Mark Tidsworth

Coffee and the Outdoors are priority, then breathing. Husband, father, friend, Minister, Author, Team Leader @ Pinnacle Leadership Associates, Coach, Consultant

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Because it’s hard may simply mean it’s hard, not spiritual direction that it’s not ours to do. Sometimes that explains everything.

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Pinnacle Announces New Associate, Jad Taylor: https://t.co/SJTChxipVr

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Less than 10 years into the Lead Pastor role? Come join us at Lake Junaluska for the Lead Pastor Base Camp from Pinnacle Leadership Associates: https://t.co/PmtWKW4cua

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Well, they can coexist...it's just that they have an inverse relationship with each other. When one goes up, the other goes down. May be worth consideration as your church continues to be formed in the Way of Jesus.https://t.co/TX1ZbyWNEN

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So here’s the primary question for churches living in the crazy, Postmodern context: Do we have a better alternative story to the prevailing myths of our day? Or put another way, how good, strong, or transformational is the gospel we are sharing?https://t.co/h6kt5FIDF4

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When churches fly the political flag higher than the Jesus flag, they are actively pushing people toward the door, creating Dones, baiting with Jesus then switching to partisan politics.

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@CoachLauraSR Nice! Thanks for sharing

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Thank you Shane Claiborne

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I just keep thinking about that time Jesus wept over Jerusalem because they “didn’t know the things that would lead to peace.”

For decades, the state of Israel has been crushing the people of Gaza and the West Bank, doing things that do not lead to peace. In response, Hamas has chosen to terrorize and kill people, doing things that also do not lead to peace. Now Israel is returning the harm, dropping bombs and killing women and children, which certainly does not lead to peace.

I’m pretty sure Jesus is weeping over Jerusalem… and Gaza… right now. Maybe we should be weeping with him.

Let us each take a moment to pause and pray…

Let’s ask ourselves and our God, what are the things that lead to peace?

What does love require of us at such a time as this?

What does it look like to resist injustice without mirroring injustice?

What does it look like to stand against terror without becoming terrible?

What does it look like to choose the way of the cross rather than the sword, and to follow the enemy-loving Jesus, the Prince of Peace?

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Receiving some criticism since not all most posts about church & faith mention Jesus…I’m assuming most recognize it’s impossible to be the body of Christ w/o Christ. Don’t have to mention Jesus every time, since Jesus permeates everything everywhere.

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Word, word for so many of us indeed. Thanks Brian Z

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With the various articles floating around on leaving /staying in church, here are three common church expectations, often influencing leaving.https://t.co/BltMN4I414

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"Our churches cannot simultaneously please us AND help us transform into a followers and reflections of Jesus (discipleship). When we are clear on this, boatloads of church dysfunction melts away."
-Your Church Can't Do This For You, Enews article coming Wednesday

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Which is your church?
1. Entrenchment Church
2. Over And Against Church
3. Transformational Church
This article will help you identify your church type https://t.co/653C92QDOW

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Had a physical exam done yesterday, but late to the appointment, cause I couldn’t decide if I qualified for parking in this spot. Maybe if they provided a personality inventory…😃

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I hear some Christians complain about persecution. I don’t really know about that because most of the time I’m just hoping I’ll do something authentically Christlike that others would see something different in me than the cultural norm.

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For those interested in churches resetting their expectations in faithful and relevant directions....
Thanks Pinnacle Associate Dot Killian for this helpful and insightful articlehttps://www.pinnlead.com/blog/2023/8/22/reaching-in-to-reach-out

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When I was nearly a Done in 2005-06, these three spiritual pathways were, and remain, life-giving. Passing this along for those who have had enough of business as usual, longing for the Way of Jesus.https://t.co/pBmm7L6mRi

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Sometimes what seems like delay, is God waiting on our growth and maturity
Then we are ready to receive the breadth, width, & depth of God's providential guidance
So that personal transformation you are moving through....there's purpose in it
Courageously disciple on friends
Amen

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@scottwagoner62 Niiiicccceeee indeed

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“Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.”
-Jesus, Mark 6:30
Let’s sit with that a bit….