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An online journal of my personal, pastoral, missional journey in Central NY
The Paris Family
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- How is Grieving/Pain Good?
- The power of encouragement :)
- Team Roles
- We Need Adversity?
- What do I need today?
- Engaging with an Alternate Worldview
- Another Great Quote
- Building a Community of Believers
- The crew walking the pier in Jetty Park. And worki...
- Day Two Fairly Safely Navigated
- Broken not Crushed; Stirred, Never Shaken
- A Great First Full Day in FL
- Our First Session
- Teacher Training Seminar
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People who appreciate openness....
About Me
- Pastor Mike Paris
- I am the lead pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Ithaca NY. I am a born-again, Bible-believing, disciple of Jesus Christ. We are journeyng as a church to impact the world for Christ beginning in our own spheres of influence.
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- 1 Peter
- accountability
- anger
- change
- Christology
- coffee
- depression
- Deuteronomy
- discipleship
- doctrine
- Easter
- ESF
- evangelism
- Exodus
- Ezra
- faith
- family
- finger of God
- forgiveness
- Good Friday
- grace
- grief
- Holy Spirit
- Isaiah
- John 15
- Joshua
- leadership
- Luke
- marriage
- meditation
- ministry mutiny
- ministry philosophy
- Mormons
- names of God
- parables
- passion
- pastoral theology
- philosophy
- philosphy
- Pilgrim's Progress
- Piper
- plagues
- postmodernity
- prayer of Jabez
- preaching
- Proverbs
- Pyromaniacs
- quotes
- Romans
- Scripture
- seekers
- sermons
- service
- Simple Church
- suffering
- Sunday School
- theology
- theology proper
- Titus
- Veggie Tales
- waddup
- will of God
- wisdom
- WOL
- worship
- writing team
- Yancey
- Youth Seminars
2 comments:
Dear Pastor Mike -
I started looking at blogs hoping to find one like yours! I like your sharing, I like the discussion you started about church, I like how it appears you think.
Not that someone with a biblical worldview needs the approval of some stranger from New Hampshire...
We, too, are thinking about how we are "doing church." I am a member of Grace Community Church in Rochester, NH - on the worship team, teaching our new friends and members class, and on the preaching team (not meaning to open any cans of worms!)
We have been thinking, too, about Sunday Christians, as someone commented on your blog. The early church was not about doing meetings - they were about doing life. They continued to do what they normally did, with a few additions, like caring for people, rescuing abandoned children, making sure everyone in their "church" community had what they needed. Programs and presentations were not their focus. Translate that greeters and worship and preaching.
Now, I am not advocating leaving the church to meet as families. I think we come together on Sundays for covenant renewal, corporate worship, and some good teaching. But if that is the sum total of the Chrisitan experience, then why bother? There has to be more.
We have started a renewed focus on home groups, which is a start. But the thing someone said about shoveling the neighbors driveway just to do it without expecting anything in return is where it's at as far as showing what Jesus is about.
Anyway, I wax long-winded I am afraid. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I would love to visit your church sometime. my own blog is at www.lifeonthespiral.blogspot.com. Feel free to drop by...
Grace and peace -
Sue
Oh no.....yet another person that agrees with your thoughts. You're gonna get a big.....um, bigger head!
I guess this confirms that we don't have some weird hereditary genetic disorder that causes us to think the ways that we do!
Sorry, Sue. NH is a little too far to drive to shovel your driveway. Now, if it was Rochester, NY....I'd think about talking "Pastor Mike" into doing it for you :)
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