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Disciplemaking Is Relationships training

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I LOVE it when you equip someone to train others... and then they actually do it.  Way to go Ryan Jones (behind the camera)... who is making disciples... who are making more disciples.  That reminds me of Jesus.  I love celebrating Jesus-like disciplemaking... Disciplemaking Learning Communities … and  Disciplemaking Is Relationships .

The Disciplemaking Genius of Jesus—Part 2

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By  Bill Allison  and  Dave Garda Scientific researchers studied what happens to people who get lost while walking in a desert or wilderness. It turns out that lost people literally go around in circles, but they don't realize it. Worse yet, lost people tend to feel confident they are walking in a straight line, but they're not. The study stated: "...participants were only able to keep a straight path when the sun or moon was visible. However, as soon as the sun disappeared behind some clouds, people started to walk in circles without even noticing it." It seems we are in continual need of a reliable point of reference to keep from walking in circles. Here's a question for you. When it comes to disciplemaking, could it be that we have lost our point of reference and are spending a good deal of time confidently walking in circles and we're not even aware of it? Continue reading The Disciplemaking Genius of Jesus – Part 2 Download the FREE PDF Share wi

A Summer of Loving God, Loving People, & Making Disciplemakers!

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Click on the images below to enlarge for viewing, reading, and basking in the goodness of God. To print the two page PDF,  go here . Thank you for stopping by for a virtual Cup O' Joe with me... and for basking in God's goodness together with us. We can't do Cadre without friends like you who love, pray, and give. For more information about how you can partner with God, the Allisons, and Cadre Ministries,  go here . To make a secure online tax-deductible donation,  go here . And because you're actually reading this all the way to this point, here's a 7 second BONUS video clip of Ivy at six weeks old, smiling at her father.  :  )  Thanks for tracking with God, the Allisons, and Cadre Ministries . If you can't see the video, go here .

Rethinking Radical

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Have you read Radical ? Have you read this challenge to the book  here ? What do you think? Is Radical guilty of promoting what Gordon MacDonald has termed "Missionalism" ? Is this yet just one more indication of what happens when we get more excited about a book instead of THE book ? What do you think?

Please Pray for Aubrey and Josey!

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Please pray for Aubrey (17) and Josey (15) as they are serving Jesus in the Dominican Republic right now—along with a team of other high school students.  Just got this update from Aubrey and wanted to share with you what God is doing in them and through them for His glory: My team did evangelism first, so i’ve been doing that! The kids have really loved the skit and cross visual! Today we had about 67 kids listing to our presentation! AND at least 40 kids accepted Jesus into their heart!! Yay God!! I’m so excited for what God is doing and has yet to do! Oh, and we ate tacos for lunch!! Delish!! The dominican food is so gooooooood!  The Lord is amazing. I’m learning new things from the Bible stories I’ve heard numerous times, and I’m just so excited to see what the Lord has in store for me. –Aubrey Allison THANKS for praying for them.   Here's the mission trip blog with pictures .

A little poetic license please

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The poet locked inside me could not resist sharing this.  Thanks to my favorite poet, my daughter Emily , for turning me on to Listener. If video does not appear, go here . WOODEN HEART We’re all born to broken people on their most honest day of living and since that first breath... We’ll need grace that we’ve never given I've been haunted by standard red devils and white ghosts and it's not only when these eyes are closed these lies are ropes that I tie down in my stomach, but they hold this ship together tossed like leaves in this weather and my dreams are sails that I point towards my true north, stretched thin over my rib bones, and pray that it gets better but it won’t, at least I don’t believe it will... so I've built a wooden heart inside this iron ship, to sail these blood red seas and find your coasts. don’t let these waves wash away your hopes this war-ship is sinking, and I still believe in anchors pulling fist fulls of rotten wood from my heart,