Deep Imprints

MAY 11, 2012

When you are in a pit of sour, it is hard to make that mental transformation that will help you see the positive. Remember your grandma telling you to turn your lemons into lemonade? Me neither, but someone on TV said it, I’m sure. The skill we are looking at is called reframing. Here is an easy example.

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Deep Imprints

MARCH 22, 2012

How can a pastor, whose ‘work life’ is the church maintain authority and position and really demonstrate a life and ministry of grace? We understand grace, but then switch to a power model to determine who to let into the inner circles. Can a pastor demonstrate that life happens in both triangles?

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Deep Imprints

MARCH 10, 2012

In fact, when we have great responsibility, we find that we have a lot of things to deal with, and the short cut to getting it all done is to use our position to make sure others do as we need. Have you noticed that with great responsibility, there tends to be great power?

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Deep Imprints

MARCH 10, 2012

Wrenching it into position might do more harm than good…or so I tell myself. There is my family life – who doesn’t have housework to do, bills to pay…and if I really had my act together, I could write a letter or two. Wes has been home sick a lot this week, so my natural rhythm for the details of life is totally whack.

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Deep Imprints

MARCH 4, 2012

The people who are in key positions in society to make a real difference end up being on the edges of church life. In the upside down pyramid, or the concentric circles models, those who are on the inside don’t have a lot of contact outside the church. We have so much to learn from one another.

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Deep Imprints

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

We are happier, less stressed, and more positive. Getting more exercise helps us physically, lowering our blood pressure, increasing our heart health, and helping us to manage weight. But exercising also helps us in other areas of our lives. When we exercise, we feel better.

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Deep Imprints

JUNE 19, 2012

Were these positive changes? Study – after about a month, review your findings. Did you meet your goal? What other stats changed?

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Deep Imprints

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Do you feel like you are hanging over the edge of a cliff? Sometimes life gets so bleak we can’t figure out which way is up. In fact, depending on the moment, we might feel like we are hanging upside down off the side of a cliff – and we can’t figure out how we [.].

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Deep Imprints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The other day, I was talking to one of my teens. They were so overwhelmed by a friend who has a negative approach to life. My teen then ruminated (ad nauseam) how negative this is to be around. I began to see how our perspective can be habitual. Every day, you have a choice. There will be [.].

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Deep Imprints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The other day, I was talking to one of my teens. They were so overwhelmed by a friend who has a negative approach to life. My teen then ruminated (ad nauseam) how negative this is to be around. I began to see how our perspective can be habitual. Every day, you have a choice. There will be [.].

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Deep Imprints

MARCH 5, 2012

So the truth of the matter is that when one is in leadership, there is a certain amount of power that goes with the position. After all, one must speak with authority…and people listen. However, as pastors, our goal isn’t to exude power, but to garner influence…for the sake of others, not for the sake of power.

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