Nathan Cedarland served as an elder at Kaleo Grays Harbor, a bilingual (Spanish and English) church family in Aberdeen, WA for 12 years. He is now leading a church plant in southern Mexico and working to train up future church planters for that region. He is husband to Julissa and dad to their seven kids. In his spare time, he enjoys writing fiction, making movies with his kids, and blogging at cedarlandia.com.
Preguntas Prácticas para Identificar Ídolos en el Liderazgo
Como líder, constantemente encuentro que mi corazón corre detrás de nuevos dioses; las cosas en las que busco mayor satisfacción, mayor seguridad y mayor significado. Solo Jesús puede salvarme de tal idolatría desenfrenada. Sin embargo, debo ser intencional en la…
Are you planning to skim this article as fast as you can so you can move onto the next thing? If so, then you are fairly normal. We live in a fast-paced, instant gratification, FOMO culture. Rushing from one…
As a leader, I find my heart constantly running after new gods; the things in which I pursue greater satisfaction, greater security, and greater significance. Only Jesus can save me from such rampant idolatry. However, I must be intentional…
A Formal Agreement about Gospel Partnership Matters We’ve explored official church membership from a fresh angle and looked at a biblical precedent for the formal process of recognizing gospel partners. Now, let’s survey some of the key reasons this…
In part one, we evaluated some erroneous views of membership and aimed at a clear biblical definition. In this second segment, we'll explore the scriptural basis for a formal membership process and see how this fits within a family/missional…
When we commit to faithfully and lovingly live life with a particular community of believers, we are submitting to Christ and refusing to be dominated by our own personal whims and desires. What does it mean to belong to…
At heart, I’m a nostalgic sentimentalist. Growing up, It’s a Wonderful Life was not only my favorite Christmas movie but my favorite movie in general. Seriously. Almost any holiday song by Nat King Cole or Bing Crosby still fills…
During our family meal last week, my five-year-old son Caleb perched attentively on the arm of the padded chair in which I sat––my Bible sprawled open on the coffee table in front of us. “What does it mean for…
I love the Church of Jesus, and I have no desire to criticize her or stir up strife between my brothers and sisters. In my first few years of church planting, I certainly lacked an awareness of how critical…
“Man was created on the sixth day right before God rested, so man was created as it were to enjoy the weekend with God.” – Michael Wilcock Summer Camp and the Already but Not Yet Reality During most of…
Rather than quarreling over our secondary differences, let us unite our resistance against the dominion of darkness and advance the reign and rule of the rightful King. Let’s start with a parable Imagine a resistance army fighting against an…
Under Attack You’re dealing with health issues again. Someone you thought was committed to doing life with you has disappeared. Someone else is saying things about you that aren’t true. A magnetic individual in your community seems to be…
Our longing should be for vulnerable kids to encounter the love of the Father through our community, for parents and kids who have been separated to get a picture of the reconciliation that comes through Jesus, and for those…
A City-Wide Missional Focus As I’ve shared briefly in some previous articles, a small but growing number of pastors in our community have joined forces to tackle the issue of foster care and to unite around the mission of…
Are Missional Communities the Key to Church Unity?
Equipping believers to partner together as gospel communities and commissioning them to be missionaries in the everyday places where they already work, play, learn, and live will lead to a much more sustainable path to unity over time. In…
You’ll want the prayer, support, and encouragement of your church family if you’re going to move in this direction, and in order for that to happen, they will need to see Church unity as an integral part of your…
The temptation is to give up and think that this kind of unity would never work, but we believe that this vision is near to the heart of God and that we can move forward with confidence in his…
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