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7 Barriers and Builders for a Healthy Staff Culture
Essentially, your culture is who you are, what you believe, your values and norms and how you get things done. Your staff culture starts with the senior leaders, but it doesn’t end there, it’s a team effort.
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7 Ways To Identify Constructive Criticism
How do we give constructive criticism? It’s something all of us see and want to share, but how do we do it in a way that actually helps?
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How God Uses Pain
It's hard to embrace pain, even when that may be what God is calling you to do. I have to continually press into pain in life if I'm to lead well, because God uses pain.
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Why Are You Preaching?
As you look at your content for this Sunday, what’s your point of application? Are you more focused on WHAT or WHY? Take some time today to consider a better purpose for this Sunday. Why are you preaching?
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The Effectiveness of Missional Discipleship: 5 Reasons Your Local Church Should Be Supporting Missions
It is of utmost importance that our churches support missions. Here’s five reasons why.
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How Small Wins Can Be the Enemy of Success
Often, the time and effort you spend pursuing small wins would be better spent on working toward the goals that are really going to make a difference.
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The Local Church, God’s Answer to the Needs of Orphans
November is National Adoption Month, a time to reflect on all of the things the Lord has done and will do through His church and His people on behalf of vulnerable children.
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The Hard Work of Grace
Like a student who received a full ride to Harvard, we need to receive the grace of God for what it is: a calling to a new life, a life in which we join the family business (and work hard!).