Leaders and volunteers often struggle to find the time to connect with God while tackling work, family, and their volunteer service. I understand, as I’ve struggled with this from time-to-time as well. Let’s understand what true fellowship with God looks like and how we can focus our time to develop this fellowship.
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I have moved the syndication feeds to Feedburner for better tracking and centralized management. You may receive duplicates of previous posts since Feedburner thinks they were all new – this should only happen once. If …
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I had a good friend and mentor email me and ask, regarding some of my recent posts:
I read [your recent] blogs. Interesting stuff. Do you think that churches would ever take the time to …