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		<title>GROW a little</title>
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This coming year we have committed as a church family to grow together as disciples of Christ. We are embarking on a year long endeavor to read through the Bible. We are using the ESV Daily Bible Reading plan and I am encouraging every one to journal their daily devotionals using the R.E.A.P. (Read, Examine, Apply, Pray) Bible study method. Both of those items can be found on a special micro-site we have rolled out here.

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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
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		<title>From a whisper to a roar!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about influence as of late and one thing is becoming increasingly apparent, you either have influence or you don&#8217;t. John Maxwell popularized the notion that leadership is influence and that is quite true. I&#8217;ve witnessed that those that we respect in leadership don&#8217;t need to incessantly demand things, yell at their subordinates, berate, manipulate and control things to get their way &#8212; No, they simply whisper and their influence sets in motion the very things they requested. That&#8217;s influence!
This is where young leaders miss the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Heading to Story</title>
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Heading out this afternoon for Story conference in Chicago. Great lineup of communicators and very excited about getting to meet some of the folks I love to follow. 
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		<title>The Cult of Personality in the Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Morgan posted Phil Cooke and Brad Abare&#8217;s &#8220;5 Warning Signs of a Personality-Driven Church&#8221; in his blog today. The full article they wrote is in the current issue of Outreach Magazine.

Here is a summary of the 5 warning signs they identify:
	1.	The pastor doesn’t go on a vacation for any significant length of time. And, when he does, it isn’t announced.
	2.	When the pastor doesn’t preach, the attendance drops.
	3.	Unspoken fear that if something happened to the pastor, the church would be in trouble.
	4.	The pastor is unwilling to listen to and consult ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lord Save Us From Your Followers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Save Us From Your Followers, Dan Merchant&#8217;s much anticipated documentary about Christianity&#8217;s PR problem, opens today in select theaters. It will no doubt spark tremendous controversy and hopefully, much conversation. Go to the website and watch some of the clips and follow the story.
Here&#8217;s the movie trailer:

	
	
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		<title>Amazing, absolutely incredible!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did that get your attention? ChurchCrunch had a post yesterday on how we oversell things in ministry by the big words we use and how that has spilled over into the technological front. He showed a mashup of Apple&#8217;s keynote and their excessive use of these words. 
I have grown tired by the over promotion, hyped up marketing, that many pastors and churches use to promote their next series, program, worship or whatever it is. &#8220;Don&#8217;t miss my next series it will change your life.&#8221; &#8220;Hear never before heard revelation ...]]></description>
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		<title>Choose Your Words Carefully!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just started to read Bill Hybel&#8217;s book Axiom &#8212; Powerful Leadership Proverbs. It&#8217;s a compendium of leadership nuggets from one of the most well known pastors in America and lead pastor of Willow Creek. It will take me a while to go through this book as I am finding each proverb extremely applicable to my current experience. I&#8217;ll be going through it like a devotional and share my thoughts periodically.

In the proverb, Language Matters, Hybels shares how the best leaders wrestle with words in order to communicate their big ...]]></description>
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		<title>Surfing the Edge of Chaos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was one of those bittersweet moments in life as it concluded a chapter for my family and I. It was my last Sunday on staff at The Gathering Place. A place I have worked at and served for the past ten years. A place where my family and I received healing, new life, new relationships, new direction and vision. I don&#8217;t think I have fully absorbed the moment but I am sure it will hit me fully in the coming days.

This new chapter of my life following Jesus involves ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Age of Immediacy and the Loss of Mystery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[J.J. Abrams, mastermind behind the hit TV series Lost, Alias and Fringe and the reboot of the Star Trek empire, wrote a fabulous essay in the May issue of Wired magazine on the Magic of Mystery. You can read the article in its entirety here.
J.J. writes that we are in the middle of the &#8220;age of immediacy&#8221; where wonder and mystery are lost because of the instant access to information that will, at best, give us a satisfying understanding. Because information is ubiquitous, knowledge a mouse click away, true understanding ...]]></description>
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