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  • Megan Pacheco

    Producing or Pretending?

    Blog | Megan Pacheco | July 10, 2018

    I recently heard a thought-provoking message from one of my pastors, Miles Welch. He unpacked an important relational principle from Galatians 6, one that deals with burdens and loads.

    Miles illustrated how getting this principle wrong can negatively impact us, our family relationships, our friendships and our workplace. Today I want to look at the way this principle of burdens and loads applies to teams.

    In the first few verses of Galatians 6 we read: “Carry each other’s burdens” and “Each one should carry their own load.”

  • Leadership Transparency

    4 Ways to Build It

    Blog | Charles Stone | July 05, 2018

    Leadership transparency can build or break trust. Without trust, leadership suffers. However, when a staff, customers, or congregation trust their leaders, good things happen. Several years ago, our church made some significant changes to our governance and our church constitution. After a two-year study process, our board of elders presented the changes to our church resulting in overwhelming approval, a unanimous vote. A key reason the process went so well was because they ruthlessly practiced leadership transparency.

  • How Your Work Can Shape Your Faith

    Blog | Craig McAndrews | July 03, 2018

    I love the story in the Bible about the launch of Jesus’ ministry and how He goes about selecting the early disciples.  The book of Matthew recounts the selection process in chapter 4, verses 18-22.  In one case, with Simon (later called Peter) and Andrew, Jesus interrupted them at work with a bold invitation.  “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:19 NASB).  Can you imagine being at work and a stranger comes along with an invitation to follow Him?  Jesus changed the course of their lives by altering the way they thought about their profession.  Why fish for f

  • Step off the Sidewalk

    Blog | Karen McGuire | June 28, 2018

    Desmond Tutu is a South African Anglican pastor and theologian known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was the Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then the Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996. In both cases he was the first black man to hold the position.

  • Jesus’ 6-Step Strategy for Resolving Conflict

    Blog | Charles Stone | June 26, 2018

    Conflict is unavoidable in relationships. Conflict isn’t necessarily sinful or destructive, but it can be depending on how we handle it. Jesus outlines a clear, specific and workable process in Matthew 18. And we simply can’t improve on what Jesus says. I’ve summarized, into a 6-step process, the essence of what I believe Matthew 18 teaches us.

    We simply can’t improve on what Jesus says.

  • App Interruption

    Blog | Sheryl Giesbrecht | June 21, 2018

    As an avid runner, my favorite app on my iPhone 5 to help monitor my progress and chart my running goals is Map My Run. This cool device helps track my running mileage, gauges my pace and even audibly tells me how many calories I’ve burned. Last week, I was enjoying my run, breathing the fresh air deep into my lungs, just getting warmed up.

  • Use What You've Been Given

    Blog | Christine Vogelsang | June 19, 2018

    “You’re a second alto,” the choir director told me.

    “No. I’m a first soprano,” I assured him. I was now a freshman in college, and I told this new director that for the past six years I’d sung the highest voice in the choir all through junior and senior high school. How could I suddenly be an alto?

    “Well, you may be able to hit those high notes, but your strength is in your lower range. You’ll be a great second alto.”

  • Growing in Community

    Blog | Robert and Lori Ferguson | June 14, 2018

    We had the privilege of spending time with a husband and wife celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.  We were married 25 years to their 50 years, so we felt like babies in comparison. They were rich in so many ways, not in dollars and cents but in all the other ways which truly last.

    Gerry and Shirley taught us so much about how to build and nurture a community. Were they perfect? No. However, what we learned from this couple before they passed will remain with us always.

  • Failure to Launch

    Blog | Gilbert Camacho | June 08, 2018

    I believe that Father’s Day, the third Sunday in June, is a great opportunity to discuss fatherhood and leadership.  In 1966, President Johnson, by presidential proclamation, said “In our Nation, we look to fathers to provide the strength and stability which characterize the successful family.  If the father’s responsibilities are many, his rewards are also great -- the love, appreciation, and respect of his children and spouse.”  It may seem awkward to some to discuss leadership and fatherhood in the same breath.

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