Click on my picture to be a friendAnother month gone. They just keep marching on… heh, heh, heh…
And so, with no more delay, the five most viewed posts of the month:
Who is Paul Peterson? The inside scoop on the dude writing all of this stuff.
The Top Five Characteristics of a Good Friend. I’m guessing you can figure out what this post is [...]
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I just set up a meeting with the principle of Little Miami High School in Maineville, Ohio!
We will be meeting next Thursday @ 1 p.m. to discuss the possibility of Walls Down Church meeting in his High School.
Please pray for two things:
1) That God would give both of us a sense of whether or not [...]
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Keeping in mind that Craig Groeschel writes that for pastors, “Living the balanced life will likely be impossible”, here are three “best practices”, from Jack Welch, for discovering and sustaining some form of work-life balance:
Keep your head in whatever game you’re at. In other words, compartmentalize.
Welch writes, “No one wins when you routinely run your [...]
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Evolving (i.e. growing) as a leader is critical for those of us who want to stay in the leadership “game” for the long haul!
We have to be continually growing, refining, stretching, and improving.
Leadership evolution can happen through a variety of means:
Books we read
Mentors we expose ourselves to
Circumstances
Prayer and reflection
Etc.
This morning as I was reading Execution: [...]
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The following is our plan for starting Walls Down Church:
July-September
We will be moving to Cincinnati in July. Our church planting residency with Mountain Lake Church & Churchplanters.com will have come to an end. For what it’s worth, this residency has been worth the investment of a year!
During these first couple of months we will be [...]
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted some “waddup”, so here’s a bit of what’s happening these days:
Yesterday I met with a lawyer to begin working on the articles of incorporation for Walls Down Church and securing our 501(c)3 status as a church. There’s a lot of detail that goes into starting a new church… [...]
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One of the 19 blogs that I read regularly is the Swerve blog from the guys at LIFECHURCH.TV.
They have been doing a series of posts discussing the seasons of ministry! This is great reading for everyone but for pastors in particular.
Today I posted a question for Craig (the lead pastor at LifeChurch):
Craig,
I am preparing to [...]
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Mission: To lead people into the life Jesus promised (John 10:10)
Vision: To develop disciples, leaders, groups, and churches in order to help people discover the life Jesus promised. We will do this locally, regionally, nationally, [...]
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When I surrendered my life to Jesus a lot of things changed:
Pre-Christ I had such low self-esteem I could not make eye contact when talking with people.
Post-Christ I am a leader and draw energy from speaking not just to one, but hundreds of people at the same time.
Pre-Christ I tried to kill myself.
Post-Christ I’m working [...]
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Churchrelevance.com just released their “Top 80 Church Websites” list.
This list is national in it’s scope and in alphabetical order.
#59 on the list is Mountain Lake Church! Way to go guys!
And #60 on the list is Northgate Free Methodist Church! Way to go Justin!
In case you’re not aware of the significance of this, MLC is [...]
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