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Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.

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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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The surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
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In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
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Who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.
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