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  • Starting Small // A Guest Post by Ben Reed

    Starting Small // A Guest Post by Ben Reed

    If you see small groups as a church growth strategy, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Trust me. Small groups are more than that. Let’s not ask small groups to do what an event, or a mailer, or a concert, or a guest speaker, can do. Small groups are the backbone God uses to fuel faith.…

  • 10 Gift Ideas For The Young Leader On Your List

    10 Gift Ideas For The Young Leader On Your List

    It’s that time of the year! That time of the year that we rack our brains trying to think of a gift that the person on our list will actually use instead of putting on a shelf like you’re pretty sure they did with last year’s gift. Now, all of us are a little…

  • 10 Thanksgiving Quotes

    10 Thanksgiving Quotes

    Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. – Harry…

  • What I’ve Learned From 1,000 Blog Posts

    What I’ve Learned From 1,000 Blog Posts

    This is my 1,000th blog post on this blog (I’ve done a few guest posts). At least my 1,000th blog post that is on WordPress. When I started this thing, I used Blogger. When I heard all about the advantages of WordPress, I was already 100 or so posts in, so I had to…