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Doing Leadership Transitions Well

Every Nation Philippines is going through a lot of significant transitions. Yesterday, at Victory U-Belt, it was announced to the entire church that Pastor Gilbert Foliente is now the new Executive Director of Every Nation Philippines and CJ Nunag...

Living Bridges

Carla and I love documentaries. Our new favorite is Human Planet by BBC. It showcases how humans live in some of the most extreme environments of the world. One episode showed the people in Meghalaya, India. They live in one of the wettest places on...

The Most Impressive or The Most Leaders?

My family has been in Brazil for the past eight days attending a conference of youth leaders from all over the nation. Hearing their stories, observing the worship, and building relationships here has been a blast. One main thing that struck me was...

Will You Be Iguodala?

Congratulations to the Golden State Warriors! My favorite storyline from the NBA Finals: In the beginning of the season, Iguodala agrees to come off the bench this season, despite being a starter his whole career because that’s what was best...

The Wrong Responses

The Right Response to a correction is called Repentance. It’s a change of direction, not just an emotional thing. (And it’s so important, I’ve apparently blogged it twice, thirteen months apart. Whoops!) But like many things, there...

Walk With Me Moments

We call them “Walk With Me” moments. One of our leaders, our fathers in the ministry, will talk to you individually and say, “Walk with me.” That’s when you know it’s coming. Sometimes, rarely, it’s nothing...

What Your Mentors Say (About You)

My wife said something very profound yesterday afternoon.  “You can tell a lot about a person by who they choose to listen to. It tells you if they’re really looking for wisdom or just someone to agree with them.” Do an audit...

Encouraging Failures

Sometimes when I read the Bible, I’m encouraged by God’s promises to us. Sometimes when I read the Bible, I’m encouraged by God’s power and how He moves on behalf of His people. Sometimes when I read the Bible I’m...

Accountability is Sought

Trying a new format of blogs. I’ve been horribly inconsistent in 2015 because of a lot of writing I have to do at work. So I’m going with much shorter microblogs. Here’s today’s entry. Thought for the day by Paolo...

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