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These are some of the questions about our Meetup group that we discussed at our March 31, 2009 gathering. You can join the discussion on our blog http://browardeme... Word file 20K Steve Apr 4, 2009
"The Poor Will Always be With You...Therefore, Open Your Hand..." - This brief exceprt from Brian McLaren's book, "Everything Must Change," gives us a fresh perspective on Matthew 26:11...along with a challenge. Word file 21K Steve Jun 28, 2008
We'll use these exceprts and questions for our discussion at our April 21, 2009 Meetup. Word file 27K Steve Apr 18, 2009
Postmodernism, Part 2, “Restoring Community” and the Emerging Church. We'll use these exceprts and discussion questions for our June 2, 2009 Meetup Word file 31K Steve May 30, 2009
Our conversation often centers on what we don't like about "church." Let's take a moment and imagine what we would like church to be. Scot McKnight points to three areas, "reconciliation," "community," and "redemption." Word file 34K Steve Sep 8, 2008
"Who is in? Who is out?" This earlier post by Robin Martin looks at "church boundaries," and the process of how we grow closer to God and to each other in community. Word file 40K Steve Aug 9, 2008
We'll go over excerpts from Scot McKnight’s book "A Community Called Atonement" focusing on Pentecost for our September Meetup. Word file 44K Steve Aug 28, 2009
Our neighbors John & Deb are new members of BEC. Deb recently became a “lay preacher” in the Episcopal Diocese of SE FL. On Aug. 2, she preached at St. John’s in Hollywood for “Recovery Sunday.” Here is her sermon, a story of struggle and grace. Word file 46K Steve Aug 9, 2009
"Five Streams of the Emerging Church" was written by Scot McKnight for Christianity Today. He describes it as: "Key elements of the most controversial and misunderstood movement in the church today." (8 pages) Word file 51K Steve Jul 3, 2008
God is love! A Meetup member shares a dream they had many years ago, and it's a good one. Word file 59K Steve Aug 29, 2009
This is a compilation of all seven recent Jesus Creed blog posts on the topic, "Kingdom Gospel," by Scot McKnight. What Paul tells us about the gospel in Romans is important, but what we learn from Jesus and Luke tells us so much more... Word file 64K Steve Jun 15, 2009
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Paper for our 3/31/09 Meetup, on Postmodernism and Restoring Community in the Emerging Church Word file 129K Steve Mar 18, 2009
Meeting God at the Pub Adobe Acrobat file 151K Steve Oct 31, 2009
Join us on Saturday, July 18th, to plant fruit trees and an urban food forest at Parkway-Tedder Community Garden! Adobe Acrobat file 441K Steve Jul 13, 2009
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Rob Bell at Revolution Adobe Acrobat file 2.8M Steve Feb 28, 2009
LoveBags article in the Sun-Sentinel Adobe Acrobat file 4.3M Steve Dec 21, 2008

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