Leadership is Not a Title

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Leadership is not about position. You do not need a title or a position to be a leader. Many leaders throughout history were men and women living in the ranks […]

Character Revealed

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On October 14, 1912, while campaigning for president under the short-lived Bull Moose party, an assassination attempt was made on Theodore Roosevelt as he got up to speak at a […]

It’s All About God!

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Our culture has for decades held an “It’s all about me” attitude. Get what you can and don’t worry about anyone else. Make sure you get what you want first. […]

Living for the Ripple Effect

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Drop a small stone in the water and what happens? That one small splash creates a ripple effect of concentric circles widening out from where the stone broke the water’s […]

Having a Kingdom-Focused Mind

How many of life’s pleasures and stresses seem to bring difficulties on your spiritual walk and on the life of your church? If we are honest, there are quite a […]

5 First Steps in Assimilating Newcomers

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It is well known and well documented that the church in North America is in decline. However, we see and hear of pockets of well-sustained growth and healthy discipleship in […]

For What are You Searching?

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Perhaps you have heard the story of the woman searching under a streetlight for a quarter she dropped. A stranger comes along and asks if all is okay. She explains […]