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	<title>Consulting, Coaching &#38; Chatter &#187; Leadership Development</title>
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		<title>Why Most Church Consultations Don&#8217;t Make a Long Term Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We at 21st Century Strategies have been doing church consultations for over twenty-three years and we&#8217;ve had the opportunity to study why some churches thrive after a consultant has done their job, and why other churches fail. Conversations with other church consultants reveal a lot of the same data. Here&#8217;s the bottom line: for most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Email: Friend or Foe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill T-B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my most common &#8220;ongoing battles&#8221; with congregational leaders I work with is the effective use of emails/Facebook messages, etc. The age of less-is-more, microwaves, and140 character communication hasn&#8217;t just arrived, it&#8217;s made itself at home in the church. And though it might be rather convenient, I&#8217;m seeing an alarming rise in misunderstandings and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fifth Spiritual Habit: Personal Faith Sharing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill T-B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fifth core spiritual habit shifts the focus from ourselves and the church, and puts it where it ultimately belongs – on others. Jesus’ last commandment was to make disciples and to be a witness to what we’ve experienced in Jesus Christ (as opposed to what we’ve experience in the “church”). In general, the church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fourth Core Spiritual Habit: Kindnesses Done in Jesus’ Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill T-B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the fourth core spiritual habit, we’ve reached a significant shift. Up until now the spiritual habits have focused either on our relationship with God or our relationship with the church. In other words, the first three core spiritual habits are inward focused. The fourth habit, though, takes Jesus’ command to love our neighbors seriously. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Third Spiritual Habit: Intentionally Encouraging Other Christians</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill T-B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a big advocate of one-anothering, perhaps because it was practiced so effectively in the early church. One-anothering is how Christians are called (and expected) to treat each another – at least from a New Testament perspective. In the Gospels, Jesus gave us five love directives: (1) Love God; (2) love our neighbors; (3) love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Second Core Spiritual Habit: Conversationing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill T-B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who read my previous post may have been surprised that I suggested scripture reading may be the most transformative spiritual habit. I’m sure there are those who would argue that prayer offers more opportunities for the Spirit’s injection into our lives. However, so long as the average prayer is a monologue, it’s unlikely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Core Spiritual Habit: Pick Up and Read</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill T-B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first, and typically most transformative spiritual habit, is surprisingly scripture reading. I’m fond of saying “I’m a scientist’s son and a Mainliner at heart,” so when I tell church leaders that if they’ll just start reading scripture regularly their lives will be transformed, they sometimes look at me as if I was from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Core Spiritual Habits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill T-B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although my book High-Voltage Spirituality is a compendium of forty-eight different spiritual habits (disciplines), in practice I maintain there are five core spiritual habits that provide a foundation for personal maturity and church growth. And so it was with a mix of horror and relief when I was informed my book High-Voltage Spirituality was going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow&#8217;s Church Today &#8211; Pt. 2</title>
		<link>http://www.billtennybrittian.com/archives/429</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill T-B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Continued from "Tomorrow's Church Today - Pt. 1." The first half of this post was first published in the Mar-Apr 2010 issue of Net Results magazine.] The technology used in the service would have been astounding to see in many churches, and yet nothing being used isn&#8217;t already a part of the culture&#8217;s fabric. Even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Leaders &#8211; A Contradiction in Terms?</title>
		<link>http://www.billtennybrittian.com/archives/420</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill T-B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a thoughtful note from a Church-Talk listener. He contended that the church has fallen under the spell of the culture&#8217;s understanding and practice of leadership. He went on the say that the church must follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit rather than fallen mortal man. I thought he was pretty perceptive in [...]]]></description>
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