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A Message from the General Secretary

It's a New Day for Making Disciples

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A Matter of Urgency

A Tale of Two Churches

More Than Coffee and Cookies

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A Message from the General Secretary

gensecA long time ago, a friend asked me, "How is it with your soul?" He wasn't asking that as one might ask a person on the sidewalk, "How are you?" while walking on without waiting for an answer. I tried to pass off an answer with "It's fine." My friend did not accept my initial answer. Instead, my friend waited for an answer through the sighing, hesitating, and obvious uncomfortable feelings that emerged as I pondered the question in the silence that settled before I gave a more serious response. My life has not been the same since.

When have you (or people from your church) asked that question and waited for an answer?

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