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What would you do?

September 9, 2011 in Church Planting, Questions, Stories, Uncategorized with 7 Comments

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Yesterday, I had a conversation with a good friend who is in a tough situation. He asked me what I thought he should do, and I’d love to extend the question to you.

THE SCENARIO: My good friend is a part of a church plant in a small, academic college town in the Northeast. As a highly gifted worship leader, he has been a part of a number of new churches in the past. And so when a young church planter who felt called by God to plant a church moved into the community, my good friend immediately connected with him and volunteered to help in whatever way he could.

The planter is a good man. Continue Reading…

Joyless Christianity? Really?

May 5, 2011 in joy, Questions, Religion with 4 Comments

Laughingjesus This week a friend asked me an interesting question.

Standing at the foot of a trail just outside Estes Park, CO, he looked at me and asked, “Aaron, how would you feel if Jesus returned tomorrow?” Without missing a beat, I responded, “Excited,” and after a little more thought conceded, ”And probably a little disappointed.” Now I know when my Savior triumphantly returns in all power and glory, there will be no lasting feelings of disappointment on that day. But as I consider the hypothetical possibility of him coming tomorrow and my knowing it, I have to admit I feel a bit of sadness.

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New Mosaic Website!

January 17, 2011 in Church Planting, Creativity, Mosaic, Questions, The Church, Web/Tech with 4 Comments

NewsiteToday we launched the Mosaic Lincoln website! This may sound funny to say, but as a pastor, it is really easy for me to get website envy. You know what I'm talking about? I see websites like that of Mars Hill Church in Seattle or Elevation in Charlotte and I have repeatedly tell myself, "Thou shall not covet," "Thou shall not covet," "Thou shall not covet…"   

However, part of the beauty of church planting is that it forces you to discern between what is necessary and what is not right from the get-go. Without a super sized budget to get all of the things I might otherwise be tempted to spend money on, we are forced instead to get creative. And let me tell you, it is amazing what is possible when a group of people get prayerfully creative! 

I am proud of our new website! Not just because I think it is sharp, clean and immersed with helpful and engaging media, but because it was built almost entirely with free, online tools that are available to anyone, anywhere! Rather than dropping a lot of money on a website, we were forced to get creative. And thanks largely in part to the hard work and creativity of our Associate Pastor, Kevin, the result was a great website that hardly cost us anything out of pocket! I wonder what else would be possible if we resisted the urge to spend and instead, opted to get prayerfully creative in our lives and ministries!