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Blog A Guilt-Free Vacation
- By Jay Cooper
- Posted on July 14th, 2011
I took a vacation recently, and frankly, I feel guilty about it. I am, after all, trying to start a new church. Shouldn’t I have been busy doing something productive and…
Blog A Story About Discernment: Like a Child
- By Kasey Hitt
- Posted on July 13th, 2011
Four and a half year old Lainey stood in the front yard waving goodbye to her friends who had come over to play. From our laundry room window, I watched as she continued to wave…
Blog Do Churches Need to Develop Mission Statements?
- By Allan R. Bevere
- Posted on July 13th, 2011
Every church I have served has had a mission statement. I have assisted churches in developing mission statements. Some of those statements have been quite good, others are…
Blog Why I Love Camp
- By Adam Thomas
- Posted on July 11th, 2011
I love camp. I love being surrounded by more trees than buildings. I love singing Grace to John Williams’ theme from Superman. I love seeing the half-exhausted, half-excited …
Blog Listen to God's Judges
- By Lou Hornberger
- Posted on July 10th, 2011
Judges 2:11-19 Throughout the history of jurisprudence, judges and other experts in criminal behavior have looked for ways to reduce the level of recidivism and keep the peace in …
Blog The Church is Dying
- By Jacob Armstrong
- Posted on July 7th, 2011
There is a statement I hear a lot in the circles I run in. It goes something like this. “The church is dying.” I don’t know how that…