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August 15, 2022

Is Your Church Running at the Speed of Apple Part 2

Image: Unsplash.com Apple and Silicon Valley are the timekeepers of the 21st century (for other timekeepers, see part one of this blog). These timekeepers push us to move faster, to be innovative, and, more than anything else, provide the next product or resource to…
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Is Your Church Running at the Speed of Apple?

August 8, 2022
Andrew Root’s book The Congregation in a Secular Age takes us on a journey in time – or, more accurately, who tells time. The Church as Time Keeper In the

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Child-Like Leaders?

December 21, 2021
Photo Ben White on Unsplash.con Text: Matt 18:1-5 Beloved Children By Greg Town Churches Learning Change I know very few adults who wouldn’t bristle if another called them a child

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We Need a Team

December 14, 2021
Photo: Unsplash In this series of 4 devotions, Liz shares lessons from her journey as a visionary leader called to create a Spirit-led movement that encourages, equips, and empowers women

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Rescuing the Gospel from The Cowboys 2

December 13, 2021
John Fowler, “Navajo Code Talker Memorial.” Copyright 2014, John Fowler. Licensed under Creative Commons. No changes made. Navajo Code Talkers were essential to the allied victory in the Pacific. They

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Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys

December 6, 2021
Photo: Unsplash.com Is your congregation living in a strange land? My wife is a professor at a public university. In her work, she encounters many different people from many backgrounds.

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What are We Building: A House on a Rock

November 18, 2021
Text Matthew 7:21-27 Leaders build. They build a sanctuary in time, a community of joy, and a city on a hill (see previous devotionals). They build a community that is

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Leaders Finish Well

November 16, 2021
by Reginald Smith, Director of Diversity CRCNA In the summer of 2015, I was tired and angry at my church. I led a congregation on the southwest side of Grand

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Leaders Do Hard Things

November 16, 2021
written by Reginald Smith, Director of Diversity CRCNA Let’s admit that having conversations with people who disagree with you is really difficult and frustrating. Former Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger received

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Leaders Cultivate Meaning

November 16, 2021
written by Reginald Smith, Director of Diversity CRCNA Augustine loved being a playboy and enjoying the fruit of high living. He had a good job teaching and life appeared to