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  “It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be Great.” —Thom Rainer, Breakout Churches The first sentence in Thom Rainer’s Breakout Churches smacked me. Being good—and perhaps better than many—is certainly no justification for falling short of being great. Greatness is often sacrificed on the altar of goodness. After all, we are probably better off than some. By greatness I simply mean reaching our fullest potential, and this looks [ continue reading ]

  Working with Volunteers – Part 1 Volunteers Are Our Job. As a church leader you need volunteers to accomplish the work you have been called to do. Without them the work will not get done. (Can you imagine the choir without the volunteers?) Volunteers are the driving force behind the work of the church. When we involve others, better ideas are generated and more work gets done. But volunteers are more than agents who [ continue reading ]

  “They live in their own countries, but only as nonresidents; they participate in everything as citizens, and endure everything as foreigners. Every foreign country is their fatherland, and every fatherland is foreign. They marry like everyone else, and have children, but they do not expose their offspring. They share their food but not their wives. They are in the flesh, but they do not live according to the flesh. They live on earth, but [ continue reading ]