Mike Collison's Sabbatical 2008
2008
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Out of Narnia - Thanks - Soli Deo Gloria
This week concluded my sabbatical time. In some ways it felt like visiting Narnia. I stepped out...
May 31st
Visited the Gathering at Wooddale
My brother Dan’s church offers an electic worship experience, using the weekend sermon. A...
May 26th
The Gathering - at Wooddale
May 26th
Carolyn with one of her three kids. The church is currently...
May 26th
Visited Substance Church
On the recommendation of Tony Dunham, I checked out the church he attends when he is at Bethel. I...
May 26th
Substance Church Website
May 26th
Link to Holly's music and website
May 25th
Two much prettier faces. Linda and my sister in law Holly.
May 24th
Two smooth operators. My younger brother Dan turns 40 next...
May 24th
Breakfast with an elder. Chris Matula took me out to...
May 24th
A book I'm reading on Humility
May 19th
“Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is, fromt...”
— Andrew Murray, Humility
May 19th
“The subjects we teach are large and complex as...”
— Parker Palmer, The Courage to...
May 19th
Here’s the window view of W. Miner Lake in the Chain...
May 19th
Which cabin you ask?
Okay, it wouldn’t be a Mike story if something didn’t go wrong. I don’t try to...
May 19th
A book I'm reading on leadership and personal...
May 14th
At the Cabin
It Tuesday night and I’m out at the cabin in Ripon for a few more days of prayer, reading,...
May 14th
What a great game. Lotsa hits. Lotsa runs. In the first,...
May 14th
Josh is back in town. You might remember Josh Chappeau, the...
May 12th
I miss my church family
Sabbatical has taught me this. I miss my church family. It has been good to see the Kingdom of God...
May 12th
“When all the pieces come together, not only does your work...”
— Jim Collins, from Good to...
May 11th
“I have seen and spoken to men and women making a difference...”
— Thom Rainer from Breakout...
May 11th
“The body of Christ was alive, no longer trapped in...”
— Shane Claiborne commenting on...
May 11th
A favorite site of mine for doing a simple...
May 10th
A link to Calvin Miller's books, art, and...
May 10th
A shot from our winter/spring family getaway to a borrowed...
May 10th
Reading and Recommending
It is a known fact that I love to read. I usually read a number of books at the same time, not...
May 10th
A book I'm reading on the art of persuasion
May 10th
A book I'm reading on teaching
May 10th
A book I'm reading on church leadership
May 10th
A books I'm reading on following Jesus -...
May 10th
A book I'm reading on how to keep spiritual...
May 10th
Back home
Tuesday night I arrived back in Little Chute. I am now deeply immersed in home life and continue...
May 9th
Lunch with Barry
On Monday, I had lunch with Barry the sr. pastor at New City Fellowship. They are deeply immersed...
May 9th
On my way home to WI, I stayed two nights in St. Louis with...
May 9th
A sculpture of pastors praying a striking contrast to the...
May 4th
A bronze statue from Kelly Ingram Park, the scene of police...
May 4th
16th Avenue Baptist that was bombed in 1963. Four little...
May 4th
Samford wrap up
Did my exit interview, turned in receipts, and went to a class on evangelism and church growth....
May 3rd
About five minutes from my hotel is bluff hills. ...
May 3rd
More writing
I spent the day doing re-writes on all that we went through on Wednesday, plus wrote a new chapter. ...
May 2nd
Wednesday we wrapped up editing my stuff and spent time...
May 2nd