Guest Post by Ed Underwood [This post is Part 2 of a 5 Part series, Sustaining Friendships] We all want them–sustaining relationships, those friends I talked about in Part 1 of this series. Even as kindergartners, our little hearts longed for a friend we could depend on. We need people who won’t let us down at […]
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[Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing a series by one of my friends and mentors, Ed Underwood, on sustaining friendships– a topic critical for our every day lives as Christians and for all those in leadership.] Guest Post by Ed Underwood In the early, early morning of Saturday, April 12, 2008 I was
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A good friend of mine and mentor once said, “I’m not a big fan of my peer group.” It was a wild comment. My friend is in his sixties, has been a pastor for some thirty plus years and is a mentor to many younger pastors—yet, he is one of the biggest critics of his
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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month. Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I find that doing the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about his plans.” George MacDonald
President Obama’s “Pastor-in-Chief” (TIME Magazine) and longtime spiritual advisor, Joshua DuBois led the White House faith-based initiative during Obama’s first term, and served with the President for years before that. Joshua writes a regular religion column for The Daily Beast and has authored several cover stories for Newsweek magazine. Joshua graduated from Boston University and
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin
Guest Post by Jeff Caliguire I could tell she felt uncomfortable. The only woman in a leader’s gathering of sixteen other men. “There were other women invited,” I told her. “One just texted me that she had something come up and needed to cancel.” She smiled awkwardly, and without her needing to say it, I
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