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On this page, I’ll post items of potential interest—from sermon notes to thoughts on various issues.
Daily Bread: Incorporating the Bible in Your Daily Prayer
Easter Night Dreams [sermon notes] Jesus brand spirituality is imbedded in the biblical narrative. This is my attempt to summarize that narrative in one telling. It was the Easter 2005 Sermon, audio available in the sermons & music section of this website.
Integrating the Wisdom of the Twelve Steps
Step 1: Admitting Defeat
Step 2: Faith in a Higher Power
Step 3: Turn It Over
Step 4: Taking Moral Inventory
Step 5: Admit it!
Step 6: Entirely Ready!
Step 7: The Humility Highway
Step 8: Zacchaeus, Poster Child of 8th Step
Step:9 Making Amends
Step:10 Takin' Out The Trash
Step:11 Sought to Improve Conscious Contact
Step:12 One Step Closer to Knowing
Jesus Brand Spirituality Resources
Sermons related to the four aspects of a Jesus brand spirituality that we are pressing out at the Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor including four aspects: active, biblical, contemplative, and communitarian.
Jesus Brand Spirituality: Contemplative
#1 Jesus at Prayer
#2 The Heavenly Realms
#3 Communion of Saints in Love & Remembrance
#4 Open the Eyes of My Heart
#5 The Glorious Landscape
#6 Intermission: Why Prayers Seems Beyond Us
#7 Saying Our Prayers
#8 Pray Constantly
#9 The Quest for Intimacy
Bonus: Prayers to Choose From
Making the Case for The Divine Hours
Bedtime Exercise For Daily Awareness
Taking A Day Away (with God) Part 1
Taking A Day Away (with God) Part 2
allelon.org A website with resources for praying throughout the day.
Jesus Brand Spirituality: Biblical
Daily Bread: Incorporating the Bible in Your Daily Prayer
Reading The Bible for The First Time in Twelve Steps for beginners and experienced readers looking for a new perspective.
Experiencing God in The Bible: Introduction
Finding Your Fundamental Posture Toward the Bible
Understanding the Bible in its Own Light
Jesus Brand Spirituality: Communitarian
Checking Your Heart Toward the Church Great Lakes Regional Vineyard Leaders Conference March 6, 2002
The Promise and Pitfalls of Community Notes from a workshop at the National Vineyard Pastors’ Conference July, 2003.
Ann Arbor Vineyard Vision Resources
Reflections post Phyllis Tickle Weekend My thoughts on how the weekend with Phyllis Tickle at the Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor (Feb. 12-13 2005) went.
Vineyard Leaders Notes on the Phyllis Tickle Weekend Notes from the February 2005 Vineyard Leaders Meeting: Ken's thoughts on the significance of Phyllis Tickle's upcoming visit to the Ann Arbor Vineyard.
Notes from Presentation to Vineyard Leaders on Vision for the Ann Arbor Vineyard
Priorities for the Ann Arbor Vineyard: Jesus Brand Spirituality, Community and Compassion.
Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor: Vision, Founding Principles, Purpose and Values Statements
Perspectives on Contemporary Issues
Loving Across The Political Divide A post-election sermon on loving across the political, cultural, and religious divide that winds it's way through our families, our church, our city and our nation. Maybe even through our own hearts.
The Passion: What's The Fuss? A sermon about the Mel Gibson movie probing the questions: Are the gospels anti-Semitic and Why would the Jewish community be so concerned about the film? An honest look at Anti-Semitism and the church.
An Open Letter to Evangelicals Re: The Passion Appeared in the Ann Arbor News Op-Ed page March 9, 2004.
Books and CDs
Good Reads: Ken's recommended reading list.