Category: Leadership
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I’m a busy person. I interact with busy people all the time. Chances are, you’re a busy person (which is why you’re not even reading this introduction…you’re already skimming my four points below). Busyness is just in the air in our society. Not many of us like it, but few of us have managed to…
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This Sunday a visitor to Church asked me this question. How come this church is so alive and vibrant? I visit so many Churches were there’s no life, there are no young people, why is this church so different? I’m not sure I answered the question very well., after all, I think it needs a…
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Finding Your Muse, 5 Ways to Fuel Your Creativity Creativity is a governing force in humanity – a function of the mind. It is, at its essence, your outward expression of an inward thought or emotion. YOU ARE CREATIVE. This means that there are two hindrances that can limit your creativity: an internal barrier that limits your imagination and inspiration,…
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This past Sunday we had Ps Kirk Bowman from The Rock Church in North Carolina with us. After making sure he was settled into his hotel I reflected on why I love having visiting speakers. Here’s my top 10. 1. We Immediately Get Along: Despite my introversion in regards to first-time meetings, once the introductions are…
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Here it is late March, and lots of folks haven’t yet gotten around to doing their personal planning for 2014 – despite all good intentions. The start of a new year is our trigger to consider new goals, and to take into consideration the wealth of advice out there for how to keep them. If…
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This last Sunday we had our Vision Sunday across all of our services. The atmosphere was electric as we celebrated all that God has done in Christian Life Church in 2013. As we looked towards the year ahead, 2014, I explained that we have an overarching mission that guides everything we do. This mission, we…
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This graph shows the correlation between the hours of practice that Children were putting in to learn a musical instrument after they had answered the following question. “How long do you see yourself playing your musical instrument for?” The options were, this school year (short-term commitment), throughout school years (medium-term commitment) or for the rest…
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Carrying on from my previous blog here’s part 2. DO MINISTRY WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE Finding the right people to do ministry with, to be on team with, to invest in can be one of the most difficult things for any leader. The difficulty is compounded in volunteer organisations. Some time ago I came across…
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Was really privileged to speak today to some Pastors on the subject of how to survive the ministry. I was unsure how to approach the subject but decided to base the talk on 2 Timothy 2:1-7 a very familiar leadership passage and then finish each section with some AXIOMS that are helpful tweet-sized, memorable proverbs.…
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Last Night I watched with interest Derren Brown’s TV programme entitled Miracles for Sale in which Derren and his team train Nathan, a Scuba Diving Instructor, to become a faith healer. Brown and his team spent six months putting this show together which culminated with a trip to Texas to hold a faith healing meeting…
