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Category Archives: Emerging Leaders
Are you too worried about offending others?
Are there times when we should expect offenses and actually understand them to be appropriate and necessary? Continue reading
After 36 years as a pastor
Consider what is perhaps the most important lesson for a Church leader. Continue reading
Social Justice and the Church
If we live in a political system that allows us to sit at the table to seek the good that leads to laws and policies, we should not neglect such an opportunity and privilege. Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church and State, Church Leadership, Common Good, Common grace, Community, Emerging Leaders, Evangelicals, Evangelism, Justice, Leadership, Politics, Wisdom, Witness
Tagged Christian influence, christians in the public square, Common Grace, political activism, Politicians, Politics, social justice
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A common trait of God’s servants
Write a one paragraph summary of what you learn about a common trait of God’s servants from the examples listed. Continue reading
Unless you become like little children?
Becoming childlike is not a reference to being “innocent as a child” or having the “simple faith of a child”. So what does it mean? Continue reading
Posted in attitudes of unity, Church Leadership, Community, Disciple-making, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Humility, Kingdom, Leadership, Love, Poor in spirit, Pride
Tagged greatest in the kingdom, Humble, humility and salvation, Kingdom of Jesus, Matthew 18, Poor in spirit
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Threat to team leadership
Sometimes insecure people will choose subtle ways to compete for leadership or to oppose any authority over them. Continue reading
For those who counsel others…
Practical guidelines for being an effective friend when giving counsel to others. Continue reading
Four servants of God who battled fierce despair
Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship
Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide
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Liabilities in my work
Good words for those who use many words! Continue reading