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Ending the Conflict with Al

Thursday November 20, 2008   ~   4 Comments

Well, it began a few weeks ago.

I began to mention my conflict with Al on my Twitter feed (and Al did the same).

I shared about Al, his objections to "missional," his ego, and his demands. Several people began to guess who "Al" really was and I, of course, did not know anyone named "Al" who fit that description. So, we waited.

Then, we had our first conversation and it became a little more clear.


The second conversation seemed to go worse than the first, but it did clarity the issues.


Well, yesterday, Al and I picked a very missional location and worked it out. It was not easy, but I think we got "mission" and "al" back focused on being "missional." Take a look and let me know what you think:



Thanks to the guys at the Acts 29 bootcamp in Dallas who showed these videos-- you got a bit of a preview!

Posted on November 20, 2008 at 10:08 PM   ~   4 Comments

Tagged with: al, controversy, humor, mission, missional, video

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4 Comments

By Joe Lee on November 20, 2008 11:39 PM

Haha... Great videos to convey concerns and confront churches and pastors being distracted from a true mission of their churches in the name of 'being missionAL' for today's cool and hip generation. Enjoyed it very much... Ironically, the above videos are very COOL, too.

By Todd Benkert on November 21, 2008 8:41 AM

Thanks Ed for these vignettes. Humorous and to the point. Thanks for all you do. :)

By The AL on November 21, 2008 9:00 AM

It's good to be back on the team.

I'm working on my memoirs from this whole experience now. The working title is "Life From the Rear: The Story of a Prodigal Suffix"

By smurrell on November 21, 2008 10:53 PM

ED! not AL.

as soon as i stopped trying to be missionAL... i missionED my whole neighborhood.

"ED" - the next BIG SUFFIX that is destined to change the church (marketing) world

go Mr ED!

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