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Bad News
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Explore the reasons young adults are leaving organized Christian faith. Discover the new opportunities presented to local church leaders."
Behold the King of Beauty - Isaiah 33
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University
Beyond Streets of God and Chocolate Fountains - What Jesus Meant by "Kingdom of Heaven" and Why "On Earth" It Matters
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Without context we can jump to wrong conclusions. There is a difference between referring to someone as "fat" and referring to them as "phat." Come for two phat sessions on Jesus' teaching on "kingdom of heaven" and what it means for life today."
Beyond Streets of Gold and Chocolate Fountains - What Jesus Meant by "Kingdom of Heaven" and Why It Matters
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Without context we can jump to wrong conclusions. There is a difference between referring to someone as "fat" and referring to them as "phat." Come for two phat sessions on Jesus' teaching on "kingdom of heaven" and what it means for life today."
Bound and Determined: Men and Women - What Happens When Partnerships Fail
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Her book, Bound and Determined, explores a theology of partnership, discusses how godly partnerships are formed, and challenges churches to lead the way in nurturing partnerships. These two classes help Christians and leaders build strong partnerships between men and women."
Bound and Determined: Men and Women - Why the Church Must Lead the Way
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Her book, Bound and Determined, explores a theology of partnership, discusses how godly partnerships are formed, and challenges churches to lead the way in nurturing partnerships. These two classes help Christians and leaders build strong partnerships between men and women."
Bring the Rain - Finding Faith Through Divorce and Cancer
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "I experienced a double mastectomy for breast cancer, then a divorce, within three months time. This session discusses how God uses challenges to reveal a new path for life and how experiences can strengthen faith."
Bringing our Darkness to Light - God's Re-Creation
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Come hear a mother continue to share her story one year after losing her daughter, Jenny Bizaillion. Using Isaiah as a backdrop, explore ways God offers the light of His presence to the broken-hearted."
Bringing Our Darkness to Light - Our Story
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Come hear a mother continue to share her story one year after losing her daughter, Jenny Bizaillion. Using Isaiah as a backdrop, explore ways God offers the light of His presence to the broken-hearted."
Building Your Congregation Over the Long Haul - Things Learned After 33 Years with One Church
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "There is a lot to consider in leading a church – leadership, growth, community, spiritual formation, outreach. All of us are still learning. Discover lessons learned from both successes and failures in leading a church."
Building Your Congregation Over the Long Haul - Things Learned After 33 Years with One Church
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "There is a lot to consider in leading a church – leadership, growth, community, spiritual formation, outreach. All of us are still learning. Discover lessons learned from both successes and failures in leading a church."
Can I Ever Do or Be Enough - Getting Past Measuring One Another
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Expectations of perfection suffocate friendships, marriages and our sense of self. Let go of what others think, learn self-compassion, and connect with others authentically. Learn to create an atmosphere that welcomes vulnerability, compassion and connection."
Can I Ever Do or Be Enough - Overcoming Expectations of Perfection
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Expectations of perfection suffocate friendships, marriages and our sense of self. Let go of what others think, learn self-compassion, and connect with others authentically. Learn to create an atmosphere that welcomes vulnerability, compassion and connection."
Can You Hear Me Now? - Discerning God's Will for Me
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Does God have a personal plan for me? If so, how do I discern it? If not, how should I then live? Come examine the role the Spirit, scripture and culture play in discerning God's will today."
Can You Hear Me Now? - Discerning God's Will for Me
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Does God have a personal plan for me? If so, how do I discern it? If not, how should I then live? Come examine the role the Spirit, scripture and culture play in discerning God's will today."
Children's Missions Ministry - Loving, Learning and Service
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In this class you will find practical ways to help children develop an awareness of the needs of others, foster and nurture children's inherent desire to serve, and instill a lifelong habit of sharing God's love through service to others."
The Church of Irresistible Influence - Bridge-Building Stories to Help Reach Your Community
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Many church planters are forming faith communities different from traditional churches, yet bring people to God and transform lives. Hear three church planters describe their experience of identifying strengths from their heritage and hindrances to reaching outsiders."
The Church of Irresistible Influence - Bridge-Building Stories to Help Reach Your Community
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Many church planters are forming faith communities different from traditional churches, yet bring people to God and transform lives. Hear three church planters describe their experience of identifying strengths from their heritage and hindrances to reaching outsiders."
The Church of Irresistible Influence - Bridge-Building Stories to Help Reach Your Communiy
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Many church planters are forming faith communities different from traditional churches, yet bring people to God and transform lives. Hear three church planters describe their experience of identifying strengths from their heritage and hindrances to reaching outsiders."
Closing the Generation Gap - Bridging the Gap Between Teens and Adults
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University
Coffee House - A Year of Biblical Womanhood
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Rachel's second book, to be released in 2012, is an experimental memoir that creatively investigates the concept of "biblical womanhood." Rachel describes her yearlong effort to live the Bible's commands for women as literally as possible."
Coffee House: Film Dialogue - "Consuming Kids"
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 8:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Drawing on health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, this film exposes the growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have transformed American children to a profitable consumer demographic."
Coffee House - The Connecting Church
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University.
Creating the New Heavens - Isaiah 65
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University
Cross Shaped Churches
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The cross is not just a historical event but a story we live. The cross is not just about saving us but guides us in life. Explore how everything in our lives can be cruciform (shaped by the cross)."
A Cross-Shaped Heart
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The cross is not just a historical event but a story we live. The cross is not just about saving us but guides us in life. Explore how everything in our lives can be cruciform (shaped by the cross)."
Cross Shaped Lives
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The cross is not just a historical event but a story we live. The cross is not just about saving us but guides us in life. Explore how everything in our lives can be cruciform (shaped by the cross)."
Cultivating Generosity in Anxious Times - Practical Tools for a Challenge We Avoid Like the Plague
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Have a plan for growing your people in the grace of giving? Stewardship development is challenging in normal times. Today's chaotic realities add exponential hurdles. This two-session workshop provides practical tools to develop a roadmap that fits your church."
Cultivating Generosity in Anxious Times - Practical Tools for a Challenge We Avoid Like the Plague
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Have a plan for growing your people in the grace of giving? Stewardship development is challenging in normal times. Today's chaotic realities add exponential hurdles. This two-session workshop provides practical tools to develop a roadmap that fits your church."
Dark Night of the Soul or Burnout - Distinguishing the Dark Night From Burnout
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Since St. John of the Cross, the phrase 'dark night of the soul' is used for everything from a bad hair day to clinical depression. These classes examine some theories about experience of 'the dark night' and apply them for practical ministry."
Dark Night of the Soul or Burnout - Ministering to Others in Their Dark Night
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Since St. John of the Cross, the phrase 'dark night of the soul' is used for everything from a bad hair day to clinical depression. These classes examine some theories about experience of 'the dark night' and apply them for practical ministry."
Dating Jesus - The Role of Women in the Church
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "For how long will women be expected to keep silent in the assembly? And to what end is that accomplished? We look at the role of women in the early church, Jesus' egalitarian attitude, and what that means for us today"
Dating Jesus - The Role of Women in the Church
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "For how long will women be expected to keep silent in the assembly? And to what end is that accomplished? We look at the role of women in the early church, Jesus' egalitarian attitude, and what that means for us today"
Deaf Ministry Classes - Bible Knowledge for the deaf Christian
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Special topics and methods for enhancing general Bible knowledge for the Deaf. Special emphasis on the Old Testament."
Deaf Ministry Classes - Sam's Place: An Orphanage for the Deaf in East Africa
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "A home for Deaf children and a place to evolve into future Christian leaders of the Deaf in East Africa."
Deaf Ministry Classes - Spiritual Development of Deaf Christians
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Special topics and methods for enhancing general Bible knowledge for the Deaf. Special emphasis on the Old Testament."
Discover the Practice of Echoing - Learning to Listen to Life
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Some people lack meaning, feel confused by Scripture, or long for community. Explore a simple, reusable spiritual exercise for groups that transforms how people seek God in life. Learn how to imagine life's scattered stories within a bigger story."
Discover the Practice of Echoing - Narrating the Story of Life
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Some people lack meaning, feel confused by Scripture, or long for community. Explore a simple, reusable spiritual exercise for groups that transforms how people seek God in life. Learn how to imagine life's scattered stories within a bigger story."
Do Christians Count? - Persecution and Prospects in the Middle East
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Christianity is shrinking in the Middle East. Although Coptic and Lebanese Christians are relatively large, most groups such as the Church of Christ have few adherents. Oppression is forcing the Syrian Orthodox Church to flee Iraq. Explore how recent political protests present opportunities and challenges."
Eductive Cafe - Missional Conversations
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How do we help people who seem stuck, without hurting them? These three sessions will introduce the DRAWN coaching model, which combines spiritual direction and coaching best practices. Participants will gain skill and insight in eductive leadership."
Eductive Cafe - Missional Conversations
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How do we help people who seem stuck, without hurting them? These three sessions will introduce the DRAWN coaching model, which combines spiritual direction and coaching best practices. Participants will gain skill and insight in eductive leadership."
Eductive Cafe - Missional Conversations
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How do we help people who seem stuck, without hurting them? These three sessions will introduce the DRAWN coaching model, which combines spiritual direction and coaching best practices. Participants will gain skill and insight in eductive leadership."
Eductive Leadership - Coaching Workshop
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The good news must be demonstrated to be heard. Followers of Jesus may be heard when the visible platform of their lives is better. Eductive leadership uncovers and draws forth grace in others."
Eductive Leadership - Coaching Workshop
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The good news must be demonstrated to be heard. Followers of Jesus may be heard when the visible platform of their lives is better. Eductive leadership uncovers and draws forth grace in others."
Eductive Leadership - Coaching Worshop
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The good news must be demonstrated to be heard. Followers of Jesus may be heard when the visible platform of their lives is better. Eductive leadership uncovers and draws forth grace in others."
Elisha Was Bald, Too - Identifying the Challenges and Rewards in a Longtime Ministry
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Jesus may be the same yesterday, today, and forever, but the local church is not. A 65-year-old preacher reflects on four decades with one congregation and offers practical advice in ministry for young and old."
The Emptiness That Leads to Fullnes - Paul's Master Story As Key to Community
Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Living in Christian community is necessary for a complete life of faith. Life together with other Christians also can cause stress. We will look at theological and practical truths that help make life in community more fruitful than stressful."
The Emptiness That Leads to Fullness - Three Key Building Blocks/Roadblocks to Community
Lecture given Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Living in Christian community is necessary for a complete life of faith. Life together with other Christians also can cause stress. We will look at theological and practical truths that help make life in community more fruitful than stressful."
Encouraged or Eclipsed? - School-Aged Girls' Experience of Gender Roles in Church Settings
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Girls attending gender exclusive congregations receive mixed messages about the role of females. This class reveals the dreams and disappointments of school-aged girls as they reflect on gender roles in church, at school and in culture."
Enough Already - Hearing God on Race Relations
Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The prophet Isaiah warns those who create laws that create oppression and benefit few. These sessions examine the influence of this admonition on contemporary race relations among Christians."
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