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Teams that thrive tend to encourage one another seven to nine times more than they criticize.

“It takes a team—a multistrand cord of leadership—to effectively direct the local church in evangelism.”

It’s important to take time to help young people sort through their thoughts and feelings about tragic events. Whenever news of a school shooting spreads, our young people are impacted. Innocence ebbs away, and students—many who already struggle with anxiety—can spiral into confusion, fear, and even depression.

There’s a lot wrong with me, but introversion isn’t one of the things. I’m just quieter than some leaders you may know — or your immediate perception of a leader.

It never gets old to watch leaders formed and shaped in the painful, yet necessary, crucible of struggle and come out the other side more resilient.

I encourage you to use this list to pray individually and corporately with intentionality throughout this week.

Sometimes our failures help us—and others—to grow.

You can listen to each instrument of a symphony independently, but the expression and emotion of the song are absent unless you hear everyone playing together. There is a creative energy that is lost through a screen.