08
Dec 2017
Looking for a Lenten discipline? Here are some resource suggestions from a few of your fellow LOC parishioners: I. Books: The Lenten Journey; Notes, Prayers and Devotions for Lent and Holy Week (Olsen, Eirik, available at Light of Christ; look for the “little red book” on the Information Table) Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation (M.R. Mulholland Jr); Show Me the Way: Daily Lenten Readings (H. Nouwen) Lent and Easter: Wisdom from Henri Nouwen (J. Bauer); For Kids/Family, Good Dirt: Lent, Holy Week and Eastertide (L.F. Borgo & B.......
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08
Dec 2017
A good vision statement pulls people together, keeps them coordinated, helps them to be faithful stewards of who God has gifted them corporately to be, and how He has especially inspired them to minister in their time and place. Like a good sermon, it is an application of a timeless call, a helpful and encouraging interpretation of the particular way a local gathering is to carry out the universal calls to make disciples, break bread, pray, fellowship with one another, live out the teaching of the Apostles, collaborate in the miraculous power......
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08
Dec 2017
Why do you enter into a conversation? Conversation–What We Care About, With Those We Love For me there are at least two motivations for conversation. First, I may get involved because I am interested in the subject and I want to learn more or contribute my knowledge. Secondly, I may join in conversation because I care about the speakers and I simply want to connect with them. In other words, it’s about content and community. Typically, one or the other motive will me started in a conversation, but it’s almost always a......
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08
Dec 2017
I was blessed by Steve’s sermon on our First Sunday of Lent. One point particularly caught my attention. While describing how Christ’s temptations were a reprise of those perpetrated upon Adam and Eve, they have this underlying theme: “you will be better off if you are in control.” This is Satan’s ruse to get Adam and Eve under his control, of course, and he made the same attempt with Christ. What was so insightful from Steve was how Christ’s resistance to this temptation was not to counter with control or “power-play”! Jesus......
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08
Dec 2017
We all have a concept of “home.” It should be a place where we can just be, a place where we belong and are wanted, a place where we are safe and can flourish. We marry and form friendships for just that reason. We escape from families and friendships because they violate that ideal. My first post was about conversation—the exchange of words about a shared interest and how that forms community or creates connection with people you like or love. The hope for home starts with conversation—with God and one another. One......
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14
Dec 2012
This week we’ve been drilling down in to the bullet points of our Mission statement, and today we’re taking a look at the final bullet: Our Mission— In Draft Form We are dedicated to: Revealing the Gospel of Christ Reclaiming God’s Promises Relating to God and each other Rejoicing in the Holy Spirit … in order to receive and minister Christ’s love, hope and healing as members of Light of Christ on mission in Southeast Wisconsin. Rejoicing We enjoy the liberty of the Holy Spirit, we share His power for living, and we......
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14
Nov 2012
This week we’ve been drilling down in to the bullet points of our Mission statement: Our Mission— In Draft Form We are dedicated to: Revealing the Gospel of Christ Reclaiming God’s Promises Relating to God and each other Rejoicing in the Holy Spirit … in order to receive and minister Christ’s love, hope and healing as members of Light of Christ on mission in Southeast Wisconsin. Today, let’s look a little more closely at relating: Relating We frequently and regularly gather for worship, prayer, counsel, friendship, sharing hospitality, and simply living life together......
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14
Sep 2012
Last week I shared our working draft of our Mission statement: Our Mission— In Draft Form We are dedicated to: Revealing the Gospel of Christ Reclaiming God’s Promises Relating to God and each other Rejoicing in the Holy Spirit … in order to receive and minister Christ’s love, hope and healing as members of Light of Christ on mission in Southeast Wisconsin. Today, I want to share what we mean by revealing: Revealing We faithfully live and proclaim the Gospel we have received from the Apostles in our preaching, teaching, liturgical offices......
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14
Sep 2012
Last week I shared our working draft of our Mission statement, and now we are working our way through the bullet items: Our Mission— In Draft Form We are dedicated to: Revealing the Gospel of Christ Reclaiming God’s Promises Relating to God and each other Rejoicing in the Holy Spirit … in order to receive and minister Christ’s love, hope and healing as members of Light of Christ on mission in Southeast Wisconsin. Today, I want to share what we mean by reclaiming: Reclaiming Light of Christ ministers to the Father’s returning......
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14
Feb 2012
While our vision statement is intended to describe what we look like when we are truly being who God has made us and anointed us to be, a mission statement’s purpose is to more precisely describe what we do, as we are being ourselves. As we noted in the introduction to our vision statement, there is a universal call to ministry which the Church must fulfill throughout time. However, in a particular time, through the unique anointings of a local assembly of Christ followers, that mission will be expressed in distinctive ways–which......
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