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It’s good to pay attention to what’s going well. Most congregations — like most people — can accomplish more by building on their strengths than…

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What needs to die in your church? We begin the journey of restarting your church by allowing for, even encouraging, places of death. We choose…

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Drawing on his experience leading a strategic planning process, Pastor Myung Sun Han identifies key lessons to keep a church-wide planning exercise positive, productive, and…

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Have you ever experienced motion sickness? Persons who suffer from motion sickness become severely ill when traveling at certain speeds or distances. In many cases,…

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Not long ago, while driving along the coast observing nature, I became aware of countless people fishing. I wondered what their visions or expectations were…

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“Where there is no vision, the people will perish,” Proverbs reminds us. Vision is one of the five human senses, but is also one of…

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Bishop Schol writes that spiritual leaders help a congregation discern and attain a vision of their future. Spiritual leaders are compelled by vision. Out of…

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Rhonda VanDyke Colby writes about the congregation at Bon Air United Methodist Church making an imaginative turn from the church’s history to its mission in articulating…

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Lovett Weems offers the example of the Girl Scouts USA who understood that continued viability depends on adapting to changes in national demographics. A community…


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