Jul

27

Is Your Group Changing Lives?

July 27, 2009 | Comments Off

The Bible was not given to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives.” ~Dwight L. Moody Is your small group using the Bible to change lives or to simply increase knowledge? Are your members growing in godliness? Are they better able to navigate the rough waters of life since being part of your group? [...]

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Jul

24

The [expanded] Bible is Here!

July 24, 2009 | Comments Off

I’m so excited! I just received my hard copy of The [expanded] Bible by Thomas Nelson, sent to me by Senior VP Wayne Hastings after reading my review of the PDF version. It’s an amazing resource, and I can’t wait to test drive it. It offers all the features I mentioned in the earlier post [...]

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Jul

9

Connie Conflict and Annie Anger: Dealing with Conflict Among Members

July 9, 2009 | Comments Off

Here’s a chapter that didn’t make it into Why Didn’t You Warn Me? How to Deal With Challenging Group Members. I thought I’d share it with you. Then I’d love to hear your ideas. CONNIE CONFLICT and ANNIE ANGER are neighbors. They hate one another. No one is quite sure when the animosity began, although [...]

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Jul

7

When Life Comes Crashing In

July 7, 2009 | Comments Off

I apologize to all of my loyal readers for my lack of posting over the past month. It’s been a little crazy around here. As some of you know, I’m in seminary and also provide long distance medical management for my mother. During the last month of school (the paper and finals month for those [...]

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