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Four Things NOT to do and TO DO to better use small groups
A national group of SBC small group leaders put out this question: "If I were to use my groups as a means of connecting, strengthening,...
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Jan 27
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Prayerfully Grateful
One of the men I’ve been praying for this year posted on social media how lucky he had been. He was trying to be upbeat, but listed over...
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Jan 20
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Tone deaf
In Matthew 15:11, Jesus said, “It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a...
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Jan 13
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Crossing the Digital Divide
The pastor of a CABA church said that he always printed out copies of his emails to give to church members who don’t have computers. My...
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Jan 6
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When You Are Hacked
My Facebook account was hacked last Fall. I lost complete control. The hacker then turned into a scammer and posted several items for...
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Dec 30, 2024
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Never Outrun a Grizzly Bear
Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains , said that when he was out jogging, he violated every rule when he encountered a black...
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Dec 23, 2024
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Why You Need to Match Your Church’s Changing Size
The chairman of deacons of a once-large church in another state sought my input on his new plan. The church used to run 900+ and was now...
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Dec 16, 2024
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Experiencing a Memorable Christmas
Smells start each fall with pumpkin-spice lattes, fresh-baked apple pies at Thanksgiving, and we’re now in homes filled with the scent of...
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Dec 12, 2024
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Five Reasons Why You Need to be Lizard
In 1950, a woman returned to Cincinnati from vacationing in Milan, Italy. Traveling in her luggage was a little lizard. And for some...
Mark Snowden
Dec 2, 2024
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Five Evangelism Sparks that Catch Fire
Firemen are awesome first-responders. They run toward the action. And when they arrive, they know what to do and how to do it. Here are...
Mark Snowden
Nov 25, 2024
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Knowing when to assimilate or start something new
A family friend is third generation Hong Kong Chinese. She is as American as my daughter. Although her race is Chinese-American, I would...
Mark Snowden
Nov 18, 2024
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Cincinnati’s link to Global Missions
It used to be that if the International Mission Board had one missionary unit enter a country, then the whole country was colored in on...
Mark Snowden
Nov 11, 2024
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Thoughts on Preventing Church Embezzlement
Preventing embezzlement starts with the pastor. Yes, that’s a little extreme, but pastors are the leaders that bring change. They are the...
Mark Snowden
Nov 4, 2024
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ReVITALize! Why are you standing there?
After living in nine cities, I found that Richmond, Va., had the best city planning by far. Before a new neighborhood or apartment...
Mark Snowden
Oct 28, 2024
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There are no shortcuts to working in God’s harvest
Way back in the 1980s, the IMB gave each missionary a quota of how many gospel tracts they needed to distribute each month. And by the...
Mark Snowden
Oct 21, 2024
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Heads up, Leader—You CAN Make Disciples Like Jesus Did
If we’re making disciples like Jesus did, then there’s a different paradigm at work. It all starts with you, the leader as you gather...
Mark Snowden
Oct 14, 2024
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Running for Daylight
Running backs in football have an amazing knack for finding a hole in the line just wide enough to sprint through. And once they pop...
Mark Snowden
Oct 7, 2024
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Learning from our History
Community engagement is our theme this year. In order to be intentional, it often requires that we learn from our history in order to...
Mark Snowden
Sep 30, 2024
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Reaching the Next Generations
Years ago I subscribed to a magazine called Mental Floss. Today it is an online publication. As I was looking through it, I was astounded...
Mark Snowden
Sep 23, 2024
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Cincinnati is a Mission Field
This is a call for CABA church leaders to re-think their community as a mission field. Our theme for this coming year starting next month...
Mark Snowden
Sep 16, 2024
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