Friday was fantastic, easily the best day of a Willow Creek Leadership Summit that I've experienced. The morning began with an effervescent Dave Gibbons describing "3rd Culture" leadership, ran through a re-imagining of Africa's story let by Andrew Rugasira, continued with Compassion International CEO Wess Stafford's emotionally powerful plea on behalf of the children of …
Margins, Fringes, and Outsiders
Yesterday was overload. Failure is the resonance that allows connection. - Dave Gibbons My heart is so full today, so challenged, so humbled. Leadership is profound. To answer the call of God, to step out into an unknown reality, to accept the uncertainty because of faith in Him. Yesterday was a parade of men who …
Meaning of Life 1.2 – God Makes
Why bother? The Eternal Community of Love and Communication (see yesterday's post) had a good thing going. Why bother to risk mucking it all up? Scripture doesn't tell us God's motives for making. Scripture also tells us that God's ways are not like our ways, that as the heavens are high above the earth, so …
Meaning of Life 1.1 – The Glory Before the Beginning
God is love. I don't remember who first introduced me to the idea of the Triune Community of Love and Communication that existed before the beginning (biblically speaking), but it was probably Francis Schaeffer. But I also remember John Ortberg teaching about this at Willow several years ago. Of course, any real knowledge of this …
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True Voices
It's going to be hot today. A massive garage sale opens in the church parking lot around 9. Two of our members have decided the next moment in their lives is to be lived in Kenya, working with orphans there (if I have my story straight), and this garage sale is the first financial salvo …
JEFF BERRYMAN 