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It lingers with me in continual reflection and i am encouraged. It offers a refreshing look at why we serve and the need to be aware of our ministry blind spots. Doing good can be a temptation to be performers and people-pleasers.
Are you, perhaps, having a love affair with your work that rightfully belongs to your spouse or family? There needs to be balance so that our families we are supposed to be spending time with do not get leftovers. Being accountable to others makes us ... Read More
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You may even consider sharing it with the leaders in your congregation
Those sparking these conversations at times rather provocatively have helped countless individuals churches small nonprofits an... Read More
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The problem begins when we start doing good with the best of intentions but end up enabling or trying to control the lives of others
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A must read for leaders of all kind those in business or in the nonprofit world
I have spent my whole adult working career in the christian nonprofit world
Gods definition of success differs from the world
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- This product had a total of 104 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 1 2022.
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That working and helping and striving is enough
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Among these themes are the dangers of throwing oneself so entirely into the cause that only leftovers remain for loved ones of justifying moral lapses “for a good cause” of living with a sacredsecular dualism and of failing to build relationships marked by accountability
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Typically i stay away from christianthemed nonfiction because the writing gets boring and the themes dry
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But when i saw this bookpeter greers the spiritual danger of doing goodon the book review list for bethany house it sounded interesting and i figured i would take a shot in the dark
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Greer repeats over and over that we are not saved by works god gives grace freely and he is not impressed with empty service or a checklist full of good works
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I feel like i can easily get caught up in the impression people get of me rather than why i actually go to the nursing home singing or reach out to people in church and then my socalled good works are nothing more than a glorified time sheet not lovefilled hours for god
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As a result i am drawn as much or more to books on leadership than i am to books on parenting
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