Continuing on our recent strand of posts about corporate prayer, Michael McKinley at the 9Marks blog has posted Six Ways To Help People Pray: Pretty much everyone would agree that prayer is an important part of the Christian life.  And pretty much everyone would agree that most Christians don’t pray as much or as well …

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Kevin Murray posts a link to a blogpost by Stephen Hafler on the opportunities and pitfalls of short-term mission trips, particularly those from a ‘home’ situation visiting workers in the field. The questions and answers have broader application for other forms of short-term work. Karl Dahlfred writes a helpful post on writing letters (publicising) an …

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The black dog’s barely raised a Monday ‘woof’ for well over six months now, which is sort of a record. J.D. Greear posted three insightful and constructive posts about avoiding burnout last week. Greear credits Brad Hambrick, counseling pastor at their church with this material. Burnout issues are related to the black dog. Not managing …

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Tomorrow night mgpc will be holding our second First Sunday Prayer Service. This piece from Stanley Gale at the Chuck Colson Center For Christian Worldview points out why there’s no substitute for corporate prayer. Do you ever have trouble praying?  Maybe you don’t know what to say.  Or what you do say sounds like you …

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