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July 2008 (1)
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03: Ordinary Person Makes a Difference (1)

June 2008 (16)
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30: Simple Things (1)
30: Words of the Faith (3)
27: Report From India (1)
24: Doable Evangelism Seminar in Richmond, VA (0)
23: Being an Evangelist (16)
23: Bus Connections (1)
22: Tim Russert’s Contagious Faith (0)
21: Off Ramp OA (0)
18: God Might Have Helped Me Notice And Listen (0)
16: Love and Loss (3)
13: My Mom Got OA’d! (0)
13: Space and Grace (4)
09: The Girl Behind the Tray (9)
08: New Life Community Church OA (3)
04: Messy Folks (9)
01: Busting The Myth Of “Pre-evangelism” (111)

May 2008 (15)
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29: Mom’s Address Book (0)
28: The Backwards Way (3)
26: Re-evangelist (3)
23: A Church Celebrates The Ordinary (2)
22: Mike O’s OA (2)
21: Expecting the Unexpected (1)
19: Partying At The CEC (12)
19: Prompted (4)
14: The Law Of The Garbage Truck (0)
14: Becoming People Who Love (2)
12: Beyond Mere Words (2)
08: Generosity (1)
05: Relating Through Prayer (3)
02: Oswald Chambers On Beliefism (0)
01: OA In The News (7)

April 2008 (16)
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30: ER Jesus: A Homeless Schizophrenic? (6)
28: Bruce (1)
24: Painting A Dream (1)
24: Enjoy Your Coffee (0)
23: U-Turns (1)
21: Two Birds–Different Feathers (2)
16: Lunch Break OA (4)
16: Dalai, Desi, and Doug in Seattle (5)
14: The Safe Zone (2)
11: Ordinary Attempt Church (2)
10: National Outreach Convention, San Diego (0)
09: Service Station Serving (1)
07: Built for Relationships (4)
06: I Found Jesus In Powell River, BC (6)
02: Ted Turner’s Turning (1)
02: Unauthorized Prayer (1)

March 2008 (15)
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31: Loving You, Loving Me (4)
26: Sometimes I Wish I Hadn’t Picked Up The Phone (3)
26: Two Stories (9)
24: Conversational Evangelism Conference, Twin Cities, MN! (0)
24: Like Riding A Motorcycle (2)
24: Revolving Doors (0)
19: Just Walk Across The Street (and pay attention) (4)
17: Danger, Danger, Will Robinson! (3)
14: Doable Evangelism Seminar in Northern Alabama! (0)
14: Blurted Out OA (0)
14: Common Suffering (1)
10: OA At The Java Hut (3)
10: The Child Whisperer (3)
07: Little Things (2)
02: Clear The Bench (9)

February 2008 (31)
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29: Roadside OA (2)
29: What Counts To God (2)
27: OA’s Become MA’s (Marital Aids) (3)
27: Living and Loving Incarnately (7)
25: Tag Team OA (2)
25: Up on the Mesa (3)
24: Sunny Seminar In Seattle (10)
21: Free Attention Giveaway at WalMart (2)
20: Small Talking (2)
18: Pregnant Pause (2)
18: “How’s It Going?” (1)
18: Not Defending Her Space (2)
18: Losing Steam (9)
16: Top Ten Reasons To Attend a Doable Evangelism Seminar (2)
15: DMV OA (1)
15: Pausing To Wonder (0)
13: Conversational Evangelism Conference, Menlo Park CA (0)
13: Dalai Lama in Seattle (1)
13: Valentine OA (6)
11: Doing What Counts (0)
11: Feeding The Sheep (5)
09: Doable Evangelism Seminar in Baltimore, Maryland! (5)
08: Paying Attention and Paying Forward (0)
08: A Tip From A Waiter (1)
06: Doable Evangelism Seminar in Burlingame, CA! (0)
06: Fast Food Noticing (0)
06: Good Neighbor OA (2)
06: Ordinariness Celebrated Porpoisely (2)
04: Living Individually With Others (8)
01: Clean Up On Isle Five (2)
01: My Global Thanksgiving (16)

January 2008 (22)
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30: Freedom and Relief in DE (3)
28: A Cup Of Cold Water (1)
28: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (6)
27: Doable Evangelism Seminar in Powell River, BC! (2)
25: Distracted (2)
23: Two Dollar Dilemma (3)
21: Belonging Before Believing (0)
21: Silent Identification (2)
21: A Resolution To Observe (6)
18: Seeing By Listening (2)
16: Birthday Surprise (2)
16: Oswald Chambers on Conversion/Salvation (32)
14: No Man is an Island (2)
14: Will You Visit My Friend? (2)
11: Conversion And My Timescale (12)
11: I’ve Been Praying For The UPS Store (0)
09: Four-Bit, Eight-Bit OA (0)
09: Finding Community (5)
06: Top Ten Reasons to Come to a Doable Evangelism Seminar (0)
06: Lunch Lady OA (11)
05: My Doable Resolutions For 2008 (10)
02: Free Attention Give-away (0)

December 2007 (23)
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21: Parable of the Talents Practicum (1)
21: Mistaken Identity OA (0)
19: Off-Road OA (1)
17: An Idea from the DE Website (25)
17: Spare Change Big Rewards (3)
15: DE Mainlined (3)
15: Failed OA? (2)
14: Unauthorized Prayer (0)
13: Blow Up Santa on Harley (12)
13: Secret Lawn Care (2)
13: Students Practicing Ordinary Attempts (0)
12: Near Miss OA (5)
11: Solo On Hawthorne Blvd (3)
10: Upgrading Our Faith (4)
09: Asbury Update Video (2)
08: Fifty Cent OA (1)
06: Bell Ringer OA (0)
05: Student Service OA (3)
05: Ordinary People Doing Ordinary Things (8)
04: Difficult Customers And A New Outlook (2)
03: What Will It Take To Get Over It? (11)
02: Phone Message OA (with a reverse OA twist) (6)
01: Twenty-Dollar Prayer (2)

November 2007 (28)
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30: The Advent Conspiracy (0)
30: The Advent Conspiracy (8)
30: Beer Can OA (2)
29: Automated Evangelism (12)
29: Noticing The Flagger (3)
28: Micheal Frost on “Missional Church” (0)
28: My First Time in Church (4)
26: The Kid in the Hooded Sweatshirt (6)
23: Burger Evangelism (2)
21: Learning from a commercial (11)
20: Five Man OA (2)
19: I’m Gonna Lay Down My Burden (5)
18: Willow Creek’s “SHOCKING CONFESSION”!!! (11)
16: Generally Against Evangelism (13)
15: Consistency to Convictions (2)
15: Stooping to Reach (3)
14: Kerry Mackey Goes FT Street to the Seat! (0)
14: Follow Me – She Did! (4)
14: Hat Trick – Notice, Listen, and Pray (2)
12: My Christian Credentials (23)
09: November Support Team Letter (2)
08: OA’s In Asbury, UK (31)
05: Two Steps Forward—One Step Back (14)
04: Day Three at the Event…The End (5)
04: OA’d By A Three-Year-Old (0)
03: Day Two At The Event (5)
02: Dialogue Instead of Debate (1)
02: Day One At The Event (0)

October 2007 (30)
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31: Countdown… (0)
31: Book Chats And Not Being A Jerk (3)
30: Are You Really, REALLY Christian? (2)
29: Prayers, Prayers, and More Prayers (9)
28: Meet Us In Seattle! (4)
26: DE Class Practices 60 Second Survey (5)
24: Looking behind my OAs (3)
22: Detours (2)
19: Beth Moore’s Airport OA (5)
18: Fast Food OA (1)
17: UTurn’s Jump Start OA (1)
16: October Update Letter (3)
16: Just A Cold Cup Of Water (5)
15: Corporate Culture and Servanthood (3)
12: We’re moving… (0)
12: Stripper Evangelism (10)
11: Sabbath Violation OA (0)
10: True Religion (2)
10: September update (0)
10: Banking On It (3)
09: No Extra Charge… (0)
08: One-Upping (7)
05: Another Bothell High OA (1)
05: Oas Emails UTurn Oaers… (4)
03: Trash Evangelism (5)
02: Jim and Randy’s Excellent Summer Adventure (0)
02: Hear, Listen, Connect–OTMLive in Seattle! (0)
02: Doable Evangelism Seminar in Spokane, WA (0)
02: Doable Evangelism Seminar in Seattle, WA (9)
01: A Funny Little Story (2)

September 2007 (19)
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28: A Tale of Two Neighbors (9)
26: High School Youth Group Practices OA’s (2)
25: My Carefully Calibrated Difference (3)
24: Getting Beyond Normal (3)
23: Noticing the invisible (5)
22: Doable Evangelism Seminar, Seattle, WA (0)
21: Walkin’ The Dog (4)
19: Looking For Love (0)
17: Building Trust (6)
14: Bothell High Gets OA’d (2)
13: Hear, Listen, Connect (0)
13: Doable Evangelism Seminar in Spokane, WA (0)
12: High School First Day OA’s (2)
11: Dancing with the Entire World (3)
09: The Nick and Josh Podcast with Jim Henderson (0)
09: Jim and Randy’s Excellent Adventure: Update (2)
04: OA from Oas (1)
03: A Pastors Heartbreak (5)
01: Understand Your Culture By Listening (0)

August 2007 (28)
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31: Friday Funnies (1)
31: First Success? (11)
30: Getting back to basics (2)
29: Dare To Care (5)
27: Red Tomatoes (5)
26: The Friendly Christian and Customer Service (5)
25: Live From Columbus - OA Stories (4)
24: One God, Many Churches (13)
24: Marvin Gets It (1)
23: OA’s Reduce Backseat Driving! (2)
22: Jim and Randy’s Excellent Adventure (0)
22: The DE Tour Continues (0)
22: Randy and Jim in Ohio (0)
20: OAing the OAer (4)
17: Would You Call This a “little” OA? (8)
17: Apologetics (5)
15: August Update (0)
15: Pentagram Predicament Prayer–What Would You Do? (15)
15: No Contact OA…Does It Count? (4)
15: OA’s Improve Driver Safety…Who Knew? (3)
13: The Storyteller (2)
10: From The Luxurious Corporate Offices of Off The Map, South (4)
10: Laying Down My Holy Sword (3)
08: Golfing with a vet (4)
06: Courtside Conversations (4)
05: Randy Siever Joins Off The Map as Director of Doable Evangelism (5)
05: Three More Books You Thought You Wouldn’t (Have Time To) Read (7)
03: Does God Do The Hard Part? (9)

July 2007 (7)
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June 2007 (8)
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29: Atheist OA (5)
26: An important happening in the world (8)
25: A Moral Lesson (14)
18: The Little Lady in the Peacock Blue Outfit (7)
17: Join The Reconciliation Tour (to Ireland) (3)
13: Making Unexpected Friends Through OAing (5)
11: Small Actions, Big Results (11)
04: Forgetting to OA the Family (3)

May 2007 (13)
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31: The OA Clinic (5)
29: OA From A Weekend Celebrity (3)
29: I Know You’re Hurting… (1)
26: The U Turn Off Ramp OA (0)
22: Another UTurn OA (3)
21: The Quality of Mercy (3)
18: High School Girl OAs Formerly Unnoticed Student (1)
18: Two radio interviews today (1)
16: Patching things together (4)
14: I’m Lost, You’re Lost, Everyone’s a Little Lost… (4)
09: Loving Me, Loving You (1)
08: Another Toll Booth OA (3)
06: How do you strike up a conversation with someone wearing a dog collar? (15)

April 2007 (15)
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30: Paying Attention (2)
27: Video: Revitalizing poor communities (0)
23: Expecting the Unexpected (2)
21: Otherly Attempts (16)
19: At 93, still a determined OA-er (3)
18: Barbs Latest OA (2)
16: The Great Challenge (2)
12: Something I wrote over on Doable Evangelism (0)
11: One day, one room (4)
10: “No one has ever done this for me before” (1)
09: Inside the Christian Cocoon (9)
08: Hilton Hotel Practices Otherlyness (2)
05: Cooky Lady OA (2)
03: Toll Booth OAs (6)
01: E-zine featured article: Traffic School (2)

March 2007 (13)
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30: Offer to Pray OA (23)
26: Freedom to Choose (3)
25: Missional Matrix podcasts available (0)
19: OAed at O’Hare (3)
19: Please, Come Back (2)
13: Out The Corner of Our Eye (4)
12: Knowing When to Let Go (2)
08: KVI radio show archive available online (0)
07: Jim and Hemant on James Robison Show (4)
05: Speaking the Language (1)
04: Can Christians be Friends with Witches? (74)
02: Jim on radio twice this weekend (5)
01: What I Admire About Jehovah Witnesses (6)

February 2007 (19)
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28: Accidental Church OA (1)
26: OA By Phone (1)
24: Long Light Prompts OA (3)
23: Preview of Jim and Casper go to Church (0)
22: What Happens When Kids Watch us OA (2)
21: Publishers Weekly Reviews Jim and Casper (6)
21: Wal Mart OA (6)
19: Acting on Faith (5)
15: People Are More Important Than Prices (4)
13: First review of book by Jim and Casper (0)
12: Jim and Casper - Our First Review (0)
12: Inside the Missional Matrix, March 23-24 (3)
12: Read the Book or Enjoy the Cover? (5)
07: The Grace of Receiving (5)
04: The Todd Hunter Interview (12)
04: How to be a spiritual friend (18)
04: When people like each other - the rules change (0)
02: William Wilberforce Rocks (1)
02: A Whisper From the Heart (1)

January 2007 (16)
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31: Hear Jim at Northside Christian Church this weekend (0)
29: Living in a Material World (3)
25: There is nothing remotely defensible about Haggards comments (40)
25: How Jesus OAed (10)
23: April and the Art of Noticing (1)
22: Planting a Seed (1)
18: High School Teacher Overcomes Boredom with OA (5)
16: The Other Side of an OA (7)
09: Is Hemant being used by Off The Map? - Johnny Wants to Know (5)
09: Wear a Nametag - Change Your World (8)
08: A Christmas Prayer (3)
07: 2006 - The Year of the Atheist (49)
05: Update on “Subway Superman” (1)
05: Video: Helping someone (0)
03: I Made The Time (1)
03: Subway hero (1)

December 2006 (25)
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22: Blog holiday break (0)
22: Blog holiday break (0)
22: Parting is such sweet sorrow. (12)
21: Ministry out of a Bar (1)
20: Christmas OA (5)
20: Evangelism Quiz #13 (1)
19: “telling” doesn’t work (23)
19: Cleaning toilets… (4)
18: He gave away his change… (2)
15: It took 8 years! (3)
14: He missed an opportunity… (12)
13: Protest Evangelism (14)
13: Evangelism Quiz #12 (3)
12: A Phony Act to Lure Newcomers… (5)
11: Those Silent, Far Away Prayers (10)
10: Why Doable is Difficult (6)
08: Learning how to “notice” others… (3)
07: What About Urgency (9)
07: Why are you a Christian? (3)
06: Evangelism Quiz #11 (2)
05: E-zine Article: At First I Didn’t Like Her (3)
05: Talking with my son… (5)
05: Deal or No Deal (21)
04: Hope Beyond Circumstances (10)
01: I didn’t like her…. (3)

November 2006 (26)
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30: Where did it come from? (7)
29: Evangelism Quiz #10 (4)
28: Not a happy person… (4)
27: Traffic School (3)
24: He’s sorry for being a jerk… (9)
23: I touch my clients… (3)
22: Thanksgiving and OAs (4)
21: New OA Features… (1)
21: Glad I don’t go to church there… (22)
20: The Act of Faith (8)
19: Welcome April Terry…. (6)
17: I’m blessed… (18)
16: You gotta come to us…. (2)
15: Evangelism Quiz #9 (2)
14: Are we tricking people with niceness? (15)
13: I’ve got a great friend now… (3)
10: A trip back in time (1)
10: The problem with judgmental people… (6)
09: “Oh no! A JW…” (2)
08: Evangelism Quiz #8….. (4)
07: Kamela… (7)
06: Revolution (0)
03: Postscript to a barbecue….. (1)
02: Block Party… (0)
01: OAs really do matter (0)
01: Not enough for a sandwich… (2)

October 2006 (35)
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31: A friend and a cup of coffee… (5)
30: What Alan Alda said…. (8)
27: Honk if you love Jesus (10)
26: Too difficult to talk about…. (5)
25: Video: The Reno Street Vibrations Interviews (4)
25: Evangelism Quiz #7 (8)
24: A lesson on listening…. (2)
23: Give me some advice…. (14)
21: Hear Jim on the radio tomorrow (Sunday) (5)
20: Intentionally approach them… (9)
19: What Jim is up to (0)
19: Flustered by a compliment…. (4)
18: Problems with the blog (4)
18: Evangelism Quiz #6 (6)
17: Problems with some of our blogs (4)
17: Nothing big planned…. (2)
16: Off The Map helps atheist get show at faith-based gallery (0)
16: Astronaut training…. (3)
15: Great OA-ing ideas…. (0)
13: A Freudian slip at Starbucks…. (12)
12: Conservative Christian changes mind (8)
12: Churches giving grants? (12)
11: Evangelism Quiz #5 (14)
10: Is “church” evangelism normal? (8)
09: Blogger activities at the conference
09: You looked like trouble…. (4)
09: Blogger activities at the conference
06: A great day at the office….. (4)
05: 2006 Concerned Customer Interview (0)
05: Call your son! (4)
04: Another Atheist Goes To Church (0)
04: Evangelism Quiz #4 (7)
03: Thanks for the water…. (0)
02: Circus Sisters Update (5)
02: Come sit with us…. (14)

September 2006 (42)
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29: What do you mean by proof? (5)
28: Giving beliefism the bird (0)
28: Just ask…. (0)
27: Why we invite ex Christians to tell us What They’re seeing (6)
27: Evangelism Quiz #3 (29)
26: I won’t let go…. (7)
25: Who God notices… (6)
24: The Reno Street Vibrations Interviews (9)
23: No time for this woman…. (7)
22: A hospital bracelet and a train ticket…. (3)
21: Outside the church building…. (5)
20: I wrote it for my son…. (7)
19: Evangelism Quiz #2 (2)
19: We’re not the only ones…. (4)
18: Lost Interviewee Ends His Life (9)
18: On friendship…. (2)
16: “You asked the question…” (2)
15: Interview with Jim on SmuloSpace (3)
15: Concern, challenge, affirmation - which approach is best? (12)
15: Giving her a dry spot to sit on…. (11)
14: My name is Mang….. (9)
13: Approaching Jesus and getting hurt by people… (6)
12: Ordinary ideas…. (5)
12: Podcast of “Jesus Asked” by Conrad Gempf (0)
12: My life is really ordinary…. (11)
11: Washington Post Article about Brian McLaren (0)
11: Saving starfish…. (9)
10: One More Reason We Need a Revolution (5)
10: The warmth of a human touch… (4)
09: Thinking about God a little less…. (11)
08: Cancer as an emotional bond…. (8)
07: Meet Sunil Sardar (5)
07: Our New Revolution Conference Blog (0)
07: It’s okay to be honest…. (16)
06: A missed opportunity…. (4)
06: New Additions to Revolution (1)
05: Church growth conference helps pastors feel like miserable failures (15)
05: Turning a bad job into a good job….. (1)
04: Needed no prompting…. (6)
02: Saving people with hope….. (1)
02: God is in the details….. (11)
01: Stuck in a Christian cage…. (11)

August 2006 (75)
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31: Obstacles to an outward focus…. (8)
31: Taking risks…. (1)
30: Why you Need to be at The Revolution (43)
30: Lessons From Anna- Age Ten (0)
30: Take Our Evangelism Quiz (1)
30: Seven Up evangelism…. (22)
29: Thanks for the referral…. (1)
29: Uncomplicated….. (1)
28: Fixing others….. (3)
26: Sharing Saturday…. (1)
26: Culture creation…. (3)
25: How are you doing? (0)
25: Come to the Conference - Meet Sunil and Pam (2)
25: Tarp man…. (2)
24: A tale of two neighbors…… (2)
24: Learning from OA’s… (2)
23: At the end of the road… (0)
23: Forced relationships…. (3)
22: May I sit down? (0)
22: Being a patient listener… (3)
21: Tim’s first OA…. (0)
21: Innoculated by religion… (3)
21: Word from the Street (13)
19: OA-ing with prayer… (4)
18: Showing up…. (3)
18: The coworker… (7)
17: A Church OA… (5)
17: Take the Off The Map Challenge (20)
17: Please pray for me David… (0)
16: They’re all around you… (4)
16: It’s Just The Way It Is (0)
16: Losing her place in line… (4)
15: My husband broke his neck. (1)
15: Jesus Washed my Windshield in Mexico (18)
15: We need your seat…. (15)
14: How are you? (8)
14: Have you Guys Drifted??? (8)
14: Coffee shop friend… (6)
13: Off the Map e-zine…. (0)
12: Are you awake? (1)
12: Reunion with an old friend (0)
11: A simple ride home… (0)
11: My Favorite Microfinance (2)
11: Effective OAs carry a spiritual purpose (1)
11: The concussion method of evangelism (0)
10: Scary evangelism (12)
10: Interview with Bruce on Church Rater (4)
10: The airport janitor… (1)
09: OA’s for his sister…. (0)
09: Audio Copy of Jim’s Interview now available (2)
09: Motivating People to Change (7)
09: Fifteen minutes with Gerald (8)
08: Stupid to our culture…. (5)
08: Bullseye evangelism (7)
07: Joking about menopause (1)
07: Hear Jim on the radio today (9)
07: I found it! (2)
06: Portland Pam OAs Neighbors by Shunning JWs (4)
06: Lying by her mom (0)
06: Why are you in seminary then? (3)
05: When churches OA…. (12)
05: Normally I would have felt like I failed. (9)
05: The four OA questions (2)
04: Jim defines an OA (4)
04: Video: In Every Seat (45)
04: Underhanded evangelism? (8)
03: Defining OAs (0)
03: Giving up before God does (2)
03: Eating at O’Ski’s Pub (6)
02: What is an OA? (10)
02: Taking ourselves too seriously (15)
02: Why is your hand bandaged? (3)
01: Doable evangelism (0)
01: 110 in the shade (3)
01: Doable Evangelism Class -Sparks Nevada (8)

July 2006 (49)
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31: No one to talk to… (6)
31: What if being Christian Meant… (1)
31: Making Life Doable (0)
31: Send a card (12)
29: The kindness of a good question (6)
29: Chili’s gift cards (2)
28: Turning on light bulbs (0)
28: The cost of birdseed (2)
27: Life Lived with Radical Intentionality (2)
27: Sharing a delightful experience (2)
26: Have you thought about a blimp? (6)
26: Being optimistic (5)
25: Leadership and turnover… (6)
25: John’s Experience of Being Evangelized (3)
25: Evangelism through kindness and “God loves you” cards (7)
25: The HUPC Interview Part 5 - “How much?” (4)
24: Anybody welcomed…. (4)
24: The HUPC Interview Part 4 - “Relationships” (2)
23: A new link (0)
22: Living like a barbarian… (2)
21: Pastoral leadership (0)
21: Video: Evangelising with Free Cans of Coke (4)
21: The HUPC Interview Part 3 - “Success” (6)
20: