Greg Atkinson

Entrepreneurial church models allow churches to step outside the walls of Sunday services and meet people where they live, work and gather. They open doors to relationships that lead to discipleship. They create spaces for people who might never set foot in a sanctuary to encounter the love of Christ.

Simply choosing to be kind to someone could be the healing balm that he or she needs that day.

Use whichever you feel seems most authentic and sounds like yourself. For me, I prefer, “I apologize.” I just said that to someone today and it saved a relationship. It’s freeing. It’s therapeutic. It’s the Christ-like and right thing to do.

I had to learn a lot of tough and powerful lessons over the past nearly three decades of ministry.

Let’s surprise our team with a personal touch and an attitude of gratitude this holiday season.

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Active listening is a communication technique used in counseling, training, and conflict resolution. It requires that the listener fully concentrate, understand, respond and then remember what is being said.