Empower Your Family with a Mission Statement

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Does Your Family Have a Mission Statement? The idea of a mission statement is not new.  Businesses have put in countless hours hashing out their mission statement. The idea then moved on to personal mission statements thanks to Stephen Covey among others. What if we applied this idea to our families? Or our classrooms? Would…

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Andy Stanley Parenting Tips

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Guidelines for Parenting A few years ago, Andy Stanley, senior pastor at Northpoint Church, created a message series entitled Future Family.   In one of the sessions, Andy and his wife, Sandra talk about things they learned and advice they have followed as parents.  It was a brave and informative session because no matter what…

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4 Ways to Prepare Kids to be Leaders

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Growing Young Leaders I’ve talked to several parents recently who have adult children living at home, unemployed and directionless.  A current report confirms that for the first time in modern history, the most popular living arrangement for 18-34 year old young adults is living at home with their parents. Frequently these are young adults who…

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Need your own Job Independence Day?

Dreaming of being your own boss? Are you SO done working for someone else? Are you dreaming of setting your own schedule and tapping into your creative side? Do you imagine what it would be like to feel excited, passionate even about getting up and going to work each day? I know… the thought of actually moving forward…

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Do you have a story to tell?

What if your life is a story someone needs to hear? Do you have a story to tell? Do you read a book or watch a movie and think… I have a life story that’s even better than that… Do your friends and relatives tell you to share your experience? What is holding you back?…

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Good or bad decision?

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How to make consistently good decisions What do kids and adults do all day everyday? It’s so automatic, many times we aren’t even aware that we are doing it. Other times we think and agonize over it for days in order to do it right. It’s so common, you’ve probably done it about 100 times…

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