Issue #372
2/18/2009
What will heal America?
by Rick Warren
America needs healing. We need healing in our economy. We need healing in our schools. We need healing in our marriages and families. And, most of all, we need healing in our hearts. So what will it take to heal our land? In this issue, we’ll look at four actions God has called us to model as spiritual leaders. [more]
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A pastor’s deepest joys and greatest fears
by Denise George

The role of today’s pastor brings both joy and fear. Pastors get to observe firsthand how Christ’s love transforms lives. They are given opportunities to help people journey through life’s inevitable “rites of passage,” both wonderful and sorrowful. But pastors also experience fears. In this issue, Denise George uncovers three surprising fears that pastors have and what church members can do to help. [more]


Innovative Planning: Your Church in 4-D
Bud Wrenn  

Pastor, it’s great to have a grand dream for your church. But this book, written by the pastor of a Purpose Driven church in North Carolina, will help you turn your dream into a real vision – one with a pragmatic potential of completion. Innovative Planning picks up where most ministry books stop – helping you do what you’ve been reading about in other books. No matter where you want to take your church, this book can provide the planning necessary to do it. Pastor Rick says, “Any church leaders can influence their church to accomplish a vision by reading this book and applying its principles.”

 
   


"Christlike preaching is life-related and produces a changed lifestyle. It doesn’t just inform, it transforms." - Rick Warren



"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place." - 2 Chronicles 7:14-15 ()



Celebrate Recovery One-Day Conferences - In the next two months one-day Celebrate Recovery conferences will be coming to Jacksonville, Fla.; New Orleans; and Nashville.
7 Days of Servolution - Come together with churches all over the world April 3-9 for 7 Days of Servolution – a chance to impact lives in your community this Easter season through simple acts of kindness and generosity.
Pastor Kurt Johnston’s blog - If you or someone you know is involved in youth ministry, this blog should be on your “must read” list. The junior high pastor at Saddleback Church, Kurt has long been a respected voice on youth ministry.
The Shape of Faith to Come - Get the first 175 pages of Brad Waggoner’s new book The Shape of Faith to Come, a telling look at the basic spiritual beliefs and actions of typical Protestant churchgoers. All you need to do is provide an e-mail address.
Catalyst One-Day Conferences - Check out these one-day Catalyst conferences in Atlanta and Dallas. At the conference you’ll hear Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel share about how to create momentum in your church.
Saddleback’s Daily DriveTime Devotionals - Listen to daily devotional thoughts by Saddleback teaching pastor Tom Holladay. Pastor Tom is going through the Bible a book at a time, one chapter a week through these podcasts. Download them for your own spiritual growth or pass them on to your congregation.


Changing churches one big idea at a time - Eric Bramlett

WorldView: Predictions and possibilities - Erich Bridges

The birth of a vision - Bud Wrenn

Love that never fails - Mary Southerland



“Success is uncommon, therefore not to be enjoyed by the common man. I’m looking for uncommon people.” - Coach Cal Stoll to Tony Dungy, in Dungy’s book Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

“Perhaps the ultimate test of a leader is not what you are able to do in the here and now – but instead what continues to grow long after you’ve gone.” - Tom Rath and Barry Conchie, Strength Based Leadership (Gallup Press, 2009)

“Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.” - the character of Benjamin Button, in the movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (2008)

A person living in the United States has a one in 5,613 chance of sustaining a non-fatal injury from interacting with a television set. - Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” - C.S. Lewis, Is Theology Poetry? (1945)

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