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Be My Critic

Well...I'm working on a "project" and thought I'd post a snippet here. So, take a read and let me know your thoughts. Disregard the cigarette comments as they refer back to earlier snippets...currently undisclosed. Thanks for any insights.

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Simply put. Stop pioneering and start settling. Don’t get me wrong. We need pioneers pioneering. But, we desperately need settlers settling. You see…hopefully pioneers have already ransacked your church, community, and culture. Cause without these pioneers, the remainder of this (left blank for now) is absolutely and completely worthless. These pioneers allow fruit to bud and bloom. Allow new believers and tire kickers to seek refuge within your pews. Meanwhile, we’re coughing and scrambling…lighting up the next cigarette. Fully neglecting these believers and kickers. The result? Pioneering fades and this fruit withers unappreciated and unnoticed. Conclusion? Pioneering jumpstarts life while settling grows it.

Without question, on the heels of pioneers pioneering, we need settlers settling. Settlers fertilizing, nurturing, and pruning. Settlers allowing this fruit to ripen! So, inhale your last and toss that cigarette. It’s time to settle on settling…and, as promised, dig a little deeper with EEERR.

No...I didn’t just growl at you. Rather, it’s the lifeblood of the settler.

Engage.
Enlist.
Equip.
Repeat.
Reproduce.

Let’s start with an example and take a look at the Army. They first engage young men and women. Enlist them for duty and equip them for war. Repeat this process and thus reproduce the results. Compounding over and over and over and over. EEERR. Perhaps they’re on to something.

Engage, enlist, and equip. Repeat and reproduce.

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Think you'd want more? Until next time. Jed.

The Reason Of Purpose

The new year no longer knocks at our doors. Rather, it rests within our recliners and demands our remotes. So, the past is just that...the past.

Makes me sit and think. And...wow...has this blog evolved. The intentions, goals, and purposes all shifted and transformed. But, the original sketches still haunt me. Silently singing a chorus of what if.

You see...theses original sketches loosely resembled online accountability. Kind of an online confessional. A place for people to reach out and share their struggles and trails. Perhaps the grip of pornography or the scar of sexual abuse.

Even with Facebook and Twitter...we seem to lack neutral ground. Ground where these struggles and trails may be aired and eventually healed. All connecting back to the local church. No names. No pressures. Just chances and opportunities.

This "ground" is still just sketches. But, I like to think the chorus of what if has concluded. Ushered off the stage. Rather...what might be seems more appropriate.

If you're interested in defining or discussing these sketches, please let me know. Who knows where God may lead and what might be. Perhaps you have a solo. Until next time. Jed.

Slow & Steady

I stand amazed at our God who uses us to further Him. Us. With flaws, imperfections, grumbles, moans, and sins. Loving us enough to wipe our slate clean through Jesus. Did you hear that? So basic yet so profound. Wipe our slate clean! Who am I that I deserve even the slightest hint of redemption. God is amazing!

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832 Ministries is making progress the good old fashioned way...slow and steady. Here's an update on several fronts and it's exciting to see the potential. Until next time. Jed.

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Blog

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As you may have noticed...this blog is naked. The pictures and such have been stripped. Within the coming weeks, this blog will provide links to these pictures and such. These links will lead back to the mother ship. The website. The plan is to get people away from the "blogging sphere" and into the the guts. Who knows who may stumble upon Jesus by a simple click of the mouse.

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Website

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There's not a whole lot of meat. But, the bones are in place. Check it out by clicking here. Please let us know your thoughts. Color, layout, and such?

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This website will be the hub for this ministry. God has provided some great concepts and ideas that will take time to launch. But, the potential is exciting! Check back often as the building will ensue week by week. We hope to be live around the end of the year.

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Confessions

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Confessions is a tab within the website. This concept is fairly fresh. The basic thought is to provide a social network. One for gals. One for guys. This network will allow one to open up. Confess the dirty little secrets that haunt life.

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These secrets hide in the dark shadows of life...but, often rear their heads and confirm their control. These secrets are sins...such as pornography...and these sins are death. But, this generation opens up online. As such, this network will provide the opening and eventually lead to online accountability and ultimately point back to the local congregation.

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The key is this opening. As such, the interface is absolutely critical. Right now...such an interface of confessions leading to accountability is nowhere to be found. It will take time. It will take money. We plan to start seeking partners who are well positioned to help out with this item. Please be in prayer.

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MMM

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MMM is a tab within the website. MMM stands for Manage My Media. More than ever...one needs to manage their media. Media is everywhere and the enemy is heavily entrenched. This item will be the avenue for curriculums and resources to bring one from my media to God's media.