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This blog helps pastors and church leaders foster spiritual discernment and maintain a healthy work-life balance, offering reflections and practical advice to lead with clarity and purpose rooted in a strong connection with God.

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A Prayer for the Church

This blog is dedicated to issues of discernment within the church and among church leaders. While I have not mustered the discipline to write a weekly entry, I often discover discernment related text in Scripture. This week, I was preparing for an...

Wade Allen By Wade Allen
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If

A few weeks ago, I was reading James 4. James is addressing a fighting church. I know that it is difficult to imagine Christians fighting; those inside the church never bicker. I hope you can sense the sarcasm dripping from these words. Certainly,...

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God's Timing

In the last couple of weeks, we have been walking through the story of Joseph. We have particularly focused on God’s timing in Joseph’s life. In Genesis 40-41, Joseph is required to wait on God. Joseph lands in prison after being accused of raping...

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Reliance

In our culture, we are often told that we can accomplish whatever we want. We simply need to give it enough energy, focus; if we simply work hard enough, it will be ours. This mindset has also made its way into the psyche of many churches. If we c...

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Adventure

Our leadership team is facing a fair amount of turnover this year. Our church constitution requires three-year terms; each leader must sit out for a year between terms. The nominating team often complains that few are willing to serve in leadershi...

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Church Unity

Most churches strive for church unity. This is not a bad goal. In fact, the early church was admonished to be of one mind. Paul seemed to continually press the churches in the first century toward unity. Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus: (...

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