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Try WordLens Translation App for Mission Trips | Bill Richart WordLens allows you to translate the written word through the use of your camera, in real time without an internet connection and it's free.

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Showing Us What We Can’t See | Billy Coffey A family tromp through the woods is punctuated by an insight from a small child that breaks through the forest like a ray of sunshine.

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Undiluted | The book to hand your friends about the Jesus you follow | Kurt Willems What would it look like to remove the muck of American culture from the deep well of the Christian faith to reveal an undiluted Jesus? Kurt Willems reviews Undiluted by Benjamin L. Corey.

Large churches in the South tend to pay their senior pastors the highest salaries, a new survey finds.

That’s one of the conclusions on churches and finances released by Leadership Network, a Dallas-based church think tank, and the Vanderbloemen Search Group, a Houston-based executive search firm for churches and ministries.

— "Big Churches, Big Bucks: Southern Senior Pastors Take Top Salaries," ADELLE M. BANKS with Religion News Service

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Big Churches, Big Bucks: Southern Senior Pastors Take Top Salaries | Adelle M. Banks Large churches in the South tend to pay their senior pastors the highest salaries, a new survey finds.

Is your story good? Or is it exceptional?

This is the type of question Ed Catmull, one of the founders of Pixar, asks in his book titled Creativity, Inc. The book is part memoir telling the stories behind one of the most creative companies of our time. But the book is also part challenge to become exceptional.

— "How to Become Exceptional," Jeremy Statton

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5 Ways to Make Criticism Sting Less | Carey Nieuwhof Criticism stings but every leader has to learn how to deal with it. Pastor Carey Nieuwhof offers tips on how to discard the crud and grow through criticism.

So . . . you want your church to grow, right?

When I ask ministry leaders whether they want to see growth, almost every leader I’ve ever talked to says "yes."

That is awesome. But most churches don’t grow.

And most churches that start small stay small. Why?

—5 Reasons Churches That Start Small Stay Small, CAREY NIEUWHOF with CareyNieuwhof.com

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*que sad music*

Oh gosh. Wow. How do I say this?

I didn’t think this day would come. I mean, I really liked you. We clicked. We laughed. We cried . . . .

— "How to Break Up with Your Small Group," Ben Reed with Life & Theology discusses how to leave a small group honorably and sensitively.

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Evangelical books and other resources that address youth ministry usually do so without much reference to the pluralism and multifaith context of America and the West. Len Kageler’s volume, Youth Ministry in a Multifaith Society, fills a much-needed void in this area.

— 'Youth Ministry in a Multifaith Society' [Book Review], JOHN MOREHEAD with Englewood Review of Books

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When they burst through the door, she barely moved. He expected her to react, but she didn’t. Chaos began to build around her as she slowly reached for her dress to cover her nakedness. She brushed the hair away from her brow and twisted it around her right shoulder to fall to one side.

As she looked down to slip on her sandals, a jerk on her arm sobered her. As if someone had yanked out the morphine IV, she flinched and pulled away. As violent words slammed against her and calloused hands clenched her arm, panic began to wash over her. Tears crept to the surface and fear engulfed her.

— My Jesus Writes in the Sand, KASEY VAN NORMAN with KaseyVanNorman.org

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We’re all messed up. Yes, I know, that’s not a very positive statement to make. Some might suspect I’m a pessimist with a glass-half-empty perspective on life. I would argue that I’m a realist with a biblical worldview.

Take a deep breath and read this next part very slowly: Your brokenness should encourage you.

— What Can Your Brokenness Do For You?, KURT BUBNA with KurtBubna.com

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Every church wants it. It’s the vibrancy that comes from the next generation. That’s why churches higher youth ministers. They want to see the next generation participating in the church. The problem is not knowing how to get them involved and invested.

— 3 Ways to Increase Teen Participation, CHRISTOPHER WESLEY with Marathon Youth Ministry

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