On the Radio – Walk the Way

On the Radio – Walk the Way

This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place, I’m Jeff Klein. Pam and I have one of pastor Eugene Peterson’s daily devotionals. The title of this particular collection really strikes me: Living the Message. THAT is exactly what we’re supposed to do! Live the Message! Peterson asserts that the Bible is first and foremost a text to be lived, not just studied and understood. A rabbi put it this way: “the Bible gets into hearts primarily through feet, not heads.” God’s word says: We walk in the ways of the Lord. We run in the ways of his...Read more …
The Gentle Grab of Jesus

The Gentle Grab of Jesus

Editor’s Note:  Regular On Q contributor Jenn Nahrstadt discovered Alan Briggs while surfing the internet. She forwarded the link to what she read because his words align so closely with the vision of Q Place. We asked Alan if we could share his words. He graciously agreed. Welcome, Alan, to On Q. It was a beautiful spring afternoon, and I was taking the short walk to pick up my kids from school. Parents who walk the same route every day to scoop up their kids walked hurriedly by me with their heads down. No “Hello,” not even the customary head...Read more …

An Open Letter to the Church: 3 Ways to Engage With Millennials

  • Posted on October 6, 2015
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As a millennial who has grown up in the evangelical church, I’ve witnessed many painful interactions between “church folk” and members of my generation. You’d think the two parties weren’t even speaking the same language! It’s fairly well known that millennials have different values from the older generations that are currently sitting in seats of power in our society and in the Church and that this difference contributes to the breakdown in communication. To briefly name three, we value… Authenticity – we’re not perfect and we know you’re not either. We see through your facade and don’t trust it. Having...Read more …
The President’s Corner

The President’s Corner

  • Posted on October 6, 2015
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Well, I’m back from my sabbatical! Thank you for your prayers this summer asking God to give me some needed rest and rejuvenation. A pastor friend of mine who had taken a sabbatical a few years ago gave me some great advice—that I find an activity I love to do and spend a lot of time doing it. For him, it was rock climbing. For me, it’s gardening. In Sandpoint, Idaho, where we live during the summer months, I have a large vegetable garden and several large flowerbeds. This summer I spent countless hours in my gardens, planting, pruning, weeding,...Read more …

ReKindle, VITAL: SF East Bay, Lead Team Meeting

  • Posted on October 6, 2015
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ReKindle Q Place has partnered with The Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College (BGCE) to launch and develop a YouTube channel which will equip and inspire Christian leaders in all levels and sectors of society to prioritize gospel witness. The channel, named ReKindle: Engaging Gospel Conversations, will feature key evangelism and church leaders speaking into a variety of issues related to gospel witness. The 5-10-minute training videos published two times per month will cover topics such as helping pastors equip their churches in an evangelism lifestyle, integrating the gospel in various workplace settings, using culture, sports, and the arts as entry points...Read more …
Reflections on VITAL: Denver

Reflections on VITAL: Denver

  • Posted on October 5, 2015
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It’s been a little over a week since VITAL: Denver and people have been asking me what happened. I can tell you some exciting numbers. About 150 attended, with 11 Lead Pastors, 31 additional church staff, three representatives of the Navigator’s National Church Ministry, the Evangelism Director from the Colorado Baptist Convention, and groups from 18 churches. One church brought 19 people from 2 hours away!  I can tell you that people were engaged and animated because of what they heard from excellent speakers (Jeff Klein, Hugh Halter, and Mary Schaller).  I can tell you that today I’m getting emails, texts,...Read more …
Daisy & Simon

Daisy & Simon

There’s a great youtube video floating around about Daisy, a yellow Lab puppy, learning to go down stairs. Her owner videoed what became an adorable moment between Daisy and Simon, the adult yellow Lab in the family home. Daisy has made one attempt at the stairs and is whining and pacing at the top. Simon hears, enters Daisy’s world and quickly navigates the stairs, showing Daisy how easy it is. She doesn’t buy it. So, Simon goes and stands by Daisy. Together they look over the precipice and Daisy puts both front paws on the first step. Simon does the same, pausing...Read more …
On the Radio – Walk the Way

On the Radio – Walk the Way

  • Posted on October 2, 2015
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This is Walk the Way. Brought to you by Q Place. I’m Jeff Klein. And I’m Pam Klein. In the movie The Terminal, Viktor Navorski – Tom Hanks – flies to the US. But while en route, there’s a coup in the country where he’s from and when Viktor lands at JFK in New York, the US refuses to recognize his country and forbids him entry. He can’t go home, either. So, Viktor takes up residence in the airport and, for the rest of the movie, we witness his airport limbo life. Are we Christians just like Viktor Navorski? Are...Read more …
What Could Have Happened Next?

What Could Have Happened Next?

  • Posted on September 30, 2015
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The other day, I was manning a booth for our church at a local “Taste of…” event when a middle-aged guy came up and asked me, “How can I get rid of my sins?” Right then, I suddenly realized I didn’t like any of my answers to that question. I had officially lost my elevator speech. I fumbled and danced around the issue, partly because he was clearly baiting me. He was obviously a Christian guy who, for whatever reason fancied himself the Chicagoland doctrine police, and I felt like he’d thrown down the gauntlet, and here I was, with...Read more …
The Long Game

The Long Game

  • Posted on September 28, 2015
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In our culture, we want things now. We don’t like to wait. We will actually pay five to ten times as much to get it tomorrow rather than waiting seven to ten working days for standard delivery. Today’s kids probably do not even know what an encyclopedia is—not when you can google everything in the world and have an answer in thirty seconds. When we are done shopping at the big box store, we spend three minutes scanning all the open lanes to see which has the fewest customers with the fewest purchases, just so we can save three minutes...Read more …
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