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Never too Old
Galileo made some of his greatest scientific discoveries at the age of 73. John Glenn returned to space at the age of 75. Benjamin Franklin was a framer of the U.S. constitution at the age of 81. Michelangelo was still producing masterpieces at the age of 89. Dr. Jonathan Goforth, the great missionary to China,…
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Creating the Church Culture
Here are my notes on yesterday’s talk from our church management team regarding the culture we need to create as a church. Italics are my own comments. 1. The missional culture. The passionate vision of a world wide church planting movement. The church exists not only for it’s members but primarily to the people who…
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Doing work that Matters
Seth Godin blog something really remarkable that every pastor should take heed. I am reposting his blog and will comment The first rule of doing work that matters Go to work on a regular basis. Art is hard. Selling is hard. Writing is hard. Making a difference is hard. When you’re doing hard work, getting…
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Spiritual Pride
This is a tough one because I am a proud man. I hate to admit it but I am. A pastor can easily succumb to pride. Moral pride because we are good compare to a normal person. We pray, we read our Bible, we memorize scriptures – like the Pharisees. Also theological pride – feeling…
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Better before Bigger
Last Tuesday our team listened to Andy Stanley’s latest leadership podcast on why we need to be better and not bigger. He talks about how as we get better people demand that we get bigger. A lot of times we do it the other way around – we plan to get bigger without even planning…