covered in dust: February 2010

the mission and the embodiment

I recently led a small band of brothers known as the Iron Tribe through a journey of The Scriptures based on two words: mission and incarnation. Since these two words have been getting a lot of chatter in the Christian world, I thought that we might as well dive into the conversation head on and dig up some meaning behind these two words.

...and you know, I like to swim in the deep end.

I also wanted to put some context to how the Scriptures refer to how to best live out these two words. My only hesitation was that during our brief 1-1/2 hours together, we would only scratch the surface. However, the surface has been scratched. The doorway has been opened.

Let's begin...

I started with a simple question... What does God want from us? Everyone tossed around a bunch of good ideas and then I recommended that we take a look at the Scriptures to read what God says. We read the following:

Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"

Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."
John 6:28-29, NIV

Jesus was of course talking about himself. What work must we do for God? The Jews really wanted to know this answer. After all, the 611 laws that they were following must have been fairly exhausting to keep track of so it makes sense that they would ask this question. It's funny, but I think we overlook the simplicity of this statement. All God wants us to "do" is believe in Jesus. Period. But what does that look like in our lives? How does this practically play itself out? How do we live this type of life? What purpose is there?

That led us to begin this discussion of mission.

What is the definition of "mission"? I asked someone in my tribe to look it up (as I scanned the room for anyone with a web-enabled smart phone). One of my guys has an iPhone so I picked on him. Here is the definition that we worked with for the night...

1) a group or committee of persons sent to a foreign country to conduct negotiations, establish relations, provide scientific and technical assistance [more simply, provide assistance], or the like .

18) Those sent.

Those two definitions came from http://dictionary.reference.com and I liked them just fine. I suggested that we refer to the "provide scientific and technical assistance" part very simply as "provide assistance." Think about it. What could these definitions be telling us as Christ-followers? How could these definitions help us contextualize our mission as followers of Jesus?

So we looked up some Scripture.

"Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul." 1 Peter 2:11, NIV (italics added)

This one works well too.

"We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God." 2 Corinthians 5:20

So here's a question... how does definition #1 compare to Scripture? Or does it? What similarities do YOU see? How does this impact your view of mission?

We discussed the implications. We are to be Jesus' ambassadors. We are now His messengers in this foreign world. We then moved on and I asked the next question...

What was Jesus always talking about?

Wanna give it a guess? What do you think? I'll give you a hint, Jesus even referred to this in his famous prayer that SO many of us have memorized. Jesus was always talking about the Kingdom of God (or the Kingdom of Heaven- same thing).

Check it out...

"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!" Mark 1:15, NIV

“The time promised by God has come at last!” he announced. “The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!” Mark 1:15, NLT

After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the Message of God: "Time's up! God's kingdom is here. Change your life and believe the Message."Mark 1:14-15, MSG

Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit." John 3:5, NIV

After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. Acts 1:3, NIV

So if Jesus was constantly talking about the Kingdom of God, then as His followers, shouldn't we? What prevents us from telling everyone the good news that God loves them, that God has taken on humanity and flawlessly removed any barriers between us and God?

The truth is that no other god is coming for us.

That's not bad news... that's just reality. Seriously, go search the other world religions. There is no other god that has loved humanity SO much except the God of the Bible that He was willing to come to us to do what we could not do for ourselves to attain for us what we did not deserve.

That IS good news! God has come to us and His name is Jesus. Our mission is to proclaim this good news... or, as some say, Gospel.

We have a mission. We are representing... or should I say, re-presenting Jesus to the world so that they too can come back to God through Jesus. This brings us to our second word- incarnation.

Here is the definition that we used for incarnation...

To embody Christ; a physical re-presentation of Jesus.

This definition is a mashup of definitions from the dictionary as well as Scriptural references to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in every Christ-follower. But it is one that we all agreed seemed to fit. After all, it does fall inline with who Christ was/is- God in the flesh; incarnate. Now, Christ lives in us, right?

Read this and pay attention to the last seven words...

In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church- for we are members of his body. Ephesians 5:28-30, NIV (italics, bold added)

[The] mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. Colossians 1:26-28, NIV (italics, bold added)

This mystery has been kept in the dark for a long time, but now it's out in the open. God wanted everyone, not just Jews, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, so therefore you can look forward to sharing in God's glory. It's that simple. That is the substance of our Message. We preach Christ, warning people not to add to the Message. We teach in a spirit of profound common sense so that we can bring each person to maturity. To be mature is to be basic. Christ! No more, no less. That's what I'm working so hard at day after day, year after year, doing my best with the energy God so generously gives me. Colossians 1:26-29, MSG (italics, bold added)

Do you see it?

The missional-incarnational calling that we have as Christ-followers is to be co-missioned with Jesus in proclaiming that the Kingdom of God is available to everyone who has faith in Jesus as their Lord. Or to put it another way... this message is for anyone willing to trust in Jesus as the leader of their heart, mind, and soul living a life of moment-by-moment connectedness to God to do whatever He asks of them.

So here is the co-missioning from Jesus that I prayed over my guys that night...

Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them inthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:16-20,NIV

Go.

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God's story in my life...

I grew going to church and began following Jesus at age seven. My soul became a battleground after suffering through several abusive situations. I was left feeling devalued which led to self-destructive behaviors- lust, depression, self-injury. Late in college, I began spinning out of control- alcohol, sex, drugs. Then I was reminded of Jesus’ promise- that He would always accept me and forgive me regardless of my past if I willingly trusted Him. I turned back to God. By His grace, Jesus freed me from years of guilt and shame and made me feel worthwhile again. I now live a life of meaning, purpose, and hope.

So, what's your story? I really want to know.

Feel free to comment with your story but here's the deal... your response must be around 100 words or less. This allows the shaping of your story to be concise, clear, simple and humble. If this is your first time doing this, no worries. My story above has gone through about 12 iterations and I am still working out the kinks. But if we never write it down and try to get it worked out, then how can we share Jesus' story as it intersects our lives with anyone else? People need to know that there is a God of grace, acceptance, and hope that loves them. People need to know how Jesus has transformed your life.

Feeling overwhelmed? Need more ideas? Check out Chapter 6 (CLICK HERE) of "Just Walk Across the Room" by Bill Hybels.

Are you ready?

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full tilt equilibrium

In January, I wrote about my word for 2010: equilibrium. I wanted to visually represent what living with equilibrium on full tilt toward Jesus actually looks like. This picture says it all.

Water is such a great example of equilibrium and I was reminded of this as I was reminiscing of my days in the building industry.

Water always tries to find

equilibrium; it is in its
nature.

Of course, most homeowners don't want to hear that the water vapor in their home is trying to equalize with the water vapor outside their home because it is one of the causes of window condensation.

However, water aggressively pursues equalization regardless of the environment.

I pray that this would be true of me this year- that I would continue to pursue equilibrium; that I would live on full tilt for Jesus regardless of the environment, regardless of the circumstances; that I would live a life of reckless grace with such radical love, faith and hope that it would demand a Gospel explanation... because no other explanation would make sense apart from Jesus.

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how to create a movement

I came across a post by Tony Morgan with a similar title. I loved the content and decided to republish it here at CiD. However, the following is not original to Tony Morgan either. Derek Sivers gave this talk at the TED Conference and rightly received a standing ovation.

Watch the following video and share your thoughts...

(To view the original transcript, visit Derek Sivers' website HERE)

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verge- day 1: my response

I've already alluded to some of what God was doing in my heart at Verge in my post, pastor dad. I may restate some of what I already shared in that post but I recommend that you read it too.

Where do I begin?

After Matt Carter and Francis Chan were done speaking, we took communion and began a time of worship. I remember after a phenomenal worship set that Francis got back up on stage, which was not scheduled. Francis shared that he felt that we needed to have some time of confession. I watched as he knelt down on stage with his head bowed and he began to pray/cry out to God about his own short comings as a leader. I have never seen such transparency from such a well respected church leader. He pleaded for Jesus to guide him. Then is was our turn. The entire place was quiet except for some sniffles of other people also crying and confessing.

I sat in my chair with my head bowed asking God what He wanted me to confess. Then I heard a voice deep within my soul tell me to get on my knees.

I hesitated.

Then I responded with a few questions, "Really? Can't I just lean forward in my chair like most other people do?"

He replied, "If you can't get on your knees in front of a bunch of your peers and church leaders, how are you going to stand for me anywhere else?"

Wow. That was just so true. So I stood up and moved out into the aisle and knelt down before God.

"Now what?" I respectfully inquired.

"Confess," He very promptly replied.

"Confess what?"

"How much do you love others?" He asked me.

Ouch. Now I know that it was God. I would never ask myself that question.

I began to confess how I often chose my own agenda over helping others and how I really didn't have much interest in opening up my life to my neighbors. It was a lot of soul tearing, heart crushing stuff. I then began to sob as I prayed.

Yes, sob. Like the kind of sob that you can't help but hear. The kind of sob that makes your chest heave from sorrow. The sorrow in my heart was not a fearful sorrow but a sorrow that was deeply remorseful for not loving God and others as my Spirit knew how to do.

I could feel my heart beating wildly in my chest. Yet, it felt like it was coated with that topping that you put on ice cream so that it forms a shell-like exterior. My heart had been coated with a shell-like callousness that God was breaking in that moment.

It's not like I don't love people. But God was challenging me on how much I loved others; how much I was willing to give. He made it clear to me that He had put hundred of people that he cares about in my life and He wanted to know what I was going to do about it. How was I going to show them His love? How was I going to tangibly re-present Christ to them?

My heart felt free. It was soft. The shell-like exterior was completely gone.

I did not stop having His Spirit flowing into my soul and heart. He spoke to me that my first mission in life was to my own family- my wife and son. He also said that although they were my first priority mission, that I need not use that as an excuse to not engage the hundreds of others around me. He pointed out to me that there are about 35-40 people that I know pretty well in my own neighborhood and fifteen that I can tell you a part of their story. God impressed on my now soft heart that He wanted to know what I was going to do about the fifteen. How would I love them so well that they had to ask why I loved them this way? He wanted me to love them that sacrificially... then point them to Christ and His love.

The conversation that He started kept going and kept me awake until 1:30 that morning. I kept asking God to keep my heart that soft, that malleable. I didn't want the callous back.

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verge- day 1: main session with francis chan

The following are my notes from the main session with Francis Chan of Cornerstone Church. This first session was themed, "Jesus is Lord" from the book, "The Forgotten Ways" by Alan Hirsch.

Jesus is Lord.

Francis Chan

Speaking of desire within a Christ-follower... "Is that what you want more than anything? To know that God is with me?"

Speaking of church strategies... "All I want is the presence of God. If He's not in it, I don't want any part of it."

"Maybe we're regurgent..." In regard to church culture labels (emergent, post-modern, seeker, mega-church) and how we should approach the Bible. He then pretended to read his Bible and throw up what he read on others. It was quite funny yet soberingly true of who we should be.

Recommendation to church leaders... "Be Biblically courageous; erase what you've seen anywhere else."

"To stay on mission and make disciples, we need fellowship to encourage us."

Francis gave an illustration of how the game "Simon says" works, then said the following...

"If Jesus says something, you don't have to do it... just memorize it." His words and posture were soaked with sarcasm.

His advice to church planters and what to think about... "If I just started with scripture, this is what I would do."

"[The book of] Acts is radical but makes sense."

"If you saw someone rise from the grave, you'd tell everyone you know."

"Are you sure you've experienced the Holy Spirit this last year?"

"What are the things Jesus wants? These are the things we should be confident of."

Honestly, there was a lot more of significance that Francis said and how he said it. His posture and facial expressions tell half of the story. I could not capture it all because most of the time I was just trying to listen to what God wanted to tell me through Francis.

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verge- day 1: main session with matt carter

The following are my notes from the main session with Matt Carter of Austin Stone Community Church. This first session was themed, "Jesus is Lord" from the book, "The Forgotten Ways" by Alan Hirsch.

Each of the main sessions were preceded by a video by Alan Hirsch setting up the content. One of the things he said in this first video really stuck out to me. In fact, I didn't even write it down but I can still remember it. He said, "Jesus is Lord- an entire worldview in one sentence." He then corrected himself by saying that it was an entire worldview in only three words and it was entirely theologically sound.

Jesus is Lord.

Matt Carter

"Missional community may be THE thing that defines this generation." Why?

"Missional community is the long awaited structure that the American church needs to unleash mission into lives; to awaken the sleeping giant of the American church."

"If missional community this the ONLY thing that we are remembered for... then we've failed."

"We may be tempted to love the mission more than the Savior, then the Savior will have nothing to do with our mission."

Matt then transitioned to the Bible by reading Revelation 2:1b-6:

Jesus is speaking... "(1) These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: (2) I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. (3) You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. (4) Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. (5) Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. (6) But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate."

Revelation 2:1- Jesus is in the middle of the churches.

2:2- This church is a deep church with good theology.

2:3- The people at this church endured persecution and live on mission.

2:6- The people at this church are salt and light, not swayed by the culture.

2:4- They have left their first love, that is, Christ.

2:5- If Jesus is not the single most important thing in out churches... Jesus is no

longer going to be among our churches by removing His Spirit.

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verge- day 1: gospel movements into

The following contains my pre-conference breakout notes from Gospel Movements Intro with Dave Garrison:

Training for Trainers has planted 80,000 churches since 2001.
"Reproducible, transferable, self-fed groups of people from a movement."
In Europe (1999)- the Netherlands had 45 new churches begin in a single year among refugees.
In Latin America- the myth is that Latinos won't be involved in church unless it's a cathedral; Honduras has 7,000 home churches in 1,000 cell groups (bible studies).
In Cuba- In 1990 there were 235 churches; in 2000 there were 4,000 churches. By 2010, it is estimated that there will be 100,000 churches with 1 million baptized. Fidel Castro's attempt to wipe out the Christ-centered churches has been fueling its growth.
In Africa- 9 million Christians in 1900; 470 million Christians by 2010.
In Muslim countries- Algeria saw 22,000 baptized in 2003 and 160,000 baptized in 2009. Bangladesh had 125,000 people baptized in 2002.
In China- it was estimated that there were 25,000 new Christian believers every day. According to the Communist government reports, it is actually 30,000 new believers per day.

"We need to stop asking 'What do I do?' and start asking 'What will it take?'"

If God is at work all over the world..

Why not here?

Why not us?

Why not now?

As is pertains to church planting, "Don't ask 'What works?'... ask, 'What is God doing?'"
"They can't stop you if you're not afraid to die."
"If people own their relationship with Christ, heresy tends to not exist."
"Indiginize the [gospel] movements as soon as possible."
When it comes to guiding new Christ-followers, "put the controls inside the movement to govern itself." How? "Let's commit to do whatever the Bible tells us." This allows transformation from the inside out.

The challenge of gospel movements:

Heretical movements are still heretical.
Highly controlled churches don't reproduce.
Loosely controlled churches reproduce rapidly, but what do they reproduce?

"You can't just do church anyway you want to... it's Christ's church. Do it His way."

"Be a learner of how God is moving and growing others in Christ. Allow the Holy Spirit to speak through them to teach us." (speaking to church leaders)

"Use whatever resources reaches others."

In regard to mission and the church, "you can't do better than Jesus."

2 Timothy 3:16-17 teaches that the Bible addresses the following:

What's right
What's not right
How to get right
How to stay right

[BTW- "Right" was in terms of how to stay Christ-centered and to live as Jesus lived.]

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verge

I had the privilege of attending the first-of-its-kind Missional Community Conference in Austin called Verge. This was a homegrown conference organized by Austin Stone Community Church (Michael Stewart was the driving force) and hosted by Hill County Bible Church- NW. The main theme of Verge was discussion about the DNA of Gospel movements and centered around the core concepts presented in a book by Alan Hirsch called, "The Forgotten Ways." The main session speakers included Francis Chan, Matt Carter, John Burke, Neil Cole, Alan Hirsch, Jeff Vandersteldt, Dave Ferguson, Dave Gibbons, Hugh Halter, Ed Stetzer, David Watson, George Patterson and David Garrison. Aaron Ivey, his band, and an awesome choir provided the musical element to the event.

Verge completely sold out and over 2,000 leaders from all over the country came to Austin for almost 3 days. Over the next several posts, I am going to be sharing my notes from Verge as well as my experience while there. To simply boil Verge down to a bunch of notes is like trying to hear a concert by reading sheet music.. it is best heard, played out, and experienced. However, since not everyone could be there, I am offering my notes, thoughts, emotions, and personal reflection in hopes that God will continue to move through this experience to catalyze others in a movement forward.

As a side note, the following thought has been on my mind for quite some time: the Bible is great, but just like sheet music, it must be experienced and played out in life to best understand the symphony of God's story with humanity. Without the activism of the Gospel, we become a bunch of people with a lot of gnostic intellectualism but not Christ. We all have a part to play and it sounds the best if we are in harmony with one another.

For now, let me leave you with this insight into the essence that was Verge. At one point during the conference, Michael Stewart sent out an update via Twitter that said, "Usually conferences run late 'cause speakers can't stop speaking. #verge10 running late cause worshippers can't stop worshipping."

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fight for the lost

I am a gamer.

I thoroughly enjoy interacting with virtual worlds born out of the union of dreamers and technology.

Video games today have a lot to say about the human condition much like the film and movie industry. The following video is no exception.

Now, you may be thinking, "What the violence was that about?"

While I will agree with you that Grunt's actions are less than desirable, let's move beyond the facade of violence and pay close attention to the battle cry. His battle cry should be the heartbeat of every Christ-follower- a passion to fight darkness, evil, and injustice.

Grunt has a mission. Grunt has the passion to see the mission through. Grunt is willing to die for his mission.

What about us? How are we living on mission? What level of passion do we have to engage in the mission? All of us have a reason to live but so few of us have a reason to die. So let me ask, what are we willing to die for?

Fight for the lost.

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pastor dad

Often times I think about the grandiose, over-arching dream God placed in my heart to change the world for Jesus and it just overwhelms me. All the hurting, all those in pain, all the comfortable, all the broken... it is just SO MUCH to take in. It is usually at this time that God tells me by whispering into my soul that only one thing is important, to help those that He has already put in my life.

Oh yeah, them.

That just seems so simple. I typically reply, "C'mon God, isn't it harder than that?" Then I hear the voice again, "How well are you loving and serving them?" Good point. It IS that difficult, yet simple.

I recently attended a Missional Community Conference in Austin called, Verge. What I experienced there forever changed the trajectory of my life and I will be attempting to flesh out those words over the next several weeks. I gotta be honest, it is really hard to wrap words around what you experience when you encounter the non-sensical, extra-ordinary- the living God.

However, one thing that impacted me immediately after the first day was centered around this idea of partnering with Christ in the redeeming of all things back to God by establishing God's Kingdom here on earth. I distinctly remember hearing words in my soul tell me that of the 1,000 people in my neighborhood, God has intentionally put about 200 of my neighbors in my life on a monthly basis, 40 of them I see regularly, and I know about 15 of their life stories. Forget the masses for a minute, what am I doing about them? How am I loving and serving the fifteen?

That was a profound moment for me.

After the first night, I walked out of the building to meet up with my wife and son who were picking me up. I saw them parked right up front and smiled as I began to walk over to the truck where my son was excitedly yelling, "Daddy, daddy!" This dialogue with God was fresh on my heart like new paint on a wall when I heard words spoken into my soul again that said, "This is your first mission (referring to my family)."

"Yes God," I replied.

To clarify, I am not a pastor. Well, not in the Americanized, traditional sense of the word. However, I have been co-missioned by God through trusting in Jesus to bring the good news of hope that Christ offers to reconnect the spiritually homeless back to God. In that sense, I am a pastor and I have a responsibility to re-present Jesus to the world, to my neighbors, and family. Of course, I do suck at it and rely of God's grace and forgiveness daily and sometimes hourly.

By the way, if you are a follower of Christ, this is your calling as well. Let that sink in.

As a pastor dad, my first co-mission is to help guide and direct my wife and son into a life-giving relationship with Christ. I encourage my wife through questions like, "Did you pray about it?" or "What do you think God wants you to do about that?" I utilize every teachable moment with my son to direct him to Jesus. I help him understand that obedience and respect of his parents shows Jesus (and us) that he loves us.

Maybe this is why God wants us to obey his commands and respect Him above all things? Maybe our obedience and respect shows God that we love Him? I dunno. I'm just a simple t-shirt and jeans guy... it was just a thought.

With all of this in mind...

Today, I had a Holy moment with my son. We were driving to GameStop to go pick up Bioshock 2 and listening to the radio (the game is for me, not him). Fee came on with their song, "All because of Jesus." Good song. After a few moments of silence, I heard a voice from the back seat say, "Dad, I love Jesus Christ."

I turned off the radio.

"What did you say, Jonah?" I inquired with much anticipation.

"I love Jesus Christ," he said very matter-of-factly and at that, he had my full attention.

I began to ask him questions like, "What made you say that?" and "How come you love Jesus?" and "Have you ever prayed and told Jesus that you loved him?"

This led to Jonah spontaneously breaking out into a prayer to God, thanking Him for the day, the sky, and clouds. Jonah then told Jesus that he loved Him. At this point, I jumped into the prayer with him to help him along.

Today, Jonah asked Jesus to live in his heart for a long as he lives and to forgive him of the bad things he has done. My heart exploded.

Jonah is three. Somehow, on the most simplistic level, he gets the importance of a life lived for Jesus. How about you?

Who is the one person you can love well? Who can you serve with no strings attached? How can you engage in the co-missioning you have from God to re-present Jesus to your friends, coworkers, neighbors, and family?

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CiD 2.0

It is finally here-CiD 2.0. Whew!

I have been working on this new design from concept to fruition for months. I started and stopped more times than I can remember and I coded two other designs before settling in on customizing this one (yes, you can find similar designs our there). I really like how it turned out but before you get too comfortable... it is still a work-in-progress. So, there will be some design elements that get added as well as some additional tweaks. However, most of the heavy lifting has been done.

So, what's new... besides everything?

1- New custom, embedded Twitter feed

2- New social media/networking buttons

3- Navigation elements (home, about, donate, & subscribe) at the top of the page and bottom (as well as a 'back to top' button)

4- New commenting system (I will dive into this in a bit more detail)

5- New sharing options at the bottom of each post making it easier for you to plaster posts all over the internet

Still to come...

1- Social justice/mobilization area

2- Visual bookshelf

3- Additional social media/networking links

4- Subscribe via email

Content will not change. Period. This is a blogsite of life, leadership and learning. More importantly, CiD is the story that God is telling through my life by Christ living in me.

So here's the new deal with comments... I will no longer moderate them just monitor them. This means that I will allow any/all comments on this blogsite but I will need to approve everyone the first time they comment. Once approved, go for it. One caveat, I still reserve the right to remove any/all comments that I deem divisive and I will do this at my discretion. There may also be posts that I disallow comments altogether. As I have said before, if you don't like my decision, go get your own website. :-)

So after 2 years, CiD has a new look and feel. I love that new blogsite scent! I hope you like it as much as I do. If you have any recommendations for additions or any suggestions, let me know.

Peace.

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