Showing posts with label farmington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farmington. Show all posts
Thursday, April 24, 2008
12159
- tonight we said goodbye to our friend sean, a young dude who has been a pretty important part of our farmington crew. he's off to florida and some new adventures. pray that sean will find a community where he will be valued as much as he was here!
Friday, January 18, 2008
10259
- thanks to those who left comments/emailed in response to 10159. i appreciate the bio suggestions and husband advice. now, my apologies for a longer post...
...most of the readers of this blog are aware of this, but for clarity's sake, i'll reiterate this fact: i am getting married in june and then moving to boston, which means that my CTK time is coming to an end. a frequent topic of conversation with amy has to do with me leaving CTK and going to another church (in fact this was a big part of our conversation last night). as i mentioned in the last post, a major thought swirling about in my head right now concerns how to leave durango well. that sounds like a really nice thing to say, but much harder to know what exactly that looks like.
some classic advice on the subject goes along these lines: "you want to leave_____better than when you got there." well, that's not too hard (or too helpful) as there was nothing here before and now there is something. other classic advice has to do with maintaining relationships and not burning bridges...this is really important (as i've learned before), and i will try with all my heart to do this well.
further complicating the issue is that this is an interesting time for CTK-Durango, as we are experiencing our first season of big change, especially in the original core of people who moved here to start this campus. it is a little scary, but also exciting to watch as new leaders emerge (or as people just take on more responsibility). it is hard to be part of the reason that this transition has to happen, but i want to try to be helpful in this moment as much as possible.
so while there are definite areas where i can be helpful, the trickier issue for me as i leave, i htink, is going to be my attitude towards the new church community i join. i am really excited about amy's church, reunion. they are a church plant and they have the same 3 core values that CTK holds. i've met some of the staff and they seem like really cool people. i think what they are doing is great and i resonate with a lot of their philosophies and their approach to minsitry.
but i still sense a bitterness and frustration creeping into my soul. will i be able to just "go" to church? will i be able to submit to leaders i don't know as well as i know here? will i be able to be a part of a church that i am not actively shaping/leading? i struggle with these questions right now.
i know that i don't want to be that guy that sits in the back with his arms crossed thinking "i used to do this," or "i could do this better." i don't want to be the "crabby-ex-church-planter" guy contsantly quoting the churchy books i've and criticizing everything i see. dear Lord, i don't want to be that guy. but i know that it can be so easy for me to be that guy.
a couple of weeks ago, in farmington, we were studying Luke 14:25-27, about the cost of following Jesus. again and again, Jesus points out that we cannot follow him on our own terms doing what we feel is comfortable. it will not be comfortable for me to go to another church at first, but i am trusting that at some point (hopefully sooner than later, especially for Amy's sake) i will be able to do this.
i know that church leadership is always going to be part of my life and i believe it is also part of my future. on wednesday night, on the way to farmington, chip spoke some amazing words of affirmation into my life about this very thing. last night, when i was going off about not wanting to be "crabby-ex-chuch-planter" guy, amy said, very profoundly, something to the extent of "you might be crabby but i think adding the 'ex' part is wrong." i needed to hear that.
well, that's my life right now...apologies again for the length. so, new comment thread: advice (please) on how to leave a place well, and how not to be a crabby member of reunion.
...most of the readers of this blog are aware of this, but for clarity's sake, i'll reiterate this fact: i am getting married in june and then moving to boston, which means that my CTK time is coming to an end. a frequent topic of conversation with amy has to do with me leaving CTK and going to another church (in fact this was a big part of our conversation last night). as i mentioned in the last post, a major thought swirling about in my head right now concerns how to leave durango well. that sounds like a really nice thing to say, but much harder to know what exactly that looks like.
some classic advice on the subject goes along these lines: "you want to leave_____better than when you got there." well, that's not too hard (or too helpful) as there was nothing here before and now there is something. other classic advice has to do with maintaining relationships and not burning bridges...this is really important (as i've learned before), and i will try with all my heart to do this well.
further complicating the issue is that this is an interesting time for CTK-Durango, as we are experiencing our first season of big change, especially in the original core of people who moved here to start this campus. it is a little scary, but also exciting to watch as new leaders emerge (or as people just take on more responsibility). it is hard to be part of the reason that this transition has to happen, but i want to try to be helpful in this moment as much as possible.
so while there are definite areas where i can be helpful, the trickier issue for me as i leave, i htink, is going to be my attitude towards the new church community i join. i am really excited about amy's church, reunion. they are a church plant and they have the same 3 core values that CTK holds. i've met some of the staff and they seem like really cool people. i think what they are doing is great and i resonate with a lot of their philosophies and their approach to minsitry.
but i still sense a bitterness and frustration creeping into my soul. will i be able to just "go" to church? will i be able to submit to leaders i don't know as well as i know here? will i be able to be a part of a church that i am not actively shaping/leading? i struggle with these questions right now.
i know that i don't want to be that guy that sits in the back with his arms crossed thinking "i used to do this," or "i could do this better." i don't want to be the "crabby-ex-church-planter" guy contsantly quoting the churchy books i've and criticizing everything i see. dear Lord, i don't want to be that guy. but i know that it can be so easy for me to be that guy.
a couple of weeks ago, in farmington, we were studying Luke 14:25-27, about the cost of following Jesus. again and again, Jesus points out that we cannot follow him on our own terms doing what we feel is comfortable. it will not be comfortable for me to go to another church at first, but i am trusting that at some point (hopefully sooner than later, especially for Amy's sake) i will be able to do this.
i know that church leadership is always going to be part of my life and i believe it is also part of my future. on wednesday night, on the way to farmington, chip spoke some amazing words of affirmation into my life about this very thing. last night, when i was going off about not wanting to be "crabby-ex-chuch-planter" guy, amy said, very profoundly, something to the extent of "you might be crabby but i think adding the 'ex' part is wrong." i needed to hear that.
well, that's my life right now...apologies again for the length. so, new comment thread: advice (please) on how to leave a place well, and how not to be a crabby member of reunion.
Monday, September 24, 2007
08059
yesterday i was supposed to run 6.6 miles, many of them working upwards against the forces of gravity, but my final trail run was postponed due to a torrential rain that has raised our beloved animas river to near record levels. i can live with that...another two weeks to prepare will be greatly appreciated...
...i am so excited to watch our farmington campus develop and grow over the next several months! one thing that was fun about this week was realizing how far we actually have come in durango...sometimes you can get so caught up in the moment that you don't realize what's been accomplished...but as i was sitting in our first farmington service i was simultaneously overwhelmed with how much needs to happen to get that group going but also how much has happened already just in durango. that experience made me appreciate both of our "core" groups of people so much for what they have done for our community...
...new crowder out wednesday!!!
my parents are here this week, so i finally get to show some boutry's what durango is all about!
peace
...i am so excited to watch our farmington campus develop and grow over the next several months! one thing that was fun about this week was realizing how far we actually have come in durango...sometimes you can get so caught up in the moment that you don't realize what's been accomplished...but as i was sitting in our first farmington service i was simultaneously overwhelmed with how much needs to happen to get that group going but also how much has happened already just in durango. that experience made me appreciate both of our "core" groups of people so much for what they have done for our community...
...new crowder out wednesday!!!
my parents are here this week, so i finally get to show some boutry's what durango is all about!
peace
Monday, September 17, 2007
07859
- i'm sure you've all had this experience...an old friend, someone you once were really close to, moves away, or you move away, or you both move on to the next thing, and communication becomes more difficult and you don't see each other more than once a year, and after a while you still have this sense of what the other is up to in life, but the closeness that was once there is there no longer. and then something happens...you see them at a wedding, or a group of old friends gets together for whatever reason and next thing you know, in that moment, it's like nothing has changed.
this is how i've experienced the new caedmon's call album, "overdressed." i used to love this band. between 1998 and 2002 i probably saw them play 10-15 times. they would have been a no-brainer choice for favorite band. but then derek webb left the band (and to be honest, the real reason i loved them so much was for derek's songs), they did some less than great worship albums, and i just moved on to other bands and other music. i sort of kept track of what they were doing...for example, i really admired their passion for india and the subsequent album that came from that experience...but i just wasn't feeling the connection anymore.
"overdressed" is not a great album...but it feels like that moment with old friends where it seems as if time has been rolled back and nothing has changed. derek's songs are once again amazing...coupled with andrew osenga's songwriting skills, about half the tracks are excellent (the rest leave something to be desired)...but the bottom line is that it's been nice to get reaquainted with this old friend. (the most excellent song, if you are in to downloading, is the last track "ten thousand angels")
- this week i finished the final Harry Potter novel. it was excellent...it took me a while to get into the series (and i started with a lot of skepticism), but the last three books, in particular, are so fantastic, it's worth slogging through the first half of the series just to get to the payoff!
- last, but definitely not least, our farmington campus kicks off this week...please pray for that amazing group of people as they pour themsleves into this new adventure!
this is how i've experienced the new caedmon's call album, "overdressed." i used to love this band. between 1998 and 2002 i probably saw them play 10-15 times. they would have been a no-brainer choice for favorite band. but then derek webb left the band (and to be honest, the real reason i loved them so much was for derek's songs), they did some less than great worship albums, and i just moved on to other bands and other music. i sort of kept track of what they were doing...for example, i really admired their passion for india and the subsequent album that came from that experience...but i just wasn't feeling the connection anymore.
"overdressed" is not a great album...but it feels like that moment with old friends where it seems as if time has been rolled back and nothing has changed. derek's songs are once again amazing...coupled with andrew osenga's songwriting skills, about half the tracks are excellent (the rest leave something to be desired)...but the bottom line is that it's been nice to get reaquainted with this old friend. (the most excellent song, if you are in to downloading, is the last track "ten thousand angels")
- this week i finished the final Harry Potter novel. it was excellent...it took me a while to get into the series (and i started with a lot of skepticism), but the last three books, in particular, are so fantastic, it's worth slogging through the first half of the series just to get to the payoff!
- last, but definitely not least, our farmington campus kicks off this week...please pray for that amazing group of people as they pour themsleves into this new adventure!
Monday, September 10, 2007
07759
some updates:
- we had a sweet prayer time last night for our farmington crew, commissioning the people and the place (hot stuff billiards and spa!)...the new campus starts sept. 19th and everyone seems to be really excited about it.
- yesterday i played my first game for the durango herald's adult league soccer team...we got killed, but it was a lot of fun! i thought i was in shape from all of the running i've been doing, but not even trails can prepare you for 80 minutes of soccer...i'm pretty sore today =)
- fantasy baseball is all but over (even though there are three weeks left in the season)...current standing are rmps59 106.5, tex boys 82, enraged echidnas 81.
- thanks to rmac for sending me the new caedmon's call cd...derek webb is back with the band (at least for the recording of this album) and upon first listen at least the results are pretty fantastic.
i think that's it for now. peace
- we had a sweet prayer time last night for our farmington crew, commissioning the people and the place (hot stuff billiards and spa!)...the new campus starts sept. 19th and everyone seems to be really excited about it.
- yesterday i played my first game for the durango herald's adult league soccer team...we got killed, but it was a lot of fun! i thought i was in shape from all of the running i've been doing, but not even trails can prepare you for 80 minutes of soccer...i'm pretty sore today =)
- fantasy baseball is all but over (even though there are three weeks left in the season)...current standing are rmps59 106.5, tex boys 82, enraged echidnas 81.
- thanks to rmac for sending me the new caedmon's call cd...derek webb is back with the band (at least for the recording of this album) and upon first listen at least the results are pretty fantastic.
i think that's it for now. peace
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