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Enjoying the Grace of Belonging
One of the great hungers of the human heart is belonging. We want to be part of something. We want to be wanted by someone.
“Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mark 3:35)
The context of the...
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Paving the Way for Ministry Expansion: Leading Like Jesus (Part 3 of 3)
We talk about how Jesus trained his inner circle, and how they came to
know him better through times alone with him. We also talk a bit about the strategic importance of Jesus being alone with his Father daily in the...
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Paving the Way for Ministry Expansion: Leading Like Jesus (Part 2 of 3)
This is the second episode in a three-part series on Paving the Way for Ministry Expansion in which I unpack Seven Key Moments in the Life of Jesus. If you missed Part 1, be sure to go back and listen to get up to...
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Paving the Way for Ministry Expansion: Leading Like Jesus (Part 1 of 3)
Recently, Gem and I led a training for a group of leaders. On the final morning, I talked Paving the Way for Ministry Expansion: Seven Key Moments in the Life of Jesus. Today I’m teaching on how prayer and leadership...
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Real Life Marriage- I Promise to Love You Even When I Hate You
Alan and I recently celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary. About three weeks ago, I wrote a beautiful tribute to our long time love and sent it out to our email community. A week and a half later, we went on a...
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10,000 Minutes: Following Jesus All Week Long (Tim Timmons)
In today’s episode, we're sharing a recent conversation between Alan and Tim Timmons. If you listen to Christian radio, you may already be enjoying his music.
Alan enjoyed catching up with Tim, as it had been a while...
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What We Miss When We Hurry
We are continuing our conversation on An Unhurried Life. We'll talk about the signs of hurry in every day life, the dynamics that accelerate our inner life and what good gets squeezed out when we are hurried inside.
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Unpacking An Unhurried Life - Five Years Later
It’s a fun episode today, because tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of Alan’s first book, An Unhurried Life. It is still gaining momentum and finding its audience. The word unhurried just really resonates with people....
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The Ocean of God's Love
Here's another prayerful practice you can use in the middle of a busy day to help you become present and remember that God is with you. We’ll envision ourselves on the ocean shore and I’ll share a few phrases from...
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The Fruit of the Spirit Are Not a To Do List
Join us on our podcast today as we talk about our "normal condition" and about living from within the source of it all...God Himself.
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Spiritual Friendship - The Power of Sheer Encouragement
Spiritual friendship is a life-giving gift we give ourselves and others. There are likely people in your life who are struggling with self-doubt, fear or other issues. You can be a loving, listening ear and a quiet...
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The Unhurried Way of Love
In these weeks following Easter, our church community has been focusing on “Resurrection: A New Life of Love.” The essence of the risen life is love. Living a risen life is living in Jesus’ way of love.
We live in...
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