The 2010 decade is going to be different than the last decade so how will it be defined? Try these two words: perseverance and networking.
Perseverance. It is too easy to give up in challenging times. Learning the importance of working through, thinking through and praying through problems will bring about success. Creative solutions to our [...]
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We encounter this word fairly regularly: urgent care, an urgent message. It is used to describe something that requires immediate attention. It is also a word that describes how we are to approach God’s agenda for the world.
I’m becoming increasingly aware that God has an urgent plan for people and he is expecting me to [...]
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I took my last sip of coffee while sitting at Hans and Harry Bakery as I read the final page of Primal by Mark Batterson . I was wondering if Mark’s latest book could be as good as his first and the answer is a resounding yes.
Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community [...]
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Sometimes it is hard to decide what is an obstacle and what is an opportunity.
We’ve been doing test runs for a Saturday night coffee house service during the summer in North Park San Diego. They’ve been going great. We have discovered that the business is for sale and will close in one week. Is this an [...]
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My friend, Chad Furlong, led our staff development training last week. The topic was creativity in ministry and Chad said something that has stuck with me: Looking back for theology, forward for innovative presentation.
God is so tremendously creative and He has made us with that same creativity. Unfortunately, we get stuck in a routine of [...]
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Success is often a matter of effort. I firmly believe that most of us have some idea of what we should be doing with our lives…be it full-time ministry, a career, school, etc. What I have noticed is that not as many people give the amount of effort in these areas that is necessary for [...]
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“Challenging the status quo requres a commitment, both public and private. It involves reaching out to others and putting your ideas on the line. (Or pinning your Ninety-five Theses to the church door.)
“Heretics must believe. More than anyone else in an organization, it’s the person who’s challenging the status quo, the one who is daring [...]
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I was sitting down at breakfast this morning with one of our staffers, Ray Allen. Ray is a retired pastor who now heads up ministry and staff development at Sweetwater River Church. We were talking about how some problems are spiritual in nature and other problems are practical.
In ministry, we tend to fall back into [...]
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