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Didn’t See It Coming | Book Review

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Next year, I turn 50. I am neither the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed twentysomething I used to be, nor the worn-out old man yelling, “Get off my lawn!” that I sometimes fear becoming. Instead, I am in between. In between is a weird place to be. You’re neither where you started nor where you’re going. You’ve come a long way, but you’ve still got a long way to go. The journey has given you road-tested experience, but that experience has dulled your wariness of what’s just around the corner. So, when trouble strikes, you don’t see it coming. Carey Nieuwhof didn’t write … Continue reading Didn’t See It Coming | Book Review

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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