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Fearless Spirit

DAILY DEVOTIONAL to end the rule of fear in your life blog fearlessfaith.net “14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And …

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Fearless Faith

BLOG & DAILY DEVOTIONAL to end the rule of fear in your life blog fearlessfaith.net “18 … pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be …

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Proverbs 13:22

While at this morning’s session of the Neighborworks Conference on non-profit capacity building, there was an interesting exchange between the group members around accepting money from organizations that didn’t necessarily jibe with the organization’s mission (like tobacco companies, casinos, etc.). There were those who advocated for maintaining mission integrity at all costs (and turning down …

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Repairing the Breach

Although I’m still technically a little shaky about blogging in general, I am firm in why I want this work – I believe that faith groups have a critically important role to play in the reduction of violence in our cities. But our churches are largely absent in their emerging role. There’s a terrible disconnect …

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Soooo, one of the constant questions that I get from pastors is, “how do you connect with young people these days?”  It is often a dilemma that plagues those ministers (generally older) who have to “break the ice” and begin a process of engagement.  Ministers have asked me about how I would dress when I …