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Two messages for church leaders

What do church leaders say to one another about the condition of the church in the U.S.? Wouldn’t you like to eavesdrop?

Jeff Noble
November 17, 2022

Faith, Leadership, Parenting

The primacy of parenting

What if I told you that much of our society's ills and cultural woes could be traced back to... parenting? Let this brief post encourage you and refresh your commitment to raise and re-parent your children in godly ways.

Jeff Noble
July 4, 2022
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Campfire Talk, Goin' to Town, Leadership, Life Hack, Shootn the Bull, Technology

The Mayor of Walmart

I know, I know. You feel unworthy. I promise to remember all of you little people out there and ensure that you continue to save money by shopping at Walmart. However, one of my EOs will be to make sure the store is always well-stocked with Diet Cream Soda.

Jeff Noble
November 24, 2021

Leadership, Life Hack

Decision fatigue

Decision fatigue is real, and my sabbatical revealed the urgency of reducing decisions in my life. I suspect you too need to become more accountable with others about your own decision-making and begin a journey away from fatigue into purposeful, paced, life leadership.

Jeff Noble
September 19, 2020

Church, Faith, Gratitude, Leadership

Sabbatical reflections: the team I left behind

A pastor can’t seize sabbatical. He can only enter it with confidence in a team of leaders who will support and enable his extended absence.

Jeff Noble
July 9, 2020

Book Review, Church, Church Chew, Leadership, Parchment Reviews

Review: Deep & Wide, Part 2

Part 2 of the review of Andy Stanley's book "Deep & Wide.." We must learn to think deeply again. We've become like the "Modern Family" sitcom in our ecclesiology - adrift and in reaction mode to what's happening around us. We have no strategy and act like we have no mission. We're simply in our church living rooms spouting off one-liners and have become the slapstick of society. Our youth and college students struggle to apply (or even know) scriptural principles to living and decisions.

Jeff Noble
April 11, 2014
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Book Review, Church, Church Chew, Leadership, Parchment Reviews

Review: Deep & Wide, Part 1

Deep & Wide by Andy Stanley was one of the books I began 2014 reading with Dave Farris, our campus pastor in Pulaski, Virginia. Andy is the pastor of North Point Church near Atlanta, and his book Visioneering is on…

Jeff Noble
March 10, 2014

Book Review, Leadership, Parchment Reviews

Review: The Principle of the Path

I don’t know how Andy Stanley consistently communicates with such simplicity and power. Every time I read something by him or listen to him preach or give a talk at a conference, I find myself thinking, “That’s pretty self-evident.” Yet,…

Jeff Noble
July 18, 2012
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