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I took a break from blogging this spring, rarely getting out what’s been going on here in NE Florida.  One side affect from it was that I didn’t keep up with some of my friends and peers blogs as often as I’d like.   With some travel time this week, I was able to catch up with several.  Here are just a few of the blogs I love to read…

Friends:

Marla Saunders:  CoffeeshopJournal.com I have a passion for Christ and Coffee…so Marla’s blog about unique connections, observations, and thoughts over coffee and in coffeeshops are a real hit for me.  A Favorite Quote:  “Life happens over coffee.”

Jacqueline Sweet: Jacque is assistant to Lisa Bevere, and has a real gift for writing as well.  She is also my only friend to ever be mistaken for an X-Men Character….  Jean Grey.  You go Jacque!

Becca and Josh Turner:  www.rileyturner.com Riley was born about a year and a half ago with multiple medical complications.   This blog really pulls at my heart everytime it’s updated…especially dealing with the ups and downs along with the Turner family.

Alex Tran:  ‘Shrug’ .  Alex is our Internet Campus Pastor and runs our church website…amongst 1000 other things. I love his transparency.  And that he and I were both up  at 12 a.m. the night Facebook gave out url’s.

Duncan McFadzean: Fourthspace.  Scotlands finest…”Discussions and stories of kingdom living and missional praxis”.  He especially gives great insight into conferences he’s attended…incredibly thorough, and is doing innovative kingdom work with micro financing and missional business.

Thinkers and World Shifters

These people have even more of a global stage and stretch my brain often.  It’s often painful but necessary to embrace some thoughts they share.

Stovall Weems:  www.stovallweems.com.    Yes, I am an associate pastor working under him…which completely explains 1 obvious reaons why he stretches my brain.   In an age where ‘attractional church’ has become a buzzword amongst megachurch critics, he unapologetically believes that a church service including worship that doesn’t apologize for the presence of God and preaching that accentuates the principles of prayer and fasting not only ‘work’, but are necessary. He also makes no qualms about leadership…once twittering, “Embrace the difficult and painful decision of being a leader.”

Charles Lee:  www.charlestlee.com.  Charles takes social justice operating from the church body and gives it arms and legs.  I wouldn’t be surprised if he up and moves to the poorest or most oppressed place on the planet, radically changes the landscape spiritual, economically, and socially,  and meets the pope before he dies.

Dave Gibbons:  http://davegibbons.tv.  “Third culture is the mindset and will to love, learn and serve in any culture even in the midst of pain and discomfort. In short, 3rdCulture is PAINFUL ADAPTATION.”