April 10, 2007
Volume IV


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Founder Co-Founders Message

A few weeks ago we were speaking at a Family Conference put on by “House On The Rock Ministries” in Lancaster, PA which is the same small town where the Amish massacre happened several months ago.  While there we reconnected with our friends, Jonas and Anne Beiler (of Auntie Anne’s Soft Pretzels), and sat in on one of their workshops in which they were talking about forgiveness. 

 

During the workshop, Jonas shared a little bit about that fatal day when several young Amish girls were slaughtered in a small one room school house.  Jonas related that CNN contacted him at home the evening of the shootings and questioned him about what he thought would happen next. Jonas told them, “Within twenty-four hours the families of these young girls will be at the door step of this man’s house extending forgiveness.”  The reporter was surprised by his answer and asked why he would think that, to which Jonas replied, “Forgiveness is what the Amish do; it’s who they are.” 

 

In our last newsletter we shared one man’s story of forgiveness, but what if the circumstances are far greater and the wounds go much deeper? What then?

 

Nancy Leigh DeMoss addresses that thought through another compelling story from her book Choosing Forgiveness.

- Eric and Jennifer Garcia

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Pearls Pearls Of Wisdom - Focusing Your Life

"CONFIDENCE... A Struggle for Every Leader"
- by Bobb Biehl

Every leader I’ve ever dealt with struggles with confidence at certain points.  You may be very confident 90% of the time but you may reach certain patches of time where your confidence falters.  At times your confidence wobbles, you feel insecure, anxious.  You feel like you’re flying a 747 and the last checkout you had was in a Piper Cub.  Basically, you feel insecure and all of a sudden you begin procrastinating.

CONFIDENCE IS A BY--PRODUCT OF PREDICTABILITY.

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Leadership Leadership

"Why Leaders Can't Lead" - by Bruce McNicol

In Good To Great, Jim Collins asserts there are only two qualities common in all great leaders. Amazing—only two. Wouldn’t you like to have those qualities?

 

This week I received a lengthy report from Scotland about a Christian leader in the United States who’s having trouble leading. I like Warren Bennis’ book title, Why Leaders Can’t Lead. One would think leaders could lead. That’s why they call them leaders, right? Wrong.

 

The story is about a guy attempting to lead one of the 1,200 Protestant churches in the United States which average more than 2,000 in attendance. His church is spiraling toward severe, if not irreparable damage.

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Prayer Prayer

"Misconceptions About Prayer" - by Jennifer Kennedy Dean

# 3 Some pray as if prayer is the means of cajoling God into releasing His carefully hoarded riches.

 

What makes prayer work the way God says it will work? How can we experience the power in prayer that Scripture promises? 

 

In this series, we have been exploring the myths that have crept into our prayer theology, robbing prayer of its full potential to release the power and provision of God in our lives. We have looked at three myths: (1) Some pray as if prayer is the way to get "things" from God; (2) Some pray as if prayer will give God new information or inspire in Him new ideas; and 3) Some pray as if God sometimes forgets or tries to renege on His promises and is depending on pray-ers to remind Him of them.

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Focus Group Spotlight


Focus Focus Group Spotlight

My Dream 'Team of Two'
- by Lynne Benson, Leadership Development Focus Group

When Len retired from the United States Air Force in 2004, I could not imagine how it would be to spend 24/7 with him, even though I considered him my best friend!  I actually pushed him to get another job right away to put off this inevitable scenario.

 

It soon became obvious that there would be no other job; instead, we were being drawn back to our home state of Vermont to spend time with the family and help care for our aging mothers.

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