CROSS-SHAPED COMMUNITY, A GLORIOUS MESS and the Weekend that Was
Jesus came to change people! Most of us are in agreement with that. But we here in the individualistic west, tend to think of that change as a change of “ME”. But me doesn’t change in isolation and ME hasn’t really changed unless we’ve seen the US re-shaped....
EPIC FALL BAPTISM a “THIS is Church” moment
“If you’ve ever served for one hour at Journey, if you’ve ever given one dollar to Journey or prayed for Journey Sunday was PAY DAY!” That’s what I shared in our services leading up to our BIG BEACH BAPTISM this last weekend. That didn’t express that half of it. For...
GLORIOUS MESS and the Weekend that Was
There’s a deep conviction we have at Journey that A. The Vintage version of “us”, the original community of Christ-followers changed the world. “Turned the world upside down” as one of their foes put it. And B. This can happen again. But having an overly...
