I’ll spend the next several blogs dealing with these words one at a time. But let me offer a broad generalization that foreshadows where I’m going. I believe that every one of these has a place in the church, and I believe that our problems are due to false connotations rather than the underlying concept. We’ll see that with the M word – “marketing” – in just a few days.
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You’ve probably heard the expression, “The shortest distance from A to B is a straight line.” While this statement is true in geometry, it’s a dangerous principle for leadership. One…
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