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004 — Faithful Stewardship

Focus, Flexibility, and the Work Before Us Scripture Facilitator note: The bold questions are the primary conversation prompts. The additional questions are optional. Let the group’s discussion determine where you spend your…

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006 When Safety Becomes Disobedience

Discerning the Line Between Wisdom and Avoidance A Righteous Risk Conversation May, 2026 There is a form of faith that looks responsible but is quietly resistant. It is careful. Measured. Patient. It…

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005 Widening the Circle

Luke 10 and the Risk of Letting Go A Righteous Risk Conversation April, 2026 After these things the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every…

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004 When Busy Becomes a Substitute for Faith

When Busy Becomes a Substitute for Faith A Righteous Risk Conversation February, 2026 Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: “Consider your ways.You have sown much, and harvested little…and he who…

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003 When the Church Forgets What It Is

When the Church Forgets What It Is From Keeping the Doors Open to Participating in God’s Shalom February, 2026 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent,…

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002 What Makes a Risk Righteous?

From Comfort to Commission February, 2026 “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out…”—Hebrews 11:8 In our scriptures, risk is not an exception. It is the baseline. Abraham leaves…

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001 Understanding the Times

Understanding the Times Righteous Risks for Church Leadership in a New Season February 2026 “From Issachar—they who understood the times, to know what Israel ought to do…”— 1 Chronicles 12:32 The church…

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Forming a Faithful and Focused Agenda

A practice of intentional ordering for the Season of Noticing Purpose of the Practice Forming a Faithful Agenda helps a leadership body align its meetings with the kind of work God is…

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Permission for Uncertainty

A relational practice for the Season of Noticing. Purpose of the Practice Permission for Uncertainty helps a community remain present to ambiguity, tension, and unresolved questions without rushing toward clarity, certainty, or control.…

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Naming What Is Present

A practice of communal discernment for the Season of Noticing Purpose of the Practice Naming What Is Present helps a community tell the truth about its current reality without rushing to interpret, evaluate,…