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    Five Awkward Questions Your Church Needs to Answer (Part Three)

    Posted on March 5, 2018
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    The awkward questions are easy to ignore, but leaders canโ€™t shy away from topics that have the potential to cripple ministry if left unaddressed. What goes unspoken can create divisions and spread distrust. If you havenโ€™t caught up, hereโ€™s what weโ€™ve discussed: Now, we turn to the future. For some, itโ€™s a looming question that…

    Leave-Taking

    Posted on March 1, 2016
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    Last week, I received a lapel pin to commemorate twenty-five years of service to public education. It has actually been twenty-seven years, but my school system has only recently begun such recognitions and is a bit โ€œbehind.โ€ I will not get a thirty-year pin. When I close my calculus text in May, I will close…