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Ask and you shall receive. A couple of people have commented asking for my complete 43 (50 in pdf form, apprarently) pages of notes. I beseech thee to download and further thee…um, theeself?

Mars Hill Conference “Isn’t She Beautiful” Notes

A couple of notes on these, well, notes; first of all all of the highlighted portions are there because I used each of them in one of the blogs on Isn’t She Beautiful that I wrote. Each color refers to a different post as I went through each day…yeah, I’m a dork. Get over it. Secondly, there is a reason that the notes for the session on Narrative Theology and the session on elders is a bit short. The breakout sessions were poor.

Posted on February 2, 2007 to:

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Isn’t She Beautiful?: Final Thoughts

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There will be a lot of letters of resignation turned in after that conference. Pastors, worship leaders, and even children’s ministers will leave churches they have poured themselves into for years. They will leave to follow their true passions, their true calling – something which has been nipping at their heels without a name for as long as they can remember.

Rob Bell brought that nipping into question last weekend. He gave it a name and a face. He said “turn around and chase that down.”

Posted on January 27, 2007 to:

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Isn’t She Beautiful?: Q&A Session

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I asked for questions the other night. I had a couple humorous replies. I laughed. But this is what was actually asked and (paraphrased) what was answered.

Posted on January 26, 2007 to:

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Isn’t She Beautiful?: Journey Theology

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Is the purpose of all of this God business strictly to get to heaven? Most churches will use this language when preaching the gospel, this reasoning for having faith.
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Posted on January 25, 2007 to:

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Isn’t She Beautiful?: Arts and Creativity

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Tonight I looked at my friends, the ones who came with me, and we all said the same thing. We didn’t even have to speak it. We are simply euphoric.

Bell was giving us gold tonight. Pure gold.

Oh, and I have 25 pages of notes. 25.

Posted on January 23, 2007 to:

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Isn’t She Beautiful?: The Living Eucharist

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Bell opened his 9:00 session briskly – I think this is the best way to describe it – efficiently saying “open your Bibles to Colossians 2.” He’s very direct and challenging – I love it. Oh, and Bibles are handed out while scripture verses are referred to on the screens (see right) and it’s up to you to turn to the verse. It’s awesome – don’t go to Mars Hill if you want to be lazy.
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Posted on January 22, 2007 to:

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Isn’t She Beautiful?: Sunday Service

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Tonight I sit on a hotel room couch in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Two friends are in the room nearby – one likewise on his laptop, the other one crashed in bed already. I can’t really blame him though, it has been a great day already – one full of lots of driving in the snow (yuck) and free-dinner-eating (yum).
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Posted on January 21, 2007 to:

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Isn’t She Beautiful?: Appendix

Isn’t She Beautiful?: Final Thoughts

Isn’t She Beautiful?: Q&A Session

Isn’t She Beautiful?: Journey Theology

Isn’t She Beautiful?: Arts and Creativity

Isn’t She Beautiful?: The Living Eucharist

Isn’t She Beautiful?: Sunday Service

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