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QUESTION:
“Hey man, if you’ve got time i just wondered what the greatest piece of advice you would have for a worship pastor going to a new church.”
Well…I may have not a greatest but 10 GREATEST HITS perhaps. Read to the end to see what I think is the THE single most important advice I could give. (more…)
Well, if you are a leader in your church over the spiritual care of others, are you for real? Do you represent what you teach, and does your reputation match the real you? Yes, these are painful questions I ask myself. The reason I know I have to ask them is because everyone around me asks them to one degree or another. The honest answer would be, “not really.” I am not that “for real” or at least as much as I should be. Gasp. Its true. I am selfish and at times do not see the incredible value of the people right in front of me, including at times my very own family. Yeah, I would do anything for the local church. But perhaps that is the problem. (more…)
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