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God Qualifies the Called: Leadership

Posted on September 4, 2012February 19, 2016 by Michael Rose

Many pastors I speak with confess that, in so many ways, they feel ill-equipped to lead a church community. Despite a great education, they don't feel as ready as they think they should, and the challenges of church life can bring the right kind of pressures that seem to expose these weaknesses. Every person is...

Wholeness: Thoughts and Actions

Posted on September 7, 2011March 13, 2015 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...

January 7, 2013
Renovated by the Word: Scriptures

The Holy Spirit brings that "bang!" to the scriptures in many wonderful and dynamic ways. These ways lead us deeper into rest (read: not working our tails off trying to earn Gods love and acceptance), they lead us into a greater sense of the Fathers crazy love for us, our uniqueness, and expand our capacity...
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February 10, 2021
Head to the Heart – Prayers, Poems & Other Stuff

“You must descend from your head into your heart. At present, your thoughts of God are in your head. And God himself is, as it were, outside you, and so your prayer and other spiritual exercises remain exterior. Whilst you are still in your head, thoughts will not easily be subdued but will always be whirling about, like snow in winter or clouds...
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June 13, 2018
Grief is …

Grief is messy. Grief is ugly. Grief is complex. Grief is painful. Grief is life-altering. Grief is a human experience - we all experience loss in a multiplicity of ways throughout our lives. Some of these losses can be relatively minor, while others can prove to be cataclysmic, disruptive and painful. We are each unique, our...
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God Qualifies the Called: Leadership

Wholeness: Thoughts and Actions

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