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Red Ocean, Blue Ocean

Jonathan Storment — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:05:49 +0000

In Abilene, somewhere around 70% of people are not connected to any church. There are an increasing number of people addicted to meth, cocaine, weed and heroin. The abuse of children is growing rampantly, not by teachers or baby-sitters, but by other family members. Homelessness and poverty has grown to unprecedented proportions, and now so has burglary. My heart for church is that we grow, but not primarily with people who are just coming from another church.That's just swapping sheep and calling it Kingdom.

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Why I Stayed

Jonathan Storment — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:20:18 +0000

Christians are in Exile, which means that we are no longer telling the dominant story lines in our culture. And the only places that Christians generally feel comfortable really being in, are the ones where we can still have a semblance of control over the reality around us. But there are a lot of Jesus-followers (especially among younger generations) who are trying to wade into the grey areas of our society and be a blessing in whatever small ways they can.

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Good Christian Belles

Jonathan Storment — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:09 +0000

On July 27th I made the call to Central Casting and found out that they were shooting for the new Annie movie with Christian Bale. I called in, and after a few tries got through and was accepted to play a working class restaurant patron. Only to find out that this wasn't Annie. This is the story of a Preacher who went to Hollywood to be an Extra.

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My Friend Rodney

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:48:03 +0000

I gave this sermon, along with my friend Rodney McIntosh, at the Highland Church a couple of weeks ago. (Highland peeps if you want to know about stuff like this you can connect with through what is being posted on Highland’s Facebook or Twitter pages.) This is a sermon that I had dreamed about for [...]

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Coming Home

Jonathan Storment — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:30:43 +0000

In the Scriptures, leaving and coming home is a persistent theme. It is the concept behind Jesus' most famous story, it's what the Israelites pined.

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