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October 24, 2016

Train, Model, Send

It’s one thing to teach people what to do and how, but it’s an entirely different experience to give them the equipment to do it on their own. When I was 16 my grandfather invited me spend the summer working…

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Arts & Culture Discipleship Foundations Mission

October 19, 2016

The Search for Meaning

(Part four in the Recovering Missional Moxie series from Alan Hirsch. Read part five here.) We are all born into a culture that gets to shape us—in fact, disciple us—from the time of birth to death. The overwhelming economic and social environment in…

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Arts & Culture Bible & Theology Community Discipleship Family Leadership Mission Missional Community Missionary Servant

October 17, 2016

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas

Cultural celebrations are not man-made institutions. Like much of God’s creation, holidays can be—and have been—distorted for all sorts of less-than-holy purposes. But what if “Santa” really isn’t an anagram for “Satan”? What if we can we redeem this…

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Bible & Theology Discipleship Domains of Society Foundations Leadership Mission Missional Community

October 12, 2016

Reactivating Authentic Discipleship

(Part three in the Recovering Missional Moxie series from Alan Hirsch. Read part four here.) That people all across America (and the Western world, for that matter) think that Christians are fundamentally unlike Christ is a serious problem! An absolutely central issue…

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Bible & Theology Holy Spirit Identity Spiritual Growth

October 10, 2016

The Gap is Real (and Giveaway!)

Guest post by Rankin Wilbourne. Until you grasp and live out of your union with Christ, the Bible’s call to holiness will be oppressive, unbearable, and impossible. Imagine a “great Christian” day. You start the day early in prayer. You…

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Everyday Rhythms Missional Community

October 7, 2016

Unforced Rhythms of Grace

Life has rhythms. Learning to go with these rhythms was how Jesus organized His life. Jesus criticized His opponents in this area once by saying, “You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you…

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Bible & Theology Church Foundations Mission

October 5, 2016

Back to Basics

(Part two of the Recovering Missional Moxie series from Alan Hirsch. Read part three here.) We need to think of the church more as an exponential people movement involving all of God’s people. Church is not an institution run by religious…

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Church Discipleship Domains of Society Family Gospel Identity Missional Community Missionary Servant Spiritual Growth

October 3, 2016

What is a “Missional Community”?

(This post is part of 2-part series about all-of-life discipleship. Part 1 here.) All-of-life discipleship—learning to follow, trust, and obey Jesus in the everyday stuff of life and training others to do the same—requires submitting to and obeying God’s…

Apologetics Arts & Culture Bible & Theology Church Community Discipleship Ethics Faith and Work Foundations Gospel Leadership Mission Missionary Spiritual Growth

September 28, 2016

Awaken the Sleeping Giant

(Part one a new series from Alan Hirsch. Read part two here.) The way we think of ourselves and conceive our most basic purposes in this world make a massive difference in the way we behave. I really do believe…

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Community Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Kids Leadership Mission Missional Community Youth & Teens

September 23, 2016

Kids? Here’s what we do . . .

Have questions about student ministry, serving the marginalized and protecting our kids, and logistics ... get your answers here. Last week's blog post about how to care for, disciple, and include kids during small group or missional community meetings…

Bible & Theology Discipleship Faith and Work Family Mission

September 19, 2016

It’s Not Us Vs. Them

Regenerate. Unregenerate. He uses us all. It is so easy to forget that God often uses non-Christians to move His kingdom project forward. It is a sad misunderstanding to assume God won’t, or can’t, use people who haven’t surrendered their life to…

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Family Gospel Kids Leadership Missional Community Missionary Servant Spiritual Growth

September 16, 2016

What Do We Do With the Kids?

Guest post by Jayne Vanderstelt. Keep in mind, when we think about children and our missional community, we ask: How can our children join us in the overall mission? How do we disciple them all week long? How do…

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Resources

September 9, 2016

We Heard You!

Come see what's new! We're super excited to announce easier to access all of our Saturate resources. We have added a number of ways for you to access information quicker than ever before. Here's a rundown of what's new. Introducing…

Community Discipleship Family Gospel Gospel Shepherding Identity Leadership Missional Community Missionary Prayer Servant Spiritual Growth Women

August 26, 2016

Leading From Your Own Need for Jesus

We need people who have access to our lives, ask us hard questions, probe our motivations, and remind us of the freedom we’ve been given in Jesus. In a post I wrote a few years ago, I discussed how the…

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Church Church Planting Coaching Holy Spirit Leadership Missional Community Multiplication Pastoring Transitioning

August 23, 2016

But . . . How Do We Do It?

(You can read the next part in the How Do We Do It series here.) The problem is that most people aren’t asking, not to mention listening. When I became a part of the Soma Family of Churches, I…

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Bible & Theology Church Gospel Holy Spirit Identity Leadership Pastoring Prayer Transitioning

August 19, 2016

Is It Okay To Leave My Church?

Have we finished the work you have for us to do in this place? Recently I was asked this question: How do you know when/if it's okay to leave a church? (My husband is a pastor on staff.) The…

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August 15, 2016

Multiple Single personality disorder?

If left to my own devices, the organization I lead would be fast-paced, effective, busy, and discontent. Because that’s how I am. Whatever shapes our yokes of leadership take, that truth adds weight as they sit on our shoulders.…

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Apologetics Arts & Culture Church Community Discipleship Faith and Work Family Leadership Mission Missionary Prayer Spiritual Growth

August 12, 2016

A Life on Display

I live unbound to the ideas of who I think I should be; instead I choose to be who God created me to be. “Let your light shine before others so that they see your good deeds and glorify…

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Church Domains of Society Leadership Missional Community Missionary

August 8, 2016

Communities on Mission … Around The World

Gospel saturation is happening across the globe. I have the privilege of traveling the world to equip everyday folks in the gospel ... from church leaders, young people, to ministries and organizations ... here are some of those stories. Australia: Learn…

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Church Community Discipleship Domains of Society Everyday Rhythms Family Gospel Holy Spirit Leadership Mission Missional Community Missionary Prayer Resources Servant

July 29, 2016

“Undoing” Wrong Thinking

Getting believers to obey God together in the midst of non-Christians is one of the most powerful witnesses to the gospel we have. I recently sat down with Brian Daniel from LifeWay's Groups Ministry blog to talk about helping churches and…

Church Discipleship Domains of Society Gospel Identity Leadership Missional Community Resources Transitioning

July 25, 2016

EveryDay Seattle – Last Week for Early Bird Pricing!

Have you been tossing around the idea of coming to an EveryDay? Well, register now and take advantage of early bird pricing! But hurry; the discount ends soon! Or maybe you're still on the fence about whether or not this…

Church Leadership

July 22, 2016

God Dreams (and a Giveaway!)

Is your team excited about the next big dream for your church? Will Mancini has graciously supplied us with five giveaway copies of his latest book, God Dreams. (See below to enter.) This book is not only a continuation of his…

Community Discipleship Family Holy Spirit Mission Prayer Women

July 15, 2016

It’s Summer – Be a Friend

Walking through life with people – sharing in the day to day. Several years ago we went to San Diego for three weeks to visit my family. While there, I kept thinking about my new friend, I missed her and…

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Bible & Theology Current Events Discipleship Domains of Society Gospel Leadership Life Issues Prayer Resources

July 8, 2016

Dividing Wall of Enmity – REMOVED!

Christians = ministers of the gospel. In light of the escalating racial tragedies in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, and Dallas, we as Gospel Ministers, have a responsibility to bring greater gospel clarity and comfort. The gospel makes it clear God…

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Community Family Mission Missional Community Prayer Servant

July 5, 2016

Six Ways Not To Waste Your Summer

Listen. Bless. Serve. Enjoy. July in Washington means the wet clouds have been chased away by longer sunny days, the Northwest hibernators are coming out of their caves. Summer in the Pacific Northwest is the best time to meet…

Gospel Shepherding Leadership Missional Community

June 30, 2016

Am I Called to Lead?

There are three more “typical” ways God calls people into leadership. Sometimes, people are led to start a missional community through, what most of us would call, the spectacular. They have a dream, and see seemingly bizarre signs, or…

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Church Family Gospel Shepherding Holy Spirit Leadership Prayer Spiritual Growth

June 10, 2016

Making Decisions in Community

Have you ever had to make a weighty decision on your own? It can be agonizing, wondering if you are going about it in the right way or not. Unfortunately, this is how most people make decisions in our…

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Domains of Society Everyday Rhythms Family Leadership Mission Missional Community Missionary

June 8, 2016

Start With a Common Mission

3 Ways to Share Mission The result of the church being sent is that we live as a community of disciples—not only devoted to Jesus and to one another—but devoted to our neighbors and our city, too. When we…

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Church Planting Pastoring

June 2, 2016

Church Planting: 3 Key Steps

As honest and experienced church planters will tell you, there are mountains of work that go into planting a church. “Three steps” in any title barely scratches the surface of the prayer, planning, people-gathering, fund-gathering, and other preparation that…

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