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What’s Your Hurricane? Find Your Purpose.
Have you noticed how the good folks over at The Weather Channel get far too excited about hurricanes! You’ve seen them. Jim Cantore, standing in boots, winds gusting while reeds sway in the...
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Being Conventional (or why I can’t take Boise St football seriously)
Success is rooted in the conventional. There I said it! I know, I know – there’s a lot in this day and age about creativity and innovation and that’s all well and good. But if you’re not careful you...
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4 Unexpected Leadership Lessons
This past Sunday was my last as the Senior Minister at Redwood Church. It was more than I could have hoped for. My family’s time in California, in the grand scheme, has been brief, yet extraordinarily...
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Is There Such A Thing As An All Powerful Pastor?
I’m sick of it! Permit me to rant for a moment! And if you’re a pastor/preacher/minister, you’re likely sick of it too. You’ve seen all the tweets and articles in magazines that act as if the pastor is...
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Help Your Preacher Preach Better
Your preacher might be better if they could focus on preaching. It had to be said! Truth is, many churches require so much of their pastor that they hardly have anytime to prepare to preach. Preparing...
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4 Ways To Help Your Preacher Preach Better
As a congregant you have a significant role to play in helping your preacher preach better. In the last post, we talked about time and the effect lack of time can have on sermon preparation. Think...
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Dealing With Difficult People
A Needed And Important Repost: ——————————————– Sooner or later every leader will have to deal with someone – or a group of someone’s – who are reflexively oppositional. Most of us know what to look...
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4 Ways To Connect In A Disconnected World
You takin’ to me? Seriously! Who are you talking to? In our hectic, dog-eat-dog, workaday world, where so much rests on productivity, meeting deadlines, and getting things done, we cannot forget that...
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How To Lead Like a Follower
Leadership can kill your spiritual life. Since becoming the senior staff person in an organization I’ve injected my reading and development with a tremendous dosage of leadership material. I’ve been...
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Tools and Apps To Make My (And Your) Life Easier
My life is busy. I don’t wear this as a badge of honor. It’s a weakness, a flaw. Over time, though, I’ve managed to discover some tools (programs and apps) that help my life run more smoothly. I use...
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