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Dec 23, 2019
5 min

What I Read In 2019 (And Why)

2019 was a good year for reading. I managed to read about 30 books this year, which may be a personal high, but there were several shorte...

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Glenn Packiam

Jan 19, 2017
4 min

Building the Currency of Trust, Pt. 2

This is a follow-up post to the previous one on the ‘Currency of Christian Leadership’. In that post, I made the case that the Old Testam...

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Glenn Packiam

Jan 18, 2017
4 min

The Currency of Christian Leadership

Where do leaders in churches and Christian ministries gain their authority to lead? It is tempting to simply say, ‘From God!’ There is, o...

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Glenn Packiam

Dec 31, 2016
5 min

Preparing for a New Year

For the past 6 or 7 years, Holly and I have done a prayer and planning retreat, usually at the end of the calendar year, or sometimes rig...

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Glenn Packiam

Sep 25, 2014
3 min

The Communion Liturgy at New Life Downtown

Every once awhile, I am asked what our liturgy is at New Life Downtown. Our service flow (in general) can be found HERE. But the most ‘li...

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Glenn Packiam

Oct 14, 2009
2 min

Are Worship Pastors Becoming Extinct?

But it seems that some churches aren't looking for that. They would prefer a musician who can lead the "singing", oversee the tech team, ...

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