Month: September 2018

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How to Overcome Cynicism, Compromise, and Disconnection | Influence Podcast

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Cynicism. Compromise. Disconnection. Irrelevance. Pride. Burnout. Emptiness. No one expects to experience these negative feelings, but everyone does. As Christians and as leaders in the Church, the question we need to ask ourselves is what we should do about them. That’s the question I explore with Carey Nieuwhof in Episode 152 of the Influence Podcast. Carey Nieuwhof is teaching and founding pastor of Connexus Church in Barrie, Ontario, and author of Didn’t See It Coming, published by WaterBrook. P.S. This article is cr0ss-posted from Influence Magazine with permission. Continue reading How to Overcome Cynicism, Compromise, and Disconnection | Influence Podcast

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On Reading Well | Book Review

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For as long as I can remember, I have loved to read. My father was a pastor and my mother was a teacher, so there were always books around the house — preeminently the Bible, but also works of fiction and nonfiction. I never caught flak for reading as such, but my mom would sometimes look askance at me when I told her I was reading fiction. Fiction is weird. Pablo Picasso wrote, “We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” Leland Ryken, my college English professor, said the same thing … Continue reading On Reading Well | Book Review