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I will not go quietly

posted by adam on 05.21.2007

Today I received a wonderfully encouraging email from one of my three readers. (Thanks, Ray.) Honestly, given the scarcity of posts in the last couple of months, I’m somewhat surprised to learn that anyone is still coming and looking, hoping to find something new. But I really appreciate the fact that at least one of […]

discipleship, perseverance | 6 comments »

the land of the living

posted by adam on 04.18.2007

No, I’m not dead. Just in a deadish place.
Sometimes I pray and it feels like the prayers bounce off the inside of the ceiling. Sometimes, when it feels like this for long enough, I stop praying for a while. I feel certain that I should be praying, that continued prayer is what a more […]

discipleship, prayer | 3 comments »

iron “e”

posted by adam on 02.13.2007

My last two posts have created a small bit of controversy. How delightful.
I’m going to take this opportunity to clarify what I believe to be the intent of Anne Lamott in the brief quote I posted yesterday, (and for which I have been taken to task both on this blog and on my Facebook profile.)
In […]

discipleship, church | 7 comments »

new stuff posted

posted by adam on 01.15.2007

Two new series (”Life on the Vine” and “Centered”) have been posted at Disciple 13 Resources. You can check them out (and download them for free) here.

discipleship, ministry | 2 comments »

the hard part

posted by adam on 11.01.2006

The easiest thing in the world is to accept Jesus. The hardest thing in the world is to follow him.
Why do so many think that the two are interchangeable?
It’s relatively easy to accept Jesus. Honestly, when a person comes to understand just a small part of who Jesus is and what he stands for it […]

discipleship, Jesus | no comments »

it’s alive…

posted by adam on 10.30.2006

Last week something happened that is kind of a big deal, and I didn’t even mention it. I posted the first e-book of curriculum to Disciple 13 Resources. It’s entitled “Leave No Doubt” and it is a study of the book of James written for a small group context.
And here’s the cool part: it’s free! […]

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legacy

posted by adam on 10.23.2006

“Let’s say you had a friend who was forty years old, and let’s say this guy played video games all night, slept around with ten different women, whoever he could get to have sex with him, drank all the time, partied it up, the whole bit. Would you respect that guy?…
“If someone in [in his […]

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