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Church; Leadership
In-N-Out Burger & Church
March 23, 2009 9

Most of us on the East Coast aren’t familiar with In-N-Out Burger, a California-based fast food chain. You can read more about it here. The stores are known for their simple, focused menus. You won’t find a chicken sandwich or a taco salad, for example, at any In-N-Out Burger. Instead, it’s all burgers all the Read the full article…

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Good Shepherd
LoveDare Week Four
March 20, 2009 1

LoveDare has its finale this week. I happen to think we’ve saved the best for last. It’s called After The Thrill Is Gone and it will be all about the impact of your mind on your closest relationships. Once again, this series has showed us the power of branding and focus. Branding — from the Read the full article…

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Personal
Madness Memories
March 19, 2009 2

In honor of today’s start of March Madness, here are my top NCAA basketball memories. A good number of them happened well before the term “March Madness” was even coined. That means I’m old. Bill Walton of UCLA going 21-22 against Memphis State in the finals of the 1973 tournament. This was the last of Read the full article…

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Leadership
Vision Over Visibility
March 18, 2009 0

There is a masterful line in U2’s “Moment Of Surrender” off the new CD No Line On The Horizon:At the moment of surrender,of vision over visibility . . . So vision is different than visibility. Vision sees what fog obscures. Vision turns the “not yet” into the “will be.” As a pastor, I’ve often been Read the full article…

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Good Sheperd; Pastoring
Watch & See That The Lord Is Good
March 17, 2009 1

There are two schools of thought when it comes to what the music portion of a Sunday service should be like in terms of engaging people who are in the worship space but don’t yet believe in Christ. (By the way, we hope and pray we have many such people each week.) One approach says Read the full article…

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