Bruce Lee & Ping Pong
Growing up most of my martial arts craze started and ended with Bruce. Gotta love this commercial> :-)
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'a start of something new'
it's been some time since my last update. partly because of the craziness of trying to start an ekklesia and the laziness of the author, here goes...starting a non-profit, ekklesia has been the hardest...
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marriage at year 13
Observations in marriage at year 13. It's so funny. I am not sure exactly when this change occurred, but at some point marriage became more than a one-to-one relationship. Now, it's a...
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My Rant
being on the edge, that is the ekklesia planting mode, has been like being on an island away far away from everything. it's strange and a bit like survivor, not having the creature comforts and...
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Ekklesia Planting Update
It's March and winter doesn't seem to want to let go here in Seattle. :-) Here's a quick update on our church planting efforts:-Recently formed core group of 10 adults, 7 kids-Core group has been...
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Love/Hate Relationship
sometimes this is how i feel about $.it's funny but i dont remember the 70's, 80's, or 90's in terms of economy. maybe its because during the 70's i was just trying to figure how to get out of the...
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What? Our Vision is Crap?
is this really true?before actually setting out to launch a new ekklesia, i penned this vision statement about what imago dei would look like. The vision of Imago Dei is to be a casual, “come as you...
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Iron Man vs Bruce LeeUploaded by PatrickBoivinanother great Bruce Lee video, enjoy!!!
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it's been some time since my last post. quickly, imago dei has been meeting monthly at our home. we are looking for a public space to host our gatherings, in June and July. we have seen some turnaround...
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'skydiving with or without a parachute'
sometimes i feel like a skydiver jumping out into a new adventure and not knowing if i am wearing a parachute. :-p if you have ever read any of my posts, i just want to say thanks for entertaining my...
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imago dei goes public
this past sunday, june 28th, imago dei held its first ever public gathering. we met at the lyons den coffee shoppe in bothell, wa. wohoo!!!okay, with that out of the way, a few days passing, and now my...
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pain, hurt, loss...
for the past several months sol and i have been in mourning. as a christian, i have had numerous opportunities to share my faith in jesus. opportunities like being in a foreign country sharing my faith...
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Failure a Good Thing?
i heard a recent statistic that 1 out of every 10 church plants succeed. when i heard that i thought, wow, that sucks, my chances doesn't look that good. my first thought was that doesn't make any...
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Church Planting Update
Hi All, it's been a crazy past few months. Here is a quick update on our church plant, Imago Dei. 1. Imago Dei has found a new weekly Sunday location in Des Moines. This location has truly been a God...
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imago dei on the move
wow, looking back it's pretty amazing to see how we have changed and moved as a community of followers of jesus. when we first started out, i had this crazy idea of starting a church with the...
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'loving the marginalized'
one of my most treasured experiences, was back in college, when i had the opportunity to spend time volunteering at a senior home. i remember when our college ministry decided to help out at the senior...
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father&son
father & sonpast. as a father of 3 kids, i can't help but think how my past has affected my adulthood and the way i look at parenting. my parents, typical ka immigrants, worked 12-14 hour days, 7...
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Lent
blogging for me is more therapeutic than anything else. lately i have been getting peeps asking why i don't blog more and when am i going to write again. honestly, it's hard to write. i'm not good at...
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why plant a church?
question, "why plant a church?" i get this question a lot. most of that answer is seen scattered in previous blog posts. but i would make additional comments that i feel reflect my current journey...
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just thought i would write a short entry on my absence in the blogging world. for those of you who do not know, my mother has been battling cancer. she has been through 4 different chemo treatments...
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Updates from June-October
wow, it's been 4 months since my last post. things that have passed.-visited my parents in dallas-mom finished her last chemo and is cancer free right now-ethan starts 6th grade, audrey starts 4th, and...
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random thoughts...uncomfortable feeling. that's what i say at times when i tell people about imago dei. it's uncomfortable. when you come to imago dei, one thing you will recognize is that there's no...
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Searching...
apologies to those who have been wanting/asking to read my blog posts. i've been in a writing funk lately. it's not that i don't have anything to say, it's that there's so much to say and saying it to...
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Successful Church Plant Closing It's Doors!
recently had a chance to talk with some church planters across the divide and wanted to share things learned:situation: a church plant closed its doors after 2 years. a few years ago, a church planted...
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Advice To Future Church Planters
lately having lots of conversations w/potential church planters and thought i would write some of the things i have been mulling over. so here is some advice for those of you thinking about planting a...
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