Archive for July 2007

 
 

Pray. Together. Often.

by Doug Cooper : July 26th, 2007 : 2 Comment

In last week’s post, I said this: “if we want to know God’s will for the church as a body, we need to pray as a community…together…often. If we want to know what God wants, we need to get past our awkwardness about prayer and come together and converse with Him, expecting that He will [...]

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When Changing the Church…

by Doug Cooper : July 18th, 2007 : 6 Comment

Lately, I’ve sensed and heard a lot of healthy spiritual unrest and dissatisfaction among twenty-somethings. So much of this restlessness is coming from people who have been around churches for a while and a good deal of their frustration is focused on church as an institution or organization. There seems [...]

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What I’m learning about Twenty-Somethings…

by Doug Cooper : July 5th, 2007 : 3 Comment

Here are some things I’m learning as I build relationships with, and coax honesty out of, twenty-somethings. I invite you to add to, contend with and converse on these ideas:
1. There is a lot of despair among them. A general sense of insecurity, jadedness and instability can often lead to seasons of lonely despair [...]

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