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• good U of M game today. Not so good – the bozos behind us who decided to get in fight and land on top of me and my dad. #

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• listening to some @therizers. Good stuff #
• Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers | Ten Typefaces of the Decade http://tinyurl.com/2am6za6 #
• silver anniversary Air Jordan 2010 is sick http://bit.ly/d0MNxW #

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• hey @culvers, how bout making Flavor of the Day calendar that people can subscribe to in iCal, Google Calendar, & outlook? #
• For mac users, Yahoo! syncs with your computer and IPhone batter than Google #
• "we must recognize w/ every ounce of R Bng that what finally transforms society is the gospel" D.A. Carson in Scandalous #

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1. Know God

• Cultivate a steady devotional and prayer life.
• Participate in gospel-centered accountability, like a Fight Club.
• Serve with the strength God supplies (2 Peter 4:11).

2. Know Your People

• Pastor your Missional Community. Don’t just lead discussions.
• Take notice when somebody disappears and make sure they are loved well.

3. Know Your Neighborhood

• Know the culture and relate to it well.
• Know your neighbors and invite them into your community.

4. Don’t Go Alone

• Share leadership by appointing leaders for hosting, meals, prayer, and mission.
• Participate in monthly leaders’ meetings.
• Participate in monthly coaching meetings.

5. Say Who You Are (And Who You Aren’t) Every Week

• Graciously deconstruct the small group/Bible study/social group approach and reconstruct your Missional Community.
• Reaffirm your Missional Community practices each week.

6. Get Out of the Living Room

• Be on mission every month as a community.
• Celebrate life and good culture.

7. Live the Missionally

• Read and apply the 8 ways to be missional.
• Live out loud. Let gospel talk be ordinary talk, not obnoxious but genuine.

8. Eat, Laugh, Pray, and Serve Together

• A healthy group does all four.

9. Share Your Stories

• In the living room.
• On the blog.
• In social media. Use Twitter or Facebook to facilitate community (not replace it).

10. Come to Serve (Not Just Be Served) on Sundays

• Missional community doesn’t stop on Sundays.
• Always be the church.

From Jonathan Dodson with Nate Navarro on TheResurgence.com

• Men need to see a vision. They need a mental image of the final outcome.
• Men need social time, not just meeting times. Social time on the golf course, at the pool hall, on the ball field, etc… is what will make the meeting time come to life.
• Men are warriors and need an enemy to fight and a battle to win. This is just the heart of a man. Be certain they know who the enemy is, Satan.
• Men need a bar raised high. Boredom sets in quickly when a goal is easily attainable.
• Men don’t read. Many men are not going to pick up a book and read it. You may be a book junky, they may junk the book.
• Men will dodge real life issues by deflecting and talking about facts. For instance, you might ask a guy what God is teaching him during his daily time with God. His response might be to tell you he had his quiet time three times this week. You’ll need to dig deeper.
• Men need a safe place and a safe person to tell real life stuff to but they need time to know they can trust you. You’ll need to open the door to this kind of transparency by revealing your stuff first.
• Men will lie to you. Every accountability list I’ve ever seen had as the last question something like this… “Were any of your responses misleading or all out lies?” Don’t declare a man the enemy because of this, he’s been taught by society to protect his influence in this way. Simply help him step into the light of honesty so God can redeem his heart.
• Men need MODELS, not INFORMATION.

Helpful list from Rick Howerton, although I disagree with the one about reading. Men need to be about the Book but they also need to be willing to read other materials as well.

• Flying in night of Jan 6, flying out very, very early on Sun Jan 9. I should have all day Sat Jan 9 free #

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• great lunch with @tysonlemke. Excited for what God's gonna do at @gracebiblea2 #
• I am ready for some Gospel Coaching #

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• for anyone who buys diapers – you can get 30% off through Amazon Subscribe and Save. There are also 20% off coupons on Parenting Magazine. #
• No song moved me more during #ReTrain worship last year than Gloria. Listen here http://ballard.marshillchurch.org/2010/08/02/gloria/ #
• RT @jaredcwilson: There's no Scriptural foundation for national revival based on pluralistic cooperation. #

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• heading out in a short while for some Thomas the Tank Engine fun with my Dad, myself, and my son. 3 generations of Blackstone men, awesome #

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• RT @MatthewSvoboda: Justice is an attribute, wrath is a response. Before sin came God was just, but He was not wrathful. // Amen & well said #
• anyone else bothered that Mail on #iphone4 doesn't display full notification for new email receipt? I want to see Sender, Subject, and Body #
• heading out shortly for some missional anthropology at the Concentrate Media event "Young & Sticking Around" #
• Few things make me happier than when I ask my 2 year old who the Bible is about and he says "Jesus". Thanks @JSBBible #

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