Image courtesy of christmas-clipart.com Hope helps us persist no matter what. Hope focuses on the future and what can be rather than what is. Hope believes something better is ahead…
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I can’t seem to shake heaviness this Thanksgiving as I think of people who are struggling with major hardships, many friends who are bearing sorrow and loss, and thousands being…
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What makes you feel that your efforts are valuable? Their big size? Getting public acknowledgement? Seeing the results? When do you feel that you are serving Christ? Does it have…
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Volunteers are the backbone of the church. I have volunteered in a myriad of roles as well as serving as on church staff leading ministry, coordinating many volunteers. When workers…
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I have heard people placed in various ministry positions complain about having to go to training. Most of them expressed one of two reasons that they rarely attended. Either they were…
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When I was a volunteer in charge of a women’s ministry in my church, I learned by trial and error. If you find yourself leading a ministry in your church,…
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“At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ “He called a child, had him stand among them, and…
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It is so easy to be around people we are most like—perspective, life stage, income, political views, spiritual level, and age. We have so much in common that our conversations…
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Are your margins filled? “Margin is the space that once existed between ourselves and our limits. Today we use margin just to get by.” From Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial…
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In a few weeks I am leading a breakout workshop at the Dallas Seminary women’s leadership conference All About Influence. My topic is Serving God in the Ordinary. As I…
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