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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 can’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 haven’t caught up, here’s what we’ve discussed: Now, we turn to the future. For some, it’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 “behind.” I will not get a thirty-year pin. When I close my calculus text in May, I will close…