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Is our Spiritual Life Connected to Real Life?

Many people are realizing the disconnect between their faith life and their everyday life, and this sense of disconnection is inhibiting the deep life transformations so many of us are looking for in Christ. In this video, Dallas Willard talks about spiritual growth, the church, and our responsibility as it relates to these.  Willard says…
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Pastors: Take Care of Yourself

According to researchers, 72% of a sampling of American pastors report only spending time in the Bible when they had a sermon or lesson to prepare for.   This suggests that only 28% read the Bible regularly for personal study and encouragement.  This isn’t a big surprise to any of us if we are really…
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Creative, Innovative Solutions are NOT a Brand

Branding. This one concept can have the GREATEST impact on your business, but is often tragically overlooked. The term itself is thrown around but is misunderstood and rarely is its value realized and its potential realized in business. Effective branding communicates meaning, value proposition of your business, service, product, person or logo. A brand connects…
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A Humbling Homily

Humility is one of those things in life I have always struggled with.  It is considered a pillar of Christianity, and an attribute we should demonstrate regularly as Jesus’ coheirs, who supposedly bear his image to the world.  Any sincere Christian who has read the gospels can see that, in light of the self-righteous Pharisees,…
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The Courage to Live Life Before We Die.

A friend forwarded me a list from a palliative care nurse. I know it has made its rounds on social media.  That being said, I thought it was quite moving. For those who may not know, palliative care is the care given to those who are dying.  I found the list interesting from the perspective…
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Hope Inspiring Leaders

Hope is one of the greatest gifts that you can give to your team. It is the spark that will help your team to keep going, even in the toughest times. If you are a leader, then there are people who are looking to you for hope. Whether they are clients with needs, team members…
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It Costs to Care

For those who would like to build a team in which team members feel cared for, there will be some costs associated. The costs of caring, which can be seen even in the simple gesture of the photo (left), are: Time. Time is precious. To care for your team members you will need to spend…
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Overcoming Prayer Distractions

If you are like me, you have times of prayer where your thoughts are all over the map!  “Our Father, who art in heaven,... what should we have for dinner tonight? hallowed be your name... oh, I have to get that contract signed...”  Prayer distractions seem to be a chronic issue in the prayer lives…
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Faith & Forgiveness

I do some marriage counseling with both Christians and those who don’t yet know Christ. In the process, I’ve found that forgiveness is just as much a problem with “believers” as it is with those who have never received God’s forgiveness. While reading Luke 17 the other day, I noticed for the first time how…
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Training to Succeed

In an ideal world, the people we hire would arrive the first day on the job and we would download everything they need to know through a USB cable in the back of the head!  Training downloaded!  This however is not the case and as we are all well aware there is a need for…
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