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We just spent 22 days of prayer, I took a few days off of the blog as well.
So what next?
Listen.
The Thursday after the 22 Days I was walking my kids to class and one of their teachers grabbed me in a semi-panic. “We need 50 volunteers for next [...]

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2 minutes of prayer @ 2pm for 22 Days
Servant Leadership is the model but that is not all of the story. Another aspect of leadership we need to wrestle with is our gifting. How has God wired you? What talents are at your disposal? And you can’t say none because that’s [...]

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2 minutes @ 2pm for 22 days
Like we said yesterday, Jesus’ style of leadership starts with followership…serving. Hence the term ’servant leadership.’
The best example of servant leadership in scripture is in John 13. Jesus washes the disciples feet. Couple of things pop in the story concerning servant leadership.
1. Jesus had all [...]

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For the background, you can read here.
2 minutes @ 2pm for 22 days
This week – leadership. When we talk about leadership, we really mean followership. We want to be able to say the same words as Paul – follow me as I follow Christ. So any leadership starts first with following Jesus. [...]

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2 minutes a day at 2 pm for 22 days…Pray for Western Hills.
The elephant in the room…
I don’t know of too many pastors that like speaking about money. (At least good ones.) I used to cringe at the thought of talking about money from up front. I mean, what’s the point? [...]

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2 minutes a day at 2 pm for 22 days…Pray for Western Hills.
We defined it yesterday, let me finish the arc today with a couple of things.
How does it speak to our questions? (See here for questions)
Doesn’t take a genius to see the connection but I do want to point out a couple of [...]

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2 minutes a day at 2 pm for 22 days…Pray for Western Hills.

What does stewardship mean?
Stewardship is one of those words that I wished we had a substitute for but we don’t. Any other word we try to use falls short. In most church settings, “stewardship” means money. That honestly short changes [...]

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You don’t think of 22 days being that long of a time period. It’s less than a month but long for a trip. How many consecutive 22 days have really mattered?
We started 22 days of prayer at Western Hills this past Sunday. Here’s the bulk of how I unpacked it:
There [...]

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