God’s Invitation to Peace and Joy
As you grow closer to Me, I open your eyes to see more and more of My Presence all around you.
Jesus Calling, December 28
How...
Strategizing and Planning Advancement Work In Education with Kim Jennings
Recently, I was able to have a conversation with my friend Kim Jennings of Generis, one of our partners here at Vanderbloemen, and I wanted...
Budgeting for Success – 4 Insightful Considerations
Thoughtful budgeting is a critical component of any successful business organization. Budgeting ensures that your organization has the necessary resources to meet goals. It...
5 Questions to Assess Your Missional Lifestyle
Missional Lifestyle’ is one of the eleven competencies that Acts 29 considers essential when assessing church planters. You can explore the Competencies further on the Acts...
Margin for Your Body
Had a great time in Grand Rapids last week and a busy weekend. I had six hours of driving Thursday, eight Friday (plus teaching),...
Why Your Vision Statement Is Overrated
Every organization has a vision statement.
Does a well-worded vision statement grow an organization?
Vision statements are a dime a dozen as far as I’m concerned.
At...
Mark Cole: Curiousity Killed the Cat but Grew the Leader
The most successful leaders are committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. And the ones who are successful in doing so all have something...
Water Baptism In the Age of Covid-19
Water Baptism is a core belief of every Christian denomination in the world. Not only did Jesus set the example of water baptism by...
Church During a Pandemic
As I write this, we are several weeks into a global pandemic. So much has changed across the world from just two months ago!...
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
As our children were growing up, Lisa and I would periodically purchase furniture for them that required assembling. I’d often ignore the instruction manual,...
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How to Be a Grateful and Appreciative Leader
As a team member, feeling appreciated beyond the paycheck is important. You put a lot of effort into fulfilling your job requirements, finding things...
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For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. (Hebrews...
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As I’ve researched the issues caused by porn, I am shocked not just at its moral consequences, but at its social costs, damage to marriages,...
