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Everyone Wants to Know “What’s Next?”

No matter who you are (male, female, student, retired), you are always looking for what's NEXT. 

Remember going to your kid's recital and looking over the program… just to see what was NEXT. If you’v...

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How Many Bowling Balls Do You Give People?

Last year, I had the unique opportunity to attend a nonprofit version of Story Brand by Donald Miller.  About once a year or so, he invites churches and nonprofits to take his business course on the p...

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DO What You Don't ENJOY First!

Everyone knows this. It’s one of the first things most productivity experts will tell you. Get that thing that you don’t enjoy out of the way in the first half of your day. Doing 5 small things that g...

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A Children's Song = the Plight of the Western Church

If you’ve spent any time in my house over the past 3 months you’ve noticed one thing above all others. We watch the Disney movie “Moana” at least once a day! That’s because (for some reason) my 2-year...

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Out of Context | "If they refuse to listen... Excommunicate them" Matthew 18:17

“Out of Context” is a series dedicated to verses of scripture, often used in today’s conversations, that have little to do with the context by which it was written. Context | (1) the circumstances tha...

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Out of Context | "Ask me for anything you want...You will get it!" John 15:7

“Out of Context” is a series dedicated to verses of scripture, often used in today’s conversations, that have little to do with the context by which it was written. Context | (1) the circumstances tha...

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How to Better Understand Your Occasional/Quarterly Church Attender

I don’t normally read the satire blog “Babylonbee,” but I do love some of the stuff they put out and my friends share on Facebook. “After 12 Years of Quarterly Church Attendance, Parents are Shocked ...

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Bosses TALK. Leaders LISTEN!

I’m sitting in my local Panera with my headphones on trying to get some work done, and between my chosen background music (the Piano Guys), I hear the sound of a BOSS having a meeting. He’s been talki...

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You Walked Away? Good... I Would Have Too.

I wish this title were actually click bait… but it’s true. There are many who have walked away from God, and after talking with them or hearing their stories - I don’t blame them, I would have walked ...

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A Family Belief… OR... A Personal Conviction

I’m not necessarily in this place personally, but I’m just around the corner with my 12 /2 year old and my 10 year old following right behind.

I’m speaking to the tension that exists between our fami...

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Is There a “Right Way” to Correct Children?

If you were born during a time when you were physically beaten as a child…you’re my people! 

I wasn’t raised in a culture of time-outs, taking electronics away, or writing essays on why I could make ...

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When you say NO... You're actually saying YES? What???

There are times when I really enjoy serving people. I’ve been volunteering for one thing or another my whole life. Part of it was how I was raised (serving in the church, being a helpful person) but a...

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