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Blog Empowering the Need
- By Lou Hornberger
- Posted on August 21st, 2011
Ruth 2:8-18 Just in case you have managed to avoid every news source, let me tell you that there are currently about fourteen million Americans who are unemployed. Most of…
Blog After They Said "Brain Tumor"
- By Robert A. Ratcliff
- Posted on August 18th, 2011
“Brain tumor.” Among the many words you don’t want to hear come out of the mouth of a doctor, these are pretty high up on the list. Even the mitigating words…
Blog Mayberry Style Leadership
- By Shane Raynor
- Posted on August 18th, 2011
As a kid I loved reruns of The Andy Griffith Show, which was considered required after school viewing in the small North Carolina town where I grew up. People liked the show (and…
Blog What Your Pastor Wants
- By Ron Edmondson
- Posted on August 16th, 2011
I have such a generous church. Every week someone sends me a note or an email to tell me they are praying for me. I routinely get encouragement when I need it most. Some of our…
Blog Don't Let Worry Win
- By Robert Schnase
- Posted on August 16th, 2011
When serving as a pastor, I learned that I usually make my biggest mistakes when I’m tired. When I don’t attend to patterns of rest, sleep, exercise, and time away…
Blog Praying with Integrity
- By Pamela Hawkins
- Posted on August 15th, 2011
In the quiet candlelit darkness, the congregation waits. Opening songs have been sung and daily Scriptures, read—silent space has been given for music and Word to settle…