Since it starts tomorrow, I’ve been thinking about 2009 and what lies ahead for the Luminus Network.  I’ve been reflecting a bit on the purpose of Luminus and trying to figure out if we are headed toward our mission:
To be a network of young adults joining together to seek, know and represent the living God [...]

Here is a sneak peak of Len Sweet’s podcast about his time at Ashland Seminary. His thoughts are worth five minutes of your life.

I have trouble being brief. I am going to try to get to the point and then invite your comments to complete the conversation…
In his recent book, Reimagining Church, Frank Viola speaks to the question of what the “sustaining force” is of this gathering we’ve come to call a worship service.
This Viola quote speaks directly [...]

Hi Guys:
I’m checking out these books to help us break out of the “good songs – good sermon – good bye” pattern of worship. Can we really know Jesus? Can we really experience His presence? I’m on a mission to find out:

Jason Barnhart and I are spending the weekend in the Canaan Valley in West Virginia. We’re here to participate in an “Advance” hosted by Leonard Sweet. There are about 23 of us gathered in the living room of a mountainside house with a wall of windows looking out across the broad, flat Canaan Valley.  The [...]

…so I have two friends who are pastors. One is a Brethren pastor. One used to be. Both are solid, savvy guys. Both are committed followers of Jesus. Both are totally respectable in my book. One is voting for Obama. One is voting for McCain.
So, what’s the deal? Is one of them voting God’s way [...]

I saw this story on ABC’s Good Morning America yesterday:
‘Foreclosure Angel’ Saves Stranger’s Home
This is the kind of bail out we need to see more of in our neighborhoods!  I totally believe that our resources within the Kingdom are to be shared. “Love your neighbor” is right up there with “love God.” Those who have [...]

There’s been a tale of two walls playing out recently:
1) The Tale of Wall St. and its rapid crumbling and tumbling. The toppling is being heard and felt in purses and board rooms all over the world.
2) The Tale of the Wall of the Kingdom, as symbolized by the rebuilding of the wall in Nehemiah. [...]

Every time my alarm clock rings, or when I’m brushing my teeth or mowing the lawn, I’m reminded of the horrible, brain-numbing monotony that drones in the background when there isn’t some bright, important sense of purpose to pull us through life.
Thousands of years ago a rich, bored guy named Solomon volunteered to experience a [...]

On Sunday, we relived the the last half of Nehemiah, Chapter 2 and all of Nehemiah Chapter 3. We looked on as Nehemiah quietly checked out the devastation of the Jerusalem Wall, and then went to the leaders of the area to inspire them to start rebuilding.  Then we saw how the job was divided [...]