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I'll Become What You Call Me - #6728
Tell the people around you what they could be with the strengths that are there, even if you only see a little bit of it. Because by naming it, you can nurture it.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/ill-become-what-you-call-me-6728
Extraordinary Ordinary - #6713
You say, "Oh, I'm just a Sunday School teacher. I'm just a helper. I'm just a choir member. I'm just an untrained, simple person who loves Jesus." You're not a "just a..." Stop it! Don't keep saying you're "just a..." You're not that if you open yourself up to letting the Holy Spirit make your ordinary extraordinary.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/extraordinary-ordinary-6713
Using sparetime to crowdsource projects online and collaborate
One of the properties of our anytime/everywhere Internet is that even small blocks of time can be used productively in ways that weren't possible before. Of course, the downside of this is that we may never relax or unhook from being totally available 24/7. Learn to disconnect too!
However the Web does allow us to crowd-source or cooperate on projects from home, or when we are on the move...
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7148
Garbage Picker Vision - #6495
Somewhere near you is an assignment with a name; someone waiting for another person to see the Peter, or the rock, in them. Stop for someone that others might be walking past or even throwing away or trashing. Pick them up and patiently build them into all they were meant to be.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/garbage-picker-vision-6495
Facebook and missions - the potential for cross-cultural outreach
Because Facebook is worldwide in coverage with many language versions, it provides a range of opportunities for cross-cultural evangelism. There are multiple options for sharing the good news cross-culturally on Facebook.
http://internetevangelismday.com/facebook-missions.php
Digital Rivers Newtown - a short story illustrating the growth of social networking
It’s not often that a completely new town is built on unused open land. But that’s where Digital Rivers Newtown was constructed, in a previously undiscovered valley. People soon came flooding in to live, moving from surrounding settlements such as Printville and TVtown.
http://internetevangelismday.com/facebook-story.php
Book review: Netcasters Using the Internet to Make Fishers of Men, by Craig von Buseck
Von Buseck presents a unique overview into the vast and growing potential of the digital media to share the good news of Jesus. There has been no title like this since Andrew Careaga’s books in the early days of the Web. Its well-researched and visionary coverage, interviews and case studies are indispensable to anyone needing to understand the nature of the new media and how to use them effectively.
http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/netcasters.php
Growing Amazing Gardens - #5983
The eyes of Jesus don't just see what a person is; they see what a person could be, if someone would just water their potential with some encouragement, and praise, and believing in them. Jesus told Simon, "You are Simon, but you will be 'the rock.'" He saw what Simon could be, and in fact, what He became in Jesus' amazing garden.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/growing-amazing-gardens-5983
The Good News About Your Bad News - #5945
The majestic eagle, unlike most other birds, refuses to run and hide when a storm is approaching. He actually perches on the edge of his nest, waiting for the storm. Because he lets those powerful currents carry him higher than his wings can take him - until he's actually seeing the sun and looking down on his storm. Like the eagle, God wants you to use this storm to fly where you've never flown before.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-good-news-about-your-bad-news-5945
Church Growth Institute Mission and Statement of Faith
Mission... provide practical resources to help pastors, churches, and individuals reach their potential for Christ; promote spiritual growth in churches, thereby leading Christians to maturity and lost people to Christ; equip pastors so they can equip church members to do the work of the ministry
http://churchgrowth.org/mission.html