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Never Give Up…Never Give In…Never, Never, Never, Never Quit

This was sent me by a friend… Derek Redmond was a world-class runner. During his career, he held the British record for the 400 meter sprint. What’s more, he won gold medals in the 4×400 meter relay at the World Championships, European Championships, and Commonwealth Games. Derek was fast. And at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, […]

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What’s Happening In The Church

A church in my community recently fired its pastor.  It was a small number of folks who spearheaded the effort.  It’s a big church – or it was.  One hundred families have left that congregation since this action. Another congregation has lost significant numbers because a conflict between a Senior Pastor and his staff resulted […]

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Risk

Many years ago I because interest in how the stock market worked.  It became a self-study project – an attempt on my part to learn everything I could about how the stock market works.  I studied all the terms and concepts that you hear a financial analysts use when they appear on the nightly news. […]

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Position Available

Position Available After 48 years playing the organ & piano in several different congregations – with about 20 of them being at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church, Johnnie Taggart is retiring, effective August 28, 2011.  She’ll be missed and we will have a BIG party to send her into retirement in style (she deserves it). As a […]

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Who I Sense God The Spirit Is Making Me Into…

Motto: “Inspire Hope!” Personal Philosophy I want everything I say, think, and do, to make a positive difference in the world, therefore I commit to live in such a way that I inspire hope in others. Mission Statement My mission is to teach, lead, and model what it means to be a follower of Jesus […]

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Traveling First Class

I read an interesting bit of information recently that reminded me of certain attitudes and habits among us that need to be challenged by the vision of reality that Jesus came into the world to embody. The information comes by way of famed preacher John Claypool and harkens back to a time when the stagecoach […]

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A Twelve Month Plan To Energize Your Pastor & Church Staff

In a couple weeks I am leading a “Breakout Session” in a conference for key leaders in churches  from across the Baptist General Association of Virginia.  The breakout session is titled:  “How To Energize Your Pastor and Staff.” I prepared a full session, with a slide show, video, bells & whistles – you know what […]

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Leaving “Shittim”

Read Joshua 3 “Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the star ship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.” Ever since I was a kid and first heard Captain James T. Kirk speak […]

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Leadership Makes A Difference

In his book Developing the Leader Within You, John Maxwell defines a leader as a person of influence.  When a leader speaks, people listen.  When a leader takes an initiative, people are inspired to follow.  When a leader tackles a problem, he or she makes a difference.  Nehemiah was such a leader (read Nehemiah 2:4-8, […]

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Great FREE Book By Eddie Hammett

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