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Untangling Unity

Posted on by Michael Rose
Early in October I had a wonderful experience with a number of  folks in North Carolina.  It was marvelous for several reasons, the people were delightful in their own ways with their own expressions of the Kingdom and the Gospel story.  There were folks from Australia, Germany, the UK, Canada and from many of the…
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Courage: Character of a Leader

Posted on by Michael Rose
“Real courage defends values, principles and people, not property and profits.“ Mark Twain once wrote, “Courage is the resistance of fear, the mastery of fear- not the absence of fear.” Courage is key as we explore the character of healthy authentic leaders. But what is courage and what does it look like in real life?…
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5 Things Common to Healthy Churches

Posted on by Michael Rose
Healthy Churches, whether they be traditional, simple, house or otherwise, that effectively propagate life in the lives of those they serve and share life with tend to share five basic traits: Family, Healing, Equipping, Cultivating Leaders and Mission.  Balance in these areas will produce healthy balanced followers of Jesus; those who are maturing (self –…
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Freedom in Love

Posted on by Michael Rose
There is an interesting bit of scripture in Galatians where Paul states: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” (Gal 5:1a, NIV). It is part of the larger context of Galatians, as Paul is contrasting our freedom in Christ with the bondage that we seem to perpetually gravitate towards. He is absolutely…
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Wholeness: Thoughts and Actions

Posted on by Michael Rose
 Have you ever waxed so eloquently on something, and while standing amazed at your passionate overflow, you're arrested by the question “who just said that?”  It's a pretty common thing as many of us often speak passionately about a cause, an ideal or injustice only to discover that while we spoke well of it, in our…
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