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24. Remember What God Has Done
Each Christmas break our family takes a moment to stop and remember the past year. We each come up with a list of highlights that we have had in the past year and then we vote for our top 5. Each person gets 5 votes the first round, 3 the second and 1 the last.…
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23. Always Be a Learner
I remember my first time walking into Willow Creek Community Church for a conference. I was a college senior and my professor had invited me to come with him to a conference on church leadership. I was wide eyed as I walked into a 3000 seat auditorium filled with church leaders from all over the…
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22. Decide What Currency Will Drive You
How do you define success? Why do you do what you do? Maybe an even better question is what drives you to do what you do? What motivates you to keep going when it gets tough and challenging? I started in ministry with a love for people. I couldn’t believe what Jesus had done for…
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21. Keep Risking; Be Innovative
I grew up in a pretty conservative home and community. Risking and trying new things were not things to be celebrated. I went through most of my life believing that it was important to be safe than sorry. I began my ministry career with a mindset that it was wiser to do what had always…
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20. Not Everyone is a World Changer
Over the last 20 years I have heard a number of well meaning phrases that parents tell their kids, that unknowingly sets them up to fail. In my early years of ministry I had parents or leaders pull a student aside and tell them how mature they were. Many times, the student was mature for…
