"To sacrifice something is to make it holy by giving it away for love."
Frederick Buechner
Books I have written
Tod Bolsinger: It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian: How the Community of God Transforms Lives
Selected for an Award of Merit by the Christianity Today Book Awards in the Church/Pastoral Leadership category.Tod Bolsinger: Show Time: Living Down Hypocrisy By Living Out The Faith
This books is from start to finish a book for “everyday believers” living out their faith in the real world.John Mark Reynolds, Roger Overton, eds.: The New Media Frontier: Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting for Christ
I contributed a chapter to this discussion of how New Media helps--and hinders--communicating the old, good news.
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- Why I haven't blogged much....
- Leading the Change Process
- Why Learning is Harder in the Google Age.
- The Blessing of Blogger's Block
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- Starfish and the Spider #10: Really, Really Important Rule #8
- The Answer to Consumeristic Christianity? You'll be surprised.
- When Jim Buys Pam His Parents' House
- A Child is Born
Linking SCPCers
- San Clemente Presbyterian Church
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- Marine Wife
- San Clemente Local Guide
- PastorLisa.com
- San Clemente Blog
- Chrysalis Ministries
- Y-Malawi
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- Inspire
- Cause Depot
- Good News for San Clemente
- Anthony’s Weblog
- Snapshots from South Africa...
- Tanzanite Tears
- A Big World Through Young Eyes
Blogging Friends
- Mark Roberts
Pastor, Professor, Author, Speaker, Blogger Extraordinaire - Craig Williams
Church planter and keen thinker on post-modernity. - Steve Norris
Steve is the ultimate "regular guy Christian". You'll want to read his blog just to know that there guys out there like him. - K. C. Wahe
A younger pastor with a way more life experience than many who are much older. - Steve Wright
The church planter of a new fellowship in So. Orange County. - Tim McCalmont
A Pastor's pastor, Tim's writing is refreshing to all who read it.
Kindred
- World Vision Online Donations: Ways To Give
Wherever and whenever disaster strikes, World Vision is there.
- Los Ranchos Presbytery
- Fuller Youth Institute
- Friend of Missional - What is a Missional Church?
View my page on Y-Malawi?
Digging Deeper
Leadership Bookshelf
James P. Osterhaus: Thriving through Ministry Conflict: By Understanding Your Red and Blue Zones
This little book is a must-read for every pastor or church leader who wants to learn how to make good decisions in the complex church system.Laurence Gonzales: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
How your brain works under stress and how to learn to survive and thrive. Much of what is here is refreshingly counter-intuitive.Jim Herrington: The Leader's Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation
Pastor: Stop. Read this. now.Kevin G. Ford: Transforming Church: Bringing Out the Good to Get to Great
This is the best overall book on church leadership that I have read.Ori Brafman: The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
This may be the best organizing principle for the church.Danny Meyer: Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Danny Meyer makes money selling what the church is supposed to be giving away for free.Peter Block: Community: The Structure of Belonging
"Leadership is convening." Great insights in community and change by a provocative thinker.
Recommended Reading
Links worth a look
- Dream Awakener » A Primer on Today’s Missional Church
- Jesus Jazz
- Seedlings in Stone
- Odyssey Group
- PGF Outbox
- Missional Web
- Biblia
- Hugh Hewitt
- Liveblog | Christianity Today |
- Mouw’s Musings - The President’s Blog
- On Faith
- rhettsmith.com
- Robert Gagnon
- Ben Witherington
- Douglas Groothuis
- Under the Acacias
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If the "thing" is made holy when given away, I can only imagine what happens to the "giver" when they are truly making a sacrifice in the name of love.
Posted by: Kim Campbell | Monday, May 28, 2007 at 09:01 AM