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How To Be Holier Than Thou: Motivate People with Fear and Cloud things with Religiosity

Posted by David
2013-12-5
in Community, Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, Thursday (Leadership), Tuesday (Faith), Wednesday (Fun)
We’ve already heard four ways to be holier than thou from our Pharisee coaches at the Holy Roller Pharisee Consultancy (see below for links). But here are two more ways...
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How To Be Holier Than Thou: Be Skeptical About Miracles and Encourage a Betraying Culture

Posted by David
2013-12-2
in Book First Drafts, Community, Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, Thursday (Leadership), Tuesday (Faith), Unsustainable, Wednesday (Fun)
In part one of this series, we’ve already heard two ways to be holier than thou from our Pharisee coaches at the Holy Roller Pharisee Consultancy. But we’re just...
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The Double-Edged Sword of Generational Generalizations

Posted by David
2013-11-26
in Monday (Communication), Pastoral Ministry, Preaching, Thursday (Leadership)
From time to time I rant about other generations. Perhaps you’ve noticed. I tried to get over this  the last six years or so, especially as I worked at...
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Assigning Culpability is Not Our Responsibility

Posted by David
2013-11-10
in Book First Drafts, Monday (Communication), Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching, Theology, Unsustainable
A man who goes blind loses what he knows, and that is precisely the loss. The man, having gone blind, remembers what the look of the sunset, a Father’s...
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​Multi-ethnic for the sake of the gospel: Mosaix 2013 Conference

Posted by David
2013-11-7
in Community, News, Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership), Tuesday (Faith)
As the Mosaix Multi-Ethnic Conference began on November 5, 2013 in Long Beach, California, it was clear that it would not be like most conferences. At first glance you...
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Manning, Luck, and Loyalty to The Colts and to My Church

Posted by David
2013-10-21
in Monday (Communication), Pastoral Ministry, Preaching, Theology, Thursday (Leadership), Tuesday (Faith), Worship, Worship Leadership
So, what might our loyalty to sports have to do with Church life? Let me explain. I was a Colts fan from way back when they moved to Indianapolis....
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What do Americans do 1.65 times a day?

Posted by David
2013-09-6
in Book First Drafts, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Theology, Thursday (Leadership), Unsustainable
I asked this question on Facebook: So many people had great guesses. Including: praying, sneezing, & yawning. It was agreed that 1.65 is too high a number for the...
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The Joseph Experience of Immigration, Human Trafficking, and Prison

Posted by David
2013-09-3
in Community, News, Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership), Tuesday (Faith)
Today I’m recalling that Joseph in the book of Genesis was a victim of human trafficking. He also suffered injustices resulting from being an immigrant. Putting my feet in...
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Letter to the Editors: Immigration, Representative Brooks, and the Navarrette Article

Posted by David
2013-08-29
in Community, News, Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, The Wesleyan Church, Thursday (Leadership), Tuesday (Faith)
I  wrote this letter to the editors of my local paper today. I hope they post excerpts of it soon: _______________________ August 29, 2013 Recently our Representative, Mrs. Susan...
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“Reverend Doctor” – A Book About Medical Ministry Ethics That I’m Not Going to Write But Someone Should

Posted by David
2013-08-19
in Pastoral Ministry, Theology, Thursday (Leadership), Writing
I’ve been thinking that someone should write a book called “Reverend Doctor.” I’m not qualified to write it–but somebody should. Here’s the idea (feel free to steal it because...
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How to Make the Meetings You Lead Matter, Part 2 [Seedbed.com article]

Posted by David
2013-08-13
in Pastoral Ministry, Thursday (Leadership)
4. Leaders Are Led In Meetings You can lead a crowd in a visionary way from a stage—and you can spark them to short bursts of action from “up...
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How to Make the Meetings You Lead Matter, Part I [Seedbed.com article]

Posted by David
2013-08-6
in Monday (Communication), Pastoral Ministry, Thursday (Leadership)
Dave Barry said that meetings are “the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve it’s full potential.” Meetings are the universally despised part of...
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