Top Post and Favs for May ’12:

1. Sweet Baby Kate – Welcoming a new baby girl to our family was the tops & fav for our family of course. Here’s an announcement Vid.
2. “Isn’t that in a bad part of town?” – Why the phrase “the bad part of town” needs to be removed from our vocab.
3. Current Church Planting Bibliography – Updated my tops list in Church planting Lit.
4. This Momentary Marriage – Moving video by Desiring God about commitment in marriage
5. How to Plant a Church Without Losing Your Marriage – Great list from Brian Bloye’s book It’s Personal.

From my Twitter Favs:

1. Dave Ramsey ‏@DaveRamsey If you will live like no one else…Later you can live like no one else. Definition of maturity: ability to delay pleasure
2. Rick Howerton ‏@rickhowerton There’s no such thing as a lazy leader. #oxyMORON
3. Rick Warren ‏@RickWarren The fewer things we want, the wealthier we are.
4. CMAResources.org ‏@CMAResources Don’t defend the way you do church with scripture. Define the way you do church with scripture. — @brandonhatmaker
5. Ed Stetzer ‏@edstetzer The community surrounding a church should benefit from the its presence. — http://bit.ly/KagY9i
6. Floyd McClung ‏@FloydMcClung  To activate faith of potential disciples Jesus always asked a step of faith from them. Little obediences sow DNA for big obediences.
7. Bryan Loritts ‏@bcloritts  Cohabitation (shackin up) is on the rise largely b/c our boys aren’t becoming men. Boys play house, men make homes.

Articles I Tagged:

• Why People Settle for Mediocrity by Scott Williams
• How I Make Disciples by Ben Sternke