What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do — Old Dogs and New Tricks!

For me 2014 brought the proverbial fork in the road. With a resume chalked full of 35 years of ministry gigs in large and varied church settings, from traditional to super hipster — I was struggling with the oft...

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Learning Again… Everyday People On Mission In The Places We Live, Work, And Play

We confess we are learning again. Learning what it means to courageously join God in his mission of redeeming the world —  one Dallas-Fort Worth neighborhood, workplace, amusement park, school, movie theater, and pub. — In reality one friendship...

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Take The Good Neighbor Quiz – You Might Be A Good Neighbor IF…

Maybe you’re like me — I had the “want to” but didn’t have the “know how”. I wanted to be a good neighbor. I was 110% on board with Jesus Great Commandment of loving God and loving my neighbor....

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Mac & Erika Browning Recipient of Good Neighbor Award

DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS – Duncanville residents Mac & Erika Browning have been recognized as the May 2018 Good Neighbors of the Month, an award presented by Loving Community, a Dallas-Fort Worth neighborhood advocacy group. The monthly award is given to...

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Next Door As It Is In Heaven – Neighborhood Family Fun Day

The sun was bright, the burgers were tasty, the snow cones refreshing, kids were splashing in the pool as neighbors were laughing and catching up. That was the vibe at Sunday’s 4th Annual Family Fun Day at our RockBrook...

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Good Neighbor Faux Pax – Well Meaning…But Oops!

Act 1 - The Arrival - My friends were excited to see a new neighbor moving in! They watched as she unloaded her belongings. She looked to be on her own. Exercising their good heartedness they asked if they...

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Sorry Easter You Didn’t Make The Final Four — Rankings of Most Popular Holidays

Ahh…Spring is in the air! The signs are all around us. Flowers are blooming, daylight savings time is back, and college basketball’s March Madness with its rankings of the 64 best teams is in full swing. And oh yes,...

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2018 Missional Conversations Series — The Pilgrim Ways of Jesus

You’re invited Saturday morning (February 24) as Dr. Michael Stroope from Truett Seminary at Baylor University kicks off the Forge Dallas 2018 Missional Conversations Series at Valley Ranch Baptist Church in Coppell, TX. In our ever changing national and cultural...

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Pilgrims Wanted — Hazardous Journey, Small Wages – You In?

How’s that for a help wanted ad! Given the hipster job title “Pilgrim” and stellar job perks you might assume not too many resumes would hit my inbox. But hold on — you might be wrong! My experience is some...

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Why I HAD TO Live Missionally – Forge Dallas Missionary Residency

“What I believe is not what I say I believe, what I believe is what I do!” I’ve always loved this quote by Donald Miller author of Blue Like Jazz. And for me living missional HAD TO become more...

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