Note: I am privileged to serve on the Austin Stone Story Team as a writer. I have been with the team a few months and it has been great for me, it’s an opportunity to serve the church body with my meager talents and tell the stories of what God is doing in our community [...]
Tags: 100people, austin-stone
I missed my family, a lot I have spent every Easter of my life with my family, including the previous 8 years I have been in Austin. It’s one of the few times I get to see a couple of my favorite cousins, and one of 3 times I get to see all of one [...]
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I think the easiest way to introduce this story is to simply state the parameters it was written under. For my writing/storytelling class I am taking at the Stone I was given this assignment: tell my whole story, in light of the gospel, from a 10,000 view in under 750 words. It wasn’t easy, and I’m [...]
Tags: austin-stone, personal, testimony
Check out this great film about #35 and #36 out of the 100 People. Don’t know about the 100 People? Go here. #35 and #36 of 100 from The Austin Stone on Vimeo.
Tags: 100people, austin-stone, missions
Today, by the grace of God, the For the City Network and The Austin Stone officially opened the For the City Center at our St. John’s campus. As I mentioned back when the church publicly announced the establishment of the For the City Center, our church is working with and providing office/storefront space for 4 [...]
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Seriously, buy the album here. Right now. Saturday night I was down at La Zona Rosa for the Music For The City album release party and it was a really good show. Great mix of bands, and some good new discoveries for me, with the bonus of helping some great organizations here in Austin. What [...]
Tuesday night at the always moving First Tuesday prayer service, Matt Carter announced the 4 non-profits that have signed agreements to be the first tenants at the For The City Center that is a major part of the new Austin Stone Community Church campus in the St. John’s neighborhood. This is an exciting step in [...]
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Click here to listen to Matt’s talk Matt spoke earlier this week at Advance the Church’s annual conference. His talk was titled Ecclessia Engaged: For the Joy of the City. It is well worth the time to listen to it. For those of us who are part of the Austin Stone it should all be [...]
Tags: advance-the-church, austin-stone, Carter, Jeremiah
I had struggled with the doctrines of Calvinism for years. One of my good friends and mentor had been convincingly and faithfully pursuing me and engaging me intellectually on predestination, but I simply had a stumbling block around free will. I’m sure its the most common issue at heart, but I just could not get [...]
Tags: austin-stone, Carter, predestination, Reformed Theology
I’m excited to hear that my senior Pastor Matt Carter will be speaking at the Advance 2010. His talk is titled Ecclessia Engaged: For the Joy of the City, which I assume is going to be an extension of our church’s philosophy of outreach to the city in order to make the gospel of Jesus [...]
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