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Reflections for Ringing in 2020
December 31, 2019 | Leslie Colaw
I love the feeling of a fresh start, a new beginning. This is why I love the New Year holiday. It feels like an opportunity to leave the old behind and embrace the new. I love the beginning of each month, I even love Mondays!...
Being the mom I am, instead of the mom I wish I was
December 7, 2019 | Leslie Colaw
By Leslie Colaw For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a mom. I played house as a girl, had cabbage patch dolls, and ALWAYS loved babies (still do), especially my younger cousins. As I approached college and needed to...
Attracting and keeping young leaders in your organization. (And an idol that died in me.)
December 5, 2019 | Pastor Mike Colaw
We have been so blessed at Trinity (http://www.encountertrinity.com) when it comes to staff. We have men, women, and even a little diversity. Could we do better? Absolutely yes. Yet, with all the areas modern organizations try to represent with...
New Wine
December 3, 2019 | Leslie Colaw
Are you familiar with the story of Hannah in 1 Samuel chapter 1? There’s not a lot about her in the Bible, just one chapter and a little bit of a second, but her story is one worth mentioning. Hannah was a woman who desperately...
A big reason us leaders keep failing you. Too many of us have fans, not friends.
September 12, 2019 | Pastor Mike Colaw
One of the big reasons we as Christian leaders keep failing you is simply because too many have fans, not friends. Let’s break this down with a few questions. How did this happen? It’s a complex set of circumstances...