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The Disruption of Security

#anxiety #control #discipleship #examen #providence #security #trust

The Disruption of Power

#discipleship #gospel #Humility #leadership #Nelson Mandela #phillippians 2 #will guidara

The Disruption of Community

#acts 2 #church #community #discipleship #individualism #Relationships

The Disruption of Desire

#culture #desire #discipleship #focus #growth #meaning #purpose #Vision

Disruption: How the Gospel changes us part 1 - The disruption of identity

#culture #discipleship #gospel #Identity #meaning #theology

Five Signs Your Church Has an Apostolic Heartbeat

Someone once said that the greatest danger facing the church is not hostility from outside, but irrelevance from within. A church can keep its doors open, fill its calendar with activity, and still have quietly lost the thing that made it dangerous. The early church was described by its opponents as people who had “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6). That phrase wasn’t a compliment — it…

#apostolic #church #culture #growth #Holy Spirit #leadership #Mission #spiritual gifts #Vision

The Capacity Gap

How to Move from Full to Overflowing Picture your leadership like a coffee cup — a large one, obviously, because you’re ambitious. It’s filled right to the brim. Not a drop of room left. And every day, someone comes along and tries to pour more in. That’s where a lot of leaders live. Not lazy. Not uncommitted. Not lacking in faith. Just full. Stretched to the edge of what they can hold. And…

#capacity #character #church leadership #culture #excellence #growth #leaders #leadership #leadership development #ministry #priorities #productivity #Vision

The Church is the Goal

#Bible #church #community #destiny #future #Mission #purpose #team #teamwork #theology

"What Stage of Leadership Development Are You In?"

#capacity #character #creativity #excellence #focus #growth #leadership #leadership development #ministry #purpose

What Got Us Here Will Get Us There

#apostolic #christianity #church #Church History #church leadership #culture #faith #focus #future #leadership #purpose #theology #tradition #Vision

Why "Fake It 'Til You Make It" Is Not a Sustainable Leadership Strategy

#authenticity #character #church #culture #leadership #sustainability

You Can't Change the Season — But You Can Change the Level

I was talking recently with a group of church leaders, and I asked them to share a frustration they were carrying in ministry right now. What came back was striking — not because the frustrations were unusual, but because they were almost identical across people in completely different contexts. Flat momentum. A team that feels tired. A vision that feels stuck. The sense that you’re doing all…