| Transplanted Missionally - 9/13/2009 |
Driving to Charlottesville, Va the other day I took the scenic route and couldn't help but notice how many vineyards I passed. There were literally hundreds of acres of grape vines. I can't even imagine how many grapes they could produce! What's even more amazing is that all those grapes and all those vines came from one vine and one grape seed at some point in time.
If you've ever visited a greenhouse you know that hundreds of seedlings and plants are being cultivated in a very cont
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| Leading Change - 9/3/2009 |
Without leadership most things in life are in a constant state of stagnation. Let's be honest, how exciting is it to be stuck in the rut of the same old thing the same old way all the time? The primary reason this happens, whether it is an ineffective organizational structure or an irrelevant systems, is a lack of leadership! Without leadership, we simply are going to be stuck where we are!
Sure, many people "like" the idea of "nothing changing"- they may like it but I'm not convince
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| Transition Thought 5 - 9/2/2009 |
Transitions are an evolutionary process, emotionally challenging, educational opportunities, event-ful, and... an exercise of faith! And the "faith" I'm referring to is about having "hope-filled" expectations and "seeing those expectations realized" before they actually become reality! It's really the "living by faith, and not be sight" dynamic that the Bible talks about.
What that essentially means is that you are going to have to trust in "steps" that you can't necessarily see from
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| Transition Thoughts 4 - 9/1/2009 |
Let's review: transitions are an evolutionary process, emotionally challenging, and educational opportunities. Transitions are also eventful! What I mean by that is this- as you journey through the transition stage from one season of life (already lived) into the next season of life (not yet lived), you begin to recognize the moments that become key "events" in the process.
Look at David's life in the Bible. As he transitioned from bear and lion killer to giant slayer he was 1) sent
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