One of the greater challenges of a Community Group leader is preventing your group from getting into a “rut”. Regular routines to your group time are important in the beginning to facilitate trust and continuity. However, we have all been a part of groups that we could predict exactly what the order of events would … Continue reading Mixing It Up
The Art of the Follow-up Question…
Part of preparing every lesson we teach and/or facilitate during the course of our group meetings are questions for specific application. If we lead a Community Group, the last thing we want is to instruct our group members in the truth of God, only for them to fail to understand “how” that truth intersects with … Continue reading The Art of the Follow-up Question…
Living a Compelling Life
I hope the Challenging the Assumptions sermon series caused you, like it did me, to pause and consider the current state of our witness for Christ. The realities discussed hit painfully close to home! But more importantly, what was the outcome? Was it merely some temporary discomfort replaced by the latest attention grabber? Or was … Continue reading Living a Compelling Life
The Leader’s Edge
As I have been doing an in-depth study of the Old Testament the last couple of years in my personal study time, I have been amazed at the wide-range of effectiveness of God’s leaders as they led His people. In every circumstance, the spiritual direction of God’s people was inherently driven by the spiritual direction … Continue reading The Leader’s Edge
Getting Unstuck: Practicing the Presence
We’ve all experienced plateaus. Whether it was in our physical exercise regimen, our job skills, or even our spiritual lives, we have all had those seasons when we have felt stuck. We aren’t going backwards, but it seems that our forward progress and growth was very limited, if present at all. However, in time that … Continue reading Getting Unstuck: Practicing the Presence
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