Empowerment vs. Delegation

I spent most of my day in in my head, in isolation, finalizing the course syllabi for my winter ’09 courses (Spiritual Formation and Worship Leadership). If you’re interested, you can access them here. While I sat at my computer, some guys from my small group spent the day cutting firewood.  Out of the blue, they dropped off…

It’s the start of a New Year so, once again, the Mills family set some goals. While I don’t want to give away any of my clan’s ambitious ideas, I will enlighten you with a few of my own. In no particular order: Learn biblical Hebrew. I learned Greek but never took a Hebrew course….

Welcome to all who have taken up the challenge to study and meditate upon Matt. 5. I’m looking forward to the journey. I read through Matt. 5:1-12 a couple of times.  Then I picked up a book by Dallas Willard called, The Divine Conspiracy.  A large part of his book is devoted to the Sermon on…

I love it when people live life on mission. It characterizes the lifestyle of the exceptional folks that lead our regional coffeehouse gatherings. Once a month a group of 10 to 15 people gather to plan and pray for something we call Conversation Peace. We work hard–coming up with ideas for interesting conversations; administering the…

I wonder what would happen if I treated my family like a congregation? 1.  We’d align our couch and chairs in rows whenever we watched T.V. 2.  If my kids wanted to talk to me, they’d have to make an appointment. 3.  I’d make special ‘visits’ to my wife.  She’d make tea and we would…