Hello there. My name is Nonreligious Guy and I’m going to attend your church tomorrow. Here are the things you need to know:

I’m taking a big chance by coming. I feel really nervous, so do everything you can to make this experience as non-threatening as possible.
I’m very observant. I’m picking up both verbal [...]

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It’s hard to believe, but one year ago this week Paula and I were fired from the church we planted in 1989. What a painful ending to such an awesome life changing experience.
I am glad to say that the firing did nothing to diminish our dream of creating a gathering space for people who [...]

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“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”
~~George Washington

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” Innovators and men of genius have almost always been regarded as fools at the beginning (and very often at the end) of their careers.”
~~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Disturb us, O Lord
when we are too well-pleased
with ourselves;
when our dreams have come true
because we dreamed too little;
when we have arrived in safety
because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, O Lord
when with the abundance of
things possessed, we lose our thirst
for the water of life;
when, having fallen in love with time,
we have ceased to [...]

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“To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, [...]

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Join us this weekend at The Gathering when we’ll complete our current series “The 4 Laws of Water-skiing.”
This weekend we’ll deal with Law #4: The Law of Letting Go.” and talk about the 4 Great Fears all people face; fears that debilitate us and slow us down. If you don’t think fear is a really [...]

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