cantrellmike on July 16th, 2009

#1 – I need Jesus – bad.
*** I warn you this is a brutally honest blog.***
When asked about my recent leave of absence many asked, “How was your vacation?” or “How was the sabbatical?”  Let’s get this straight – it was neither a vacation or a sabbatical.  I have to be honest – those five [...]

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Perry Noble is the Senior Pastor of NewSpring Church, located in Anderson, SC.  He is a great blogger.
I wanted to pass along this blog that he recently posted with five questions we should all wrestle with from a recent meeting he led in South Carolina.  He developed these questions from 2 Corinthians 2: 1-7.
Five Questions We Should Ask [...]

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Last week, my two oldest girls (Gracie 10 & Mollie 6 – almost 7), and 3 staffers from Bethel Community Church traveled to Chantilly, VA a suberb of Washington, DC to our annual summer conference for Every Nation Churches and Ministries.  the church was hosted by Pastor Brett Fuller and Grace Covenant Church.
I was reminded [...]

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cantrellmike on June 22nd, 2009

#9 -  I have a spectacular staff

Main Entry:           staff
Part of Speech:     noun
Definition:             employees of organization
Synonyms:             agents, assistants, cadre, cast, crew, deputies, faculty, force, help, officers, operatives, organization, personnel, servants, shop, teachers, team, work force, workers
One thing I learned from coaching high school athletics is that [...]

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cantrellmike on June 17th, 2009

I was recently catching up with Ed Young one of the most forward and creative leaders in the church in the US, on his blog.  He addressed the topic of foul mouth pastors and leaders.  I love it and wanted to share it.  We should all stop and think about what we are saying.  Remember [...]

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Posted on: Fri., June 12, 2009 @ stevemurrell.com
Steve Murrell is the senior pastor of Victory in Manila, Philippines; a director of the Real Life Foundation; and the co-founder and president of Every Nation a worldwide family of churches and ministries.
Here’s another simple leadership lesson from the lousy leaders in the Book of Judges…
When the evil Ammonites were [...]

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