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Kevin’s Letter—What Happens When We Make Room

by Paul Chappell | Dec 22, 2012 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership

The story is told of a struggling community who called an open town meeting to discuss their financial straits. Included in the group of a couple dozen people at the meeting was a stranger. No one knew him, and no one paid him any attention. In fact, once when he...

7 Traits of a Spiritual Leader’s Vision

by Paul Chappell | Dec 19, 2012 | Ministry Leadership

What do you envision your sphere of leadership and ministry looking like twelve months from now? If you desire for it to be different in any way than it is now, you must plan for it. Vision is an often-misunderstood concept. When a spiritual leader seeks to develop...

One Powerful Paragraph

by Paul Chappell | Dec 15, 2012 | Ministry Leadership

Sometimes you read an entire book for a single illustration or paragraph. Such was the case for me recently in reading Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp. The paragraph below is worth the entire book. I urge you to read it slowly: It is only love for Christ that can...

Who’s Carrying Your Load

by Paul Chappell | Dec 12, 2012 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership

If you’re anything like me—and most people I meet are in this regard—you’ve shouldered too many burdens that you wish you would have given to the Lord. Sometimes we forget to give them to the Lord. Sometimes we just don’t want to let them go. Sometimes we struggle to...

7 Steps to Christmas Peace

by Paul Chappell | Dec 10, 2012 | Christian Life

It’s strange that the very time of year we celebrate “peace on earth” is one of the most frazzled and hectic. But Christmastime or not, many of us grind through our days with a heart empty of peace. The world is filled with overload of all kinds. But God’s children...