Podcast- Picking the Right People for Your Church Safety Team
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Leadership
Now or Later?
“We enjoy the fruit of our bad habits now but pay for them in the future. We pay for our good habits now but enjoy their fruit in the future.” James Clear- Atomic Habits This quote encapsulates the struggle that we all face on some level. Do I eat that doughnut or can I walk
Are We Really the Salt of the Earth?
“You are the salt of the earth.” When we hear this verse, we normally think of flavor. That is what we use salt for in our modern context. The original hearers, though, would have thought in terms of preserving their food. That is what they used salt for. They did not have refrigeration and salt
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Book Review- Courage to Be Healed by Mark Rutland
*Here’s a great book to start your new year with! One of the things that the Covid crisis exposed was how fragile we are as human beings. I’m not just talking about the virus, I’m talking about the fear, anxiety, hopelessness, and depression that so many have experienced over the last few years. As a
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Leadership Lessons From Ezra
“For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.” (Ezra 7:10) This verse provides some great guidelines for Christian leaders. Ezra gives us three important principles that every leader should implement. The Word of God should be the
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The Tragedy of Success
“Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. “In Jerusalem he made machines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. “But
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Protect the Flock!
Violence against Christian churches and other houses of worship is on the rise around the world. In the United States, these attacks are linked primarily to emotionally disturbed persons or domestic conflict spillover. In other countries, terrorism is the leading cause of violence towards Christians. The attack at a church in Texas a few years
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What Does Your Future Look Like?
“Faith is visualizing the future.” Rick Warren “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) What does your future look like? Where do you see yourself in a year? In five years? Ten years? Most people would answer, “I can’t know what my future looks like
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Faith and Generosity
“By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.” (Hebrews 11:4) “And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must
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The Power of Community
“Community is where we can be our true selves with others. It is our safe place; the place where we can share our greatest accomplishments and joys as well our darkest moments and failures. It is where we show up in each other’s lives for the magnificent and the mundane. It is knowing and being
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