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What LCOP Strives to Do and What We Strive to Be?

Screen Shot 2013-11-05 at 2.36.48 PMWhat is the Little Church on the Prairie all about? What is it that we are called to do and be?

Here’s what we strive to do and be…

  • We practice grace. No one’s perfect here. That’s why we all belong here.
  • We’re not building “monuments” to the Little Church. We will invest our money, time, and talents to making a difference in Lakewood and the surrounding areas.
  • We value the intergenerational nature of the Little Church. Families are intergenerational in nature. Therefore, we value doing life together.
  • This is our city. We’re all in this together. That’s why we can all choose to make our city a better place.
  • These are our people. The only requirement that we have for being a part of the Little Church is that you are breathing. If you’re not, we’ll call 911 for you.
  • We are open and will submit to the truths God reveals to us through his Scripture.
  • We appreciate excellence. We will do our best in our service to God, to our community, and to one another.
  • We are all on a journey together to live into God’s best for us. We would love the honor of journeying with you.

The Reason Pope Francis has Influence

Screen Shot 2013-10-21 at 1.46.06 PMMore than any other Pope in recent history, people love Pope Francis.

This is remarkable given the public ire the Catholic Church has had to deal with in recent history regarding their very public cases of sexual abuse by her priests.

Pope Francis seems to have turned all that around.

What is it about Pope Francis that people are drawn to? Why are people so intrigued by Pope Francis? How come he has become the beloved Pope of, not only the Catholic Church, but the world?

One word: integrity.

In carrying his own bags, living in a simple apartment, turning down the life of luxury, making his own phone calls, answering his own emails, being around and serving people, taking the metro, etc. the world sees what faith in God ought to look like.

The world understands that faith looks more like strength in humility, grandeur in service, power in simplicity, and the miraculous in the everyday life than strength in power, grandeur and opulence, and influence through power.

Pope Francis is beloved and has influence because his life matches his faith.

And friends, that’s where our influence lies too: when our behavior matches our beliefs.

Trying out a new Blog

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I’ve been blogging at jameskimlcop@blogspot.com for about ten years. I will continue to keep that blog going.

Then, what’s up with this new blog?

I realized that the other blog was my rambling thoughts about everything from movies, reviews of gadgets, to thoughts about the church, Christ, the Bible. I mean it was all over the place. I will continue to do that because that blog is really for me to express my thoughts on all kinds of things.

However, in this blog, I want to concentrate my thoughts on the issues on leadership and the church of Jesus Christ.

I want this to be a more focused blog on just those topics.

That’s the goal anyways.

So here it goes!!!