The People of New Day
Blog
16
Jun
2013
On Father's Day, a re-post from MWF Director Bret Wells on how he teaches his sons to use their missional imagination.
23
Apr
2013
Through participating in the Epworth project, I began to understand discipleship as a lifestyle. Living by a rule of life helped give my life a holy rhythm. This rhythm began first thing in the morning and continued until bed time. It taught me how to walk through the day in communion with God. The habit of reading scriptures, sharing meals, and praying with the other people in my house brought me closer to God in more ways than words can ever express.
01
Apr
2013
From the mission field: "When you are hearing hard stories all the time it makes so much sense to start with what you do have rather than starting with what you don’t have."
19
Mar
2013
Making a joyful noise at New Day can carry us to other places.
14
Mar
2013
I think the key to New Day, to Missional Communities and Micro Churches broadly considered, lies in Jesus’ statements about the kingdom of God. It is already here, maybe only within us, but then by grace among us. It is about mustard seeds growing under the noses of the establishment. It is not about going toe to toe with empires, secular or religious, any more than Jesus did with his contemporaries. This may be the reason that “the church” must continue to do attractional evangelism, undergirding as much as possible the establishment. All the while, the very same people are doing missional evangelism, out scattering seeds on the wind, letting them land where they may, trusting that some of them will find their way to good soil in which God will produce good fruit (Mark 4). In the process of grafting in, of filling new wineskins, the old vine, the old wine skins are redeemed – all are redeemed together.
11
Mar
2013
When a community comes together to share music, the language barriers fall away.
20
Feb
2013
Young farmers, a community garden and a New Day community form a partnership to provide fresh, healthy produce for all.
14
Feb
2013
In the context of the New Day community, there was not an “each one, reach one” strategy to obtain new members of the community. The participants simply lived out their faith in genuine ways. Evangelism was an orientation of their heart, as well as the lifestyle that emerges as a result. Worshiping unashamedly to the point where neighbors had to ask us to quiet down is something that people notice, and something to which people are drawn.
21
Dec
2012
A New Day gathering explores the Christmas story from the point of view of those who were there.