Blogs and Articles
“What if Jesus meant that we should love our actual neighbors?”
This is the question authors Jay Pathak & Dave Runyon ask us in their excellent book The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door.
I’d encourage you to read it.
In Matthew 22:37-40, Jesus is asked about the greatest commandment – and his answer, as most of us know, is “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind… and the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
This is a great (and short) video message on discipleship from Jon Tyson, Lead Pastor of Trinity Grace Church in New York City. (HT: The Verge Network)
This is a GREAT read regarding a healthy, biblically true church. Especially the kind we want Fellowship South Nashville to be…
As we continue to think about living on mission, Heidi and I have really been challenged to connect more with our neighbors in meaningful ways. When Jesus said in Matthew 22:39 to “love your neighbor as yourself” – what if He actually meant our neighbors?
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This season instead of running to our default which mainly consists of caffeine and white knuckled survival, we are attempting to “Advent.”
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What are you particularly thankful for this Thanksgiving? An informal Twitter survey earlier this year revealed these simple words among America’s top 10: “Life,” “Family,” Friends,” “God,” “People,” “Love,” “Today.” There’s no question we have an enormous amount to be grateful for. But have you ever contemplated what you’re most thankful for as a leader? Here are some of mine. I hope they inspire you toward being a more thankful leader this Thanksgiving season (and this is a great time of year to express gratitude to those we lead).
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In less than two weeks, we have an incredible privilege to once again host our 3rd Global Summit where we’re not only flying in most of our Global Partners from around the world (Peru, South Sudan, Germany, Jordan and more), but also bringing in some pretty amazing speakers to inspire and equip us.
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A couple weeks ago we announced a new expression of Fellowship in South Nashville. We are excited about beginning to start launching. There are a lot of good reasons to join a new congregation. There are also a few bad ones.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the Bible lately in preparation for our new teaching series that starts on Jan 4 at Brentwood and Franklin called “The Word of God – Written, Living, Active.”
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One of the great things about Connections in this season is a clear purpose and a shared language for our entire church. However, some of it will be expressed differently in Franklin and eventually in Green Hills. Here, I’ll focus primarily on the Brentwood Campus, but you’ll notice at Franklin and eventually in Green Hills a shared language for connecting.
