Ray Ortlund explores the practical outworking of being reconciled to God on our personal relationships: An excerpt: Let’s ask ourselves some hard questions: Who are we keeping our distance from? Who are we avoiding? Who are we hoping we won’t run into around town? Whose presence makes us feel awkward because of some painful history? …

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A short article on a study about how cities/nations invariably massively underestimate the cost of hosting the games when they bid, why the budget blows out, how the infrastructure built to host the games provides a much lower value to the ongoing life of the community relative to other capital developments, and that some sort …

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I find value in reading posts on the theme of change from differing authors. There are many common threads, such as the main ideas of this post by Nick Batzig, which include: planning, communication, focus, and consistency. A sample: Sessions must lead the congregation forward by means of informational newsletters, meetings and/or personal conversations. Some …

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