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Resources and reflections for leaders, ministers, and anyone who might find these helpful and even encouraging.
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Jim Martin's Encouragement Note #127
When you are richly blessed . . . Being a parent: what we attempted to do . . . Becoming trustworthy . . . Insights from Gordon MacDonald at 80 years…
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Jim Martin's Encouragement Note #125
Navigating Through the Depleting Times . . . One of the Best Things You Might Do With Your Children . . . Consider Your Hands . . . Ministry is Not a…
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Jim Martin's Encouragement Note #122
When Amazon learned from a small-town bookstore . . . The friends we need . . . You are a finisher . . . Becoming a person who can be mentored . . …
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Jim Martin's Encouragement Note #123
Four steps that can keep you in shape . . . When you hear his name, do you smile?. . . From the soul or the ego? . . . Your emotional maturity matters …
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Jim Martin's Resources and Reflections
(In this one, I managed to slip in a picture of Elsie, our five year old granddaughter.)
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Jim Martin's Encouragement Note #87
When you are tired . . . Refuse to stop living before you die . . . One of the best birthday presents ever . . . 3 important challenges in ministry . …
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Jim Martin's Encouragement Note #126
Love is in the details . . . Three from whom I learned . . . Don't waste an opportunity for gratitude . . . Trust is everything (especially for…
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Jim Martin's Encouragement Note #128
Do you need a word of encouragement? . . . A graceful prayer to begin your day . . . Take the next step . . . Ten helpful ways to move forward in 2025 …
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Jim Martin's Resources and Reflections
Most of the following “Resources and Reflections” consist of what I have read, watched on a video, or heard on a podcast.
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Jim Martin's Encouragement Note #129
Street level faith . . . The first and last hour of the day . . . In answer to a question . . . "Now I'm not perfect . . . An audience of one
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Jim Martin's Encouragement Note #112
On the brink of the next chapter . . . All night long . . . When leadership becomes joyful . . . What do you do with your worry? (Especially for…
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