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How 4 Tips Help Me to Read, Remember, and Learn
4 Tips that Help You Remember what You Read Are you Sure that Leaders are Readers? I used to think that leaders were readers because I kept reading that they were and the belief just seemed right. Many leaders do read, sometimes quite a bit. If you want an example, just check out Bill Gate’s…
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A Sure Hope – Psalm 33:1-22
Reflection on Psalm 33:1-22. Hope in God Alone I love the last line of this Psalm, “Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord, for our hope is in you (Psalm 33:22).” As the Psalmist scans creation, he sees evidence of God’s love. The world breathes with God’s handiwork. When the Psalmist looks around in awe…
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The One Word that will Change Your Life
Unimportant Words There was a Peanuts’ Cartoon where Charlie Brown was making a sign and Lucy, because the sign was wordy, kept marking out words one after another until all Charlie Brown had was a one word sign. Apparently, some words are unimportant. We can communicate without them. However, some words are important, such as…
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Wednesday Morning Reflection – Psalm 68:19
Carried – A Reflection “Praise the Lord; praise God our savior! For each day he carries us in his arms.” – Psalm 68:19 (NLT) The Day Dawns The alarm buzzes with an intensity that shakes me from a dream of better things. I sluggishly jump out of bed heading to the alarm, wisely placed twenty…
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Book Review: Smarter, Faster, Better – Charles Duhigg
Well Written [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=081299339X] Charles Duhigg displays his writing acumen in “Smarter, Faster, Better” and that, perhaps, explains my ambivalence toward the book. The book’s title, “Better, Faster, Smarter” sets expectations of being focused on productivity, which it does, but it takes some work to get to the productivity discussions. Duhigg uses two or three…
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Shared Leadership and the Church
Wheels of Progress In over twenty years of pastoring, I have not known the church to be on the “cutting edge” of culture. There may be an argument about some mega-churches focusing on innovation, but for the majority of churches, the wheels of progress move quite slowly. The statements of “We’ve never done it that…