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  Topic: Living for my real home
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 40: Home   Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:54 am   Subject: Living for my real home
The image of the life of the faithful in Hebrews 11 as a pilgrim, one awaiting the fulfillment of God's promises in their life beyond this earth

I struggle with this idea - heaven as my real home. ...
  Topic: An incubator of innovation
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 38: Adaptability   Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:10 am   Subject: An incubator of innovation
"Story after story shows the Lord of the universe working in triage mode, responding creatively to threats to his plan" (p. 251).

In Congo, where I live, life is often less predictable th ...
  Topic: The Bedouin Way
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 36: Finding Good Help   Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:43 am   Subject: The Bedouin Way
"Faithful shepherd" (p. 239) is how I also want to be remembered. As I reflect on this reading, I am reminded again that this not only requires that I be skilled, hard-working, and trustwort ...
  Topic: Being a shepherd of the whole flock
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 35: Think Flock   Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:08 am   Subject: Being a shepherd of the whole flock
The two thoughts in today's reading "think flock" and "we are shepherds" were good reminders for me in my role as a team leader of 11 other missionaries and in my role as missionar ...
  Topic: Shared leadership
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 32: Indigenous Leadership   Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:07 am   Subject: Shared leadership
"Shared leadership is a reality in a flock and a biblical norm for the church" (p. 217).

As I read Day 32, this final paragraph jumped out at me. How often do I see leadership as my respo ...
  Topic: Thankful and challenged
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 31: Working Together   Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:27 pm   Subject: Thankful and challenged
My wife and I have had the privilege of working with a great team of missionaries in Congo. We have become family to one another as we share work and life together. I believe we are learning more abou ...
  Topic: Good rules
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 30: Righteous Ruts   Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:10 am   Subject: Good rules
We like rules. This morning, along with today's reading "Righteous Ruts," I read Ephesians 3 and Galatians 3. I am reminded in today's reading of the importance of good processes, policies, ...
  Topic: Leading and following
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 29: Following the Leader   Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 1:57 am   Subject: Leading and following
In my role as team leader of our missionary team, I have been challenged by different leaders in the church with which we collaborate to enter more directly into resolving issues facing the national c ...
  Topic: With a friend in his time of darkness
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 25: Darkness   Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:32 am   Subject: With a friend in his time of darkness
I appreciated Dr. Laniak's response to his friend going through a family tragedy. "Welcome to the darkness. There are more questions than answers in this place. But you'll find good company among ...
  Topic: Dying in order to receive and offer life
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 24: A Living Sacrifice   Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:47 am   Subject: Dying in order to receive and offer life
Dr. Laniak wrote, "Whether in physical death or as a 'living sacrifice,' we are called to death. Only in that death is resurrection life available to others" (p. 167).

On reflecting on to ...
  Topic: Encouraging sheepdogs
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 21: Dogs   Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:35 am   Subject: Encouraging sheepdogs
The past nine months the national church leadership that we work with has been dealing with the destruction caused by a wolf, a false prophet, in a couple of our local churches.

One of the things ...
  Topic: An example
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 20: Gatekeepers   Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:23 am   Subject: An example
I appreciate the example of the Dean of Students. This is a challenge to me to take time each to listen to God about the sheep under my care.

May I a be a shepherd who stays at the gate with the Go ...
  Topic: Being ready
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 19: The Other Lion   Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:48 am   Subject: Being ready
These past three days of reading - the wolves in sheep's clothing, the roaring devil, and the heavenly Lion of Judah - have been good reminders to me of the dangers that face the church and of my resp ...
  Topic: Discernment and leadership
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 16: While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks   Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 3:03 am   Subject: Discernment and leadership
"..at the center of the leader's role is something more subtle and subjective--discerning, attentive oversight. Leading means watching. It requires the ability to see and sense things like Bedoui ...
  Topic: Grateful for God's restoration
RonJulian

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PostForum: Day 12: Satisfaction and Restoration   Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:26 am   Subject: Grateful for God's restoration
These days I seem to often find myself in need of rest and restoration. I appreciated the reminder that the rest I need comes by "returning to a place of divine provision where comprehensive care ...
 
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