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Become_a_Training_Leader.pdf

Becoming a Training Leader by Dan Webster
As a leader do you ever wonder what exactly you should be teaching and modeling to those under your care? A retired United States nuclear submarine captain recently told me about his priorities in training young leaders. He shared with me how...

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Defeating_Discouragement.pdf

Defeating Discouragement by Bill Allison
While everyone has highs and lows, it has been my experience and observation that church leaders seem to have a proclivity for higher highs and much lower lows. Indeed, my ministry experience has always been a mountain top experience. Either I’ve been on the top of the mountain or the mountain has been on top of me...

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Finding_True_North.pdf

Finding True North by Dan Webster
Jeremiah was a faithful prophet with very few hiccups in his walk with God. The older I get the more that impresses me. I turned 50 this last year and I’ve found myself reflecting more on the concept of faithfulness...

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Speaking_to_Change_Lives.pdf

Speaking to Change Lives by Dan Webster
It’s Monday morning and you are sitting at your desk quietly reading your Bible attempting to recover from a busy weekend of ministry. You are enjoying a few moments with the Lord when suddenly your solitude is interrupted by a phone call from Mrs. Finklemier, a Humanities teacher from one of the local high schools. She mentions to you that she is beginning her unit on Religion and wonders if you would be interested in coming to her school and addressing her college prep Humanities class on the issue of Religion and Society... How do you approach this opportunity...

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WORK_OF_HEART_Excerpt.pdf

A Work of Heart by Reggie McNeal
Reggie’s book, A Work Of Heart, is one of the best books written on leadership in the last ten years. This download is a small section of Chapter 8 (pages 137-141) for you to read. Once you read this, get the book... it’s wonderful! At the end of the reading you’ll find a study I put together for you from Psalm 18.

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Condition_of_US_Youth_Workers.pdf

The Condition of Youth Workers in America
by Dan Webster
Youth ministry has come a long way baby! When I entered full time student ministry in the early 1970’s most people doing the work were not looking at it as a life long career option. Most looked at youth ministry as a necessary step in their career development... Today this is no longer true... People are waking up to the fact that while the student population may only represent 20% of those living in an area, they are 100% of our future...

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DeliberateCrazy.pdf

Deliberate Crazy by Brian Wells
Brian Wells is the Director of Spiritual Formation at Crossroads Community Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. Brian is one of the leading thinkers on how leaders develop in the church and this article is profound in its implications. Brian can be contacted at bwells@crossroadscommunity.net.

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Lead_Yourself_First.pdf

Lead Yourself First by Dan Webster
By the fall of 1989 I had arrived. Everything on the surface of my life glittered. If you were in the world of student ministry, chances are you had heard of me and my even have wished that you had my job. In my chosen vocational field, I was at the top of my game...

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Truth_Beyond_Telling.pdf

A Truth Beyond Telling by Cassidy Dale
Is the quest for faith like science, a search for irreducible truth? Or is it like art, a search to express something that is beyond telling...

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Blackstone_Scholarship.pdf
WHY CAN IMMORALITY BE LEGISTLATED MORE EASILY THAN MORLITY IN AMERICA? by Daniel Appel
Our day calls for clear thinking as we face the challenge of both being moral leaders and communicating on the topic of moral leadership. In this Blackstone Scholarship award winning paper, Daniel Appel, compels us to such a place. Daniel Appel is an attorney who currently lives in the Washington state and is the nephew of Dan Webster.