What do you think?

Why tribes, not money or factories, will change the world – Seth Godin (2009).

Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.

I was reading up on where my daughter is developmentally, and according to this website, it states that as she enters the fourth month,

“She is starting to realize that she can influence the world”

Don’t tell me she isn’t preparing for world domination here…

I wonder when so many of us stop thinking we can influence the world…

I’m not much of a TV watcher, especially after Alias ended. But I’ve found a new favorite show that I finally just caught up with online.

Heroes. It’s about ordinary people discovering extraordinary abilities. Sounds like a call to all of humanity.

One of my favorite characters is Hiro Nakamura. Besides the ethnic affinity, I love Hiro because he naively assumes that he can change the world and yet struggles to be brave enough.

One of the best lines from Hiro was:

“If I’m too afraid to use my powers, then I don’t deserve them.”

What powers have you been given?

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Alright. To follow up the Mosaic Movement Resources as promised, here’s some articles, audio’s and video’s for you Rob Bell fans. I’ve been downloading all of their sermons since back in 2002, but again, to be on the safe side, all links here are just what’s currently available on the web.

For those of you who aren’t up to speed on Rob and Mars Hill, I’d say their the Mac of the megachurch world. clean and simple. Rob Bell’s an excellent communicator who does his homework, especially with contextualizing ancient Jewish culture. Their church is legend for exploding by word of mouth as Bell preached through Leviticus the first year.

Nooma video’s have been the latest craze. People thought I was being silly for spending money on them a few years back. You can borrow them from me if you’re in the area.

I’ll try to keep this resource page up to date, let me know if there’s anything worthwhile that I’m missing. Feel free to share this link on your sites/blogs.

This page will no longer be updated. For the latest Rob Bell and Mars Hill resources and links please see my new site at SolarCrash.

ARTICLES

Article on Volunteerism at Mars Hill
Ben Witherington reviews one of Rob Bell’s talk
Notes from Sex God Q&A
Excellent resources thanks to aspiringindie
- 50 pages of notes from the “Isn’t She Beautiful” pastor’s conference
- Blog entry and 9 pages of notes on the Sex God tour
- Rob Bell’s recommended reading list

Stats from the Calling all Peacemakers sermon series
Excellent notes from Isn’t She Beautiful 2007 here.
Interview with Christianity Magazine UK Feb ’07
Great wikipedia biography
Reviews on the Everything is Spiritual tour here, here, and here
Beliefnet interviews Rob Bell
Article on Christianity Today on mhbcmi
Preaching.org review of using Nooma

AUDIO

Last twelve messages at mhbcmi are always here.
Additional archived messages
Beautifully Angry Beautifully Angry mp3 by Rob Bell from EmergingConversation
Rob Bell at Mosaiek Church – Flames of Heaven Flames of Heaven
Rob Bell at Mosaiek Church – Barefoot and breathing Barefoot and breathing
Healthy Grieving Healthy Grieving2005 by Rob Bell
Catalyst interview Catalyst Interview with Rob Bell
Between the trees Between the trees by Rob Bell
Sheep and goats and you and me Sheeps and goats and you and me
Rob Bell interview on episode ten of x3church.com podcast
Jesus Wept Jesus wept
Audio Review of Velvet Elvis
Interview Interview with Rob Bell
Another interview interview with Rob Bell
Communicating Christ in Contemporary Culture Part 1, 2, and 3 1, 2, 3
Suffering: Having nothing and having everything Having nothing and having everything mp3
Transforming History Transforming History – Rob Bell at Rock Harbour. Notes here.
Also here’s a link to the entire Mastering the Art of Living series by Rob Bell. I’m not sure how long this one will be around for. I listened through it back in 2004 I believe and thought it was absolutely phenomenal.

VIDEO

These videos below are all from Willow, links courtesy of Yuling

The Nazarite Vow
Between the Trees
We’re over here
Jesus and Domitian
A Day of Atonement
Covered in the Dust of the Rabbi

Full videos from the Nooma series (I’m surprised it lasted this long, looks like some of the videos have been removed. Feel free to let me know if you find alternative links).

Rain
Flame
Sunday
Noise
Kickball
Luggage
Dust
Bullhorn
Lump
Rhythm
Matthew
Rich
Breathe
Clip from the Everything is Spiritual Tour
Clip from Sex God tour in Michigan
Video not of Rob Bell, but one of the “Way of the Master” guys in response to the Bullhorn Nooma.
Video by youthwork.co.uk did an excellent video interview with Rob Bell, asking tough questions on how the church really started, emergent labels, and not becoming Ted Haggard. Hosted by premier.tv here.

MISCELLANEOUS

Mars Hill bible Church
Nooma clips and study guides – You can by the DVD’s here
Isn’t she beautiful – seminar for leaders celebrating the local church January 2007
Velvet Elvis – First book
Sex God – Second book
Calling All Peacemakers European Tour
Rob’s new tour on “Sex God” with a pdf of the 1st chapter! Thanks Lacey

This page will no longer be updated. For the latest Rob Bell and Mars Hill resources and links please see my new site at SolarCrash.

This page will no longer be updated. For the latest Erwin McManus and Mosaic resources and links please see my new site at SolarCrash.

This is a collection of resources that tie to the Mosaic movement out of L.A. It has been a tremendous impact on my life and my visions for church planting.

I’ve got a bunch of other resources (CD’s, DVD’s, etc.) that I’ve bought over the years, that I’m tempted to put up, but I don’t want to infringe on any copyright issues. If you’re in the area, you’re more than welcome to borrow them off of me. All the resources here are just what’s readily available on the web. I’ll try to keep this post updated as I stumble across things. Let me know if you’re aware of others.

Here’s a snap of my wife and I as we visit Mosaic LA (at the previous night club) and connect for a moment with Erwin Raphael McManus

ARTICLES

Interview with Erwin McManus on Swimming Upstream 2007
Article by Erwin McManus on the Emerging Angle 2007
Dancing from the pulpit – Article on Mosaic
Article on Comfortable Christianity and Mosaic
Notes from Humana 2.0 here, here, here, here, here, and here.
For a limited time only – preview articles and interviews from the Mosaic Alliance for free.
Article by Eric Bryant on MANAGING THE CREATIVE BEAST
Interview with Erwin McManus on Infuze 2006
Article on whether Mosaic and Bethel are part of the ‘emerging church’ by Alex McManus 2006
Article on the history and culture of mosaic through an Asian American lens
Article and another article on Erwin McManus at Catalyst 2005
Article about Erwin McManus and Creativity 2005
Interview with Erwin McManus on thinking differently
Q&A with Erwin by La Bodega 2004
Response article to me from Mosaic insider Soundchick 2004 part 1 and 2
Article on wholeness by Erwin McManus
Article on friendship by Erwin McManus
Article on a cause-driven church by Erwin McManus
Article and video by fresh ministry on postmodern ministry
Article in Relevant Magazine on Erwin McManus’ Barbarian Way
Alex McManus on pray247 interview
Article on Origins 2004, Recap on Origins 2005, Origins 2006 notes
Outline of Emerging Leaders program offered at Bethel
Article on An Unstoppable Force
Article on Mosaic and a vision for the world
Article on Ethos
Blogs of interns at Mosaic, here, here, and here.
Mosaic Navigator Eric Bryant’s blog , Eric’s latest blog.

AUDIO RESOURCES

Weekly podcasts
Erwin McManus speaking at NewSong on Unmasking Mexico 2007
Interview here with Erwin McManus on the Drew Marshall show 2007
mp3 of Erwin McManus and a Buddhist on life purpose at Veritas 2006
California Baptist Seminary Chapel podcast with Erwin McManus
Erwin McManus at Mosaiek Church – A revolutoin of the soul A revolution of the soul
Alex McManus on a hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy a hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy @ Kensington 2006
Catalyst Interview Catalyst Interview with Erwin McManus 2006
Archived Podcast of Erwin McManus on Leadership
Making space for strange things to happen 2005
Erwin McManus Chapel @ California Baptist University 2005
Mosaic Leadership Advance Leadership Advance Message 2005
Erwin McManus – Prepare for Impact Prepare for Impact 2005
Erwin McManus The future has arrived @ Richland Hills Church 2004
C&MA 2004 Council Session 1 and Session 2 by Erwin McManus (both messages are on the second half of the mp3)
Parable of the Talents Parable of the talents by Erwin McManus @ Rock Harbour 2002
Audio sermons by Erwin McManus on Meaning, Community and Destiny
The Great Commission and Discipleship The great commission and discipleship by Erwin McManus @ Woodland Hills 2002
Erwin on The Fingerprint of God The Fingerprint of God @ The Veritas Forum 2001
Erwin on The Character Matrix Character Matrix @ The Veritas Forum 1999
Odeo - Seems to keep the last 10 or so messages archived from the podcast in case you missed any.

VIDEO RESOURCES

Eric Bryant’s Executive Artiste video on youtube
Collection of Mosaic YouTube videos
A silly clip of the Mosaic five core values
Erwin McManus clip on taking one more step of faith
Quicktime video of Erwin McManus and a Buddhist on life purpose at Veritas
5 Messages by Erwin McManus in Korea on CGNTV 2006
Mosaic on CNN 2006
Mosaic dance clip during service
Television Evangelist Mosaic Rap video 2006
Chasing Daylight trailer from BlueFishTV
Alex McManus at APU Chapel 2005
100 Huntley Street interview of Erwin McManus2005
Awesome clips from UrbanPoets 1, 2, 3, 4
Excellent Mosaic 2004 Recap Video
Erwin McManus Chapel 4 @ APU 2004
Erwin McManus Chapel 3 @ APU 2004
Excellent message by Erwin McManus summarizing Seizing your Divine Moment at Willow
Clips 1, 2, 3, 4 from Barbarian Way @ WillowCreek 2003
The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus at Willow (not the famous Leadership summit one)
100 Huntely Street interview on Creativity and Spirituality 2003
Erwin McManus Chapel 2 @ APU 2003
Montage of Erwin McManus on Heroes 2003
Erwin McManus Chapel @ APU 2001
Erwin on The Fingerprint of God @ The Veritas Forum 2001
Erwin on Character Matrix @ The Veritas Forum 1999

WEBSITES

AwakenHumanity.org

TheOriginsProject.org

ErwinMcManus.com

Yelo.AwakenHumanity.org

Mosaic.org

Mosaic.org/podcast

Int’l Mentoring Network

www.fight4humanity.com

www.alexmcmanus.org

www.urbanpoets.org

www.mosaicalliance.com

http://www.shecommunity.org/

http://mosaic.org/terranova/

BOOKS

Soul Cravings
Barbarian Way
Chasing Daylight
Stand Against the Wind
Uprising
An Unstoppable Force
A Mosaic of Believers: Diversity and Innovation in a Multiethnic Church by Gerardo Marti
“Peppermint Filled Pinatas: Breaking Through Tolerance and Embracing Love” by Eric Bryant
MISCELLANEOUS
Here’s an image to just sit and think about..

Google co-op site searching Mosaic-related content

I just got back from seeing the dentist. I don’t floss. Other than the moment before I head to the dental office. It’s painful every time. Especially since I’ve got an aversion to all things metal (I try to eat with plastic cutlery whenever possible). Everytime I go they remind me to floss, and everytime I go back I wonder why I didn’t. Why don’t I change?

I just finished reading a Fast Company magazine I borrowed from the library. It’s cover story is Change or Die. Though most of us say and think that we would change if the risks were high enough, the premise of the article is that we shouldn’t count on it. Even facing death itself rarely leads to change.

It says how 80% of the 1.8 trillion dollar health care budget in America is attributed to preventable behavioral issues. Two years after having a coronary-artery bypass, 90% of patients have not changed their lifestyles.

That’s nine to one odds against you ever changing. What do you think of that? You’re not going to change. I shudder at the thought of it. That much of who you are is who you are. That’s it. Or is it?

(You can find most of the article online here)