Two Words. One Invite.

Scripture: Matt 9:9

To give you a brief summary, Matthew was sitting in the tax collector’s booth, minding his own biz when Jesus saw him and said “Follow Me.” Responding to those two words, Matthew turned his life around, became part of the Twelve Apostle and one of the 4 Gospel writers who chronicled the earthly life of the Savior of the world.

In my humble opinion, this passage right here is one of the best bios I’ve ever read. First of all, Matthew used his Apostle name (the name he is known after his conversion) instead of Levi, as Mark and Luke wrote. Matthew never did try to hide his past. It was as if he was saying, “Hey guys, it’s me Matthew. But you know what, I was once a tax collector.” He was once THAT guy, Levi.

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Cultivate 2011 Thoughts

Stumbled upon Cultivate 2011 when I came across Kem Meyer’s tweet. I met her when she visited UBC a couple of weeks ago and was taken by her thoughts on church communications. I was a bit curious with the #cultivate11 hashtag. Thank God I clicked on the link because it led me to a world I only dreamed about.

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STYLE – Young Adult Ministry

Just wanted to give you guys quick snapshots of one of the ministries I serve in. It’s my home church’s (University Baptist Church) young adult ministry we fondly call STYLE. It’s for college students and 20-somethings “devoted to Christ and committed to living out the Gospel in our city, through our lives.”

I got involved with it around 4 years ago when I volunteered to do media for Mosaic. Through the years and various name changes, it evolved into STYLE. I take care of the social media stuff (i.e. tweeting, status updates, announcement and just recently, blogging). I help with the set-up and occasionally do media when I’m asked.

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Show His Love

The Gospel called us to go and preach the Good News to everyone. And if you call yourself a Christian, that means ALL PEOPLE – regardless of their belief status. God showed me the world – from people who have a growing relationship with Christ to people who are on the fence to people who are completely against Him. I mingled with people I never thought to mingle with..

What’s my point? We go through life like it’s a battlefield sometimes. The world and all the people in it are flawed. Us versus the world. But these people you are dealing with – they have a story to tell. Each of them. Humanize the people you deal with. They hurt like you do, probably not at the same things. They laugh. They lose hope. They cry on the outside and inside. Too often, churches are caught up in the business of serving, converting and evangelizing that they fail to see the “who” in the “how”. Both words have the same 3 letters so that should be easy to remember.

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