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Dealing with People Who Don’t Listen: 5 Practical Ways to Demonstrate the Spirit

by Luke Geraty | Apr 9, 2013 | Posts

When I first started pastoring, I was told by numerous people that it would take a number of years before people would respect my views. In many ways, the first few years of serving as a pastor is spent earning people’s trust. Can you be trusted? Will you be...

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Off to Africa… but first, Qatar. Grateful I had bomb Mexican food last night.

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26 Jul

Rohr’s footnotes and quoted sources will lead you farther astray than Gungor’s tweets.

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26 Jul

One easy way for pastors and church leaders to kill a church? Micromanage and control EVERYTHING. As Bill Jackson said:

“The leader does it. The leader does it while a disciple watches. The disciple does it while the leader watches. The leader leaves the disciple doing it.”

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22 Jul

Before I die, I would like to attend the Olympics somewhere… so if anyone has a spare $10,000 laying around, I can help you make my dreams come true.

I almost went to the games for a mission trip a few years ago, but just couldn’t swing it. Maybe someday it will happen!

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16 Jul

I enjoy Chick-fil-A. And Notre Dame is a Catholic university.

That’s all.

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