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		<title>A Christianity Worth Believing: Doug Pagitt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished reading through Doug&#8217;s latest book, A Christianity Worth Believing.
Disclaimer: Doug is one of my heroes. Not for theological reasons, but for his prowess in cultural understanding. He knows his audience because he values his story.
This book is simply amazing. Through his own story Doug walks you through a process of deconstruction of the methods [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=90&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/a-christianity-worth-believing-doug-pagitt/</link>
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		<title>Battle of The Office(s)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The eternal questions:
When it rains, why don&#8217;t sheep shrink?
If you&#8217;re driving at the speed of light and turn your headlights on, what happens? 
When French people swear, do they say, &#8220;pardon my English?&#8221;
Why is the word abbreviation so long?
Which Office is better? BBC or NBC?
I am a HUGE, HUGE fan of The Office. I started watching [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=74&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/battle-of-the-offices/</link>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Ministry and Missional Context</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Children’s Ministries should be about forming people who love God and follow Jesus. One way to keep this and coming generations outwardly focused is to provide a missional context in the church and, more specifically, in those programs and opportunities directed toward children. Faith communities desiring to form children who participate in God’s kingdom work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=75&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/childrens-ministry-and-missional-context/</link>
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		<title>A Refreshing Experience!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who attended The Austin Stone Community Church yesterday, &#8220;refreshed&#8221; was probably not the word they used to describe themselves when leaving. It was a very intense experience for all. However, it moved me deeply.
I treasure the chance to attend a church and just be a participant and not a church staff member. So, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=65&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/a-refreshing-experience/</link>
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		<title>Repotting Yourself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Probably a pretty confusing title, huh? 
So, about a year ago I bought a hibiscus plant per my mom&#8217;s advice. My parents have a really huge and beautiful hibiscus by their pool. It&#8217;s massive and has these awesome orange blooms.
I noticed about a month ago that mine looked like it was dying. The weird thing is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=59&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/repotting-yourself/</link>
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		<title>Doug Pagitt Does it Again!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buy this book. Amazing! Stunning! Profound! Life-Changing!
 
A Christianity Worth Believing offers an engaging, &#8216;come-with-me-on-a-journey-of-exploring-the-possibilities&#8217; approach to what it means to be a follower of Jesus in our day. Written by Doug Pagitt—a leading voice in the Emergent conversation—this beautifully written book weaves together theological reflections, Christian history, and his own story of faith transformation.
Pagitt invites [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=58&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/doug-pagitt-does-it-again/</link>
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		<title>When God Makes Things CLEAR!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever come out of a relationship knowing things weren&#8217;t a good fit and that you were trying to make something work that isn&#8217;t/wasn&#8217;t supposed to? That&#8217;s an amazing experience!
My personality lends itself to this. I am extremely OCD and get &#8220;focused&#8221; as my family and wife constantly remind me. 
I just experienced this type [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=53&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/when-god-makes-things-clear/</link>
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		<title>New SBC President</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Johnny Hunt quote from the 2007 SBC Pastor&#8217;s Conference:
By the way, aren’t you grateful, that there’s hope? Listen to me carefully, its important we understand this convention. There’s hope for everyone in Jesus. Everyone. Everyone. Not a select group. Everyone.
Someone says, ‘Pastor you believe that you’re the elect?’ I sure am. Everybody that gets in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=51&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/new-sbc-presidentsigh/</link>
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		<title>The Extreme Worship Arts!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reading through Simple Church again. In one chapter they are talking about having a vision for your personal life, as well as for your church/ministry.
One of the contributing writers talks about the time that he posted a phony job listing on a church staffing website. Unbelievably, he had many responses. Here is the exact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=50&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/the-extreme-worship-arts/</link>
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		<title>Valuing the People You Lead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a ministry or church grows larger its leaders must work harder to be approachable, accessible and personal.  As tasks multiply it is easy to become less people focused and more project focused.  Soon people will begin to have a portrait of us much like some people think of God in the Old Testament&#8211;unapproachable, inaccessible, and
impersonal.  
Tucked away [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&blog=3262122&post=47&subd=johnsorrell&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/valuing-the-people-you-lead/</link>
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