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10 Habits of Healthy Families
by Cary Schmidt | Sep 15, 2016
One of God’s greatest gifts to you is your family. Your family is absolutely your greatest ministry, your highest call, and your most valuable stewardship…
Tell His Story through Your Story…
by Cary Schmidt | Sep 6, 2016
There’s hardly a scarier and more intimidating thing to do in the Christian life than to speak up and share your faith with a lost person. Every Christian believes…
Strengthened in Your Storm!
by Cary Schmidt | Aug 25, 2016
Has God led you into a storm? Are you seized with worry, fear, confusion as the winds howl around you and water builds up in your boat? Feel like you’re sinking?…
14 Toxic Qualities of Leadership (Part Two)
by Cary Schmidt | Jul 28, 2016
We are discovering “what not to be” when it comes to spiritual leadership. For leaders, these are fleshly tendencies that can arise within any leader. By God’s grace we can be grounded in the gospel…
14 Qualities of Toxic Leadership
by Cary Schmidt | Jul 21, 2016
The road of toxic leadership is a bad one. The stories don’t end well for either the leader or those he leads. Eventually, the leader implodes; and those he led end up hurt….
Make It Easy to Make It Right
by Cary Schmidt | Jul 15, 2016
The entire mission of God for time and eternity is to make things right again. Jesus made a way for me to be right again. Jesus took all the complexity and destructiveness of my sin and failure, and He killed it…
How to Validate God's Call…
by Cary Schmidt | Jun 17, 2016
God’s will—how do you know when and how to step out in faith? God’s will is big. It’s also unknown. It’s wonderful. It’s also scary. And being certain that you are in God’s will is critical having the confidence to go forward.
How to Downsize Your Problems
by Cary Schmidt | Jun 2, 2016
Have you felt overwhelmed by problems you can’t solve? Have you struggled to find solutions to issues you can’t wrap your brain around? Have you been crushed by a mountain that you expected to climb?
Remember and Pray—Reagan on Memorial Day
by Cary Schmidt | May 30, 2016
What a privilege to reside in a nation undeniably built upon Christian principles—the foundations of biblical liberty, individual responsibility, and the freedom to worship the true God…
How Leaders Can Foster Resentment
by Cary Schmidt | May 12, 2016
If you are a leader, you’re probably not planning to foster resentment or to hurt people. But you might be on a road that leads there, and not know it…
My Non-Endorsement, Election-Season Gut-Check
by Cary Schmidt | May 4, 2016
You will not find an endorsement, a political agenda, or any mention of current politicians in this post. This is purely a biblically objective “gut-check” to challenge our thinking….
Make Meetings Great Again!
by Cary Schmidt | May 3, 2016
How are your meetings? Do they take ministry forward? Do they help people grow spiritually? Most effective ministry takes place in a meeting…
Old Testament Giving and Real Christian Living
by Cary Schmidt | Apr 28, 2016
Have you ever been mind-boggled by all the terms and varying kinds of sacrifices and offerings in the Old Testament? Let’s break it down…
Hope for Our Hurt
by Cary Schmidt | Apr 27, 2016
Hurt is not the exception, hurt is the norm. In a fallen world, we should expect hurt and expect the need to process hurt biblically by God’s grace…
Help Your Graduates Prepare for the Future
by Cary Schmidt | Apr 20, 2016
This is a repost that I pray will spur some ideas related to your teenage graduates as they chart their course forward..