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Tim Spivey
Escondido, California
Disciple of Jesus, Husband and Father, Minister, Teacher, Author
Interests: working out, reading, writing, golfing, watching all sports (especially the big 3), and relaxing...
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Thanks for the encouraging words, Jim. The blog has moved over the newvintageleadership.com . Thanks for your comment, and hope to hear from you again soon.
Commented Mar 9, 2012 on Geoff Surratt on The Secret Life of Pastors at TimSpivey.com
Geoff Surratt on The Secret Life of Pastors
Geoff Surratt wrote a simple but great post, entitled, "The Secret Life of Pastors," I'd like to share with you. What is your goal as a pastor? What would bring real satisfaction? I know pastors who have 100 people who are convinced that if they could just get to 200 then things would be right ...
Hi Ted,
Thanks for feedback. I moved the blog to a new domain (newvintageleadership.com). Here are the links to the other posts. Blessings to you.
Pt. 1 is here. http://newvintageleadership.com/?p=160#
Pt. 3 is here. http://newvintageleadership.com/?p=158#
Commented Jan 30, 2012 on Building a Healthy Youth Ministry, pt. 2 - Hire Well at TimSpivey.com
Building a Healthy Youth Ministry, pt. 2 - Hire Well
Because so many churches in their heart-of-hearts don't really value Youth Ministry, they have a tendency to be less thorough in their hiring of Youth Ministers than other roles at the church. Some of you may disagree with that, citing the lengthy process the "search committee" has done. However...
Thanks, Tim...thanks for the encouragement and great to hear from you!
Commented Jul 28, 2011 on Introducing NewVintageLeadership.Com! at TimSpivey.com
Introducing NewVintageLeadership.Com!
Click here to access NewVintageLeadership.Com. After receiving feedback from you and taking a long, hard look at how to improve the blog...the result is the beta version of New Vintage Leadership . Here are a few things I'd ask before you click over: If you link to my blog, please change the l...
Introducing NewVintageLeadership.Com!
Posted Jul 28, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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Geoff Surratt on The Secret Life of Pastors
Geoff Surratt wrote a simple but great post, entitled, "The Secret Life of Pastors," I'd like to share with you. What is your goal as a pastor? What would bring real satisfaction? I know pastors who have 100 people who... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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Seeking Vengeance or Justice?
Posted Jul 25, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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What Avocados Taught Me About Leadership
Posted Jul 21, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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Your Ideas for New Features
I'm working on an overhaul of the blog set to launch around August 1. I would like to know if you have any ideas for tweaks, content items, or new features that you think would be helpful. Please leave them... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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Misunderstimations of Leadership - Preaching
Preaching these days "misunderestimated." These days I read fairly regularly that preaching is too long, or is nice but unnecessary. Others, like Albert Mohler makes so much of preaching, they almost go too far: "...preaching is the central component of... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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Mike, I agree completely.
Commented Jul 17, 2011 on Misunderstimations of Leadership - Leadership at TimSpivey.com
Misunderstimations of Leadership - Leadership
I love the phrase I first heard on the lips of our last President, "They misunderestimate me." Grammatically off, humorously wonderful. To misunderestimate is to underestimate, and when it come to leadership in the Kingdom, there are many virtues and/or realities that we misunderestimate. This...
Zack...what's the name of your church?
Commented Jul 14, 2011 on After Cincinnati - Reflections on NACC 2011 at TimSpivey.com
After Cincinnati - Reflections on NACC 2011
This past week I took a trip to the North American Christian Convention--the largest annual gathering of the Independent Christian Churches. I've written before, even recently, about my belief that the sectarianism that still separates Churches of Christ and Christian Churches is a sin we need...
I mentioned it in passing this past weekend, and will tell it in a bit more detail in a sermon in a couple of weeks on forgiveness (Esau/Jacob). Thanks for sharing.
Commented Jul 14, 2011 on Unbroken - The Zamperini Chronicles at TimSpivey.com
Unbroken - The Zamperini Chronicles
The story of Louis Zamperini told in the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (author of Sea Biscuit) is so amazing it's hardly believable. But, it's true. Time Magazine awarded Unbroken it's book of the year award for 2010. It's not only a great story, it's extremely well written. For those with ...
Unbroken - The Zamperini Chronicles
The story of Louis Zamperini told in the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (author of Sea Biscuit) is so amazing it's hardly believable. But, it's true. Time Magazine awarded Unbroken it's book of the year award for 2010. It's not... Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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Misunderstimations of Leadership - Leadership
Posted Jul 13, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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"I Believe in You"
Posted Jul 11, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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After Cincinnati - Reflections on NACC 2011
Posted Jul 9, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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Summer Reading List
Reading is absolutley wonderful. Some people don't think reading is much fun and I will confess openly I've never understood why. Everyone loves stories, and books are really just well-crafted stories. Not all books are created equal. Some are awful.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 6, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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An Opportunity for Generosity
Posted Jul 5, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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Patriotism and the Christian
Posted Jul 2, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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Rick, I think the root of the sectarian weed has changed. I don't think there are as many who today feel as though the CofC is the "one true church." I think it's rooted in anxiety sourced by a scarcity mentality born of... well... scarcity.
As Churches of Christ have fallen on hard times, the anxiety that has produced has caused some to adopt a preservationist and sectarian mindset--a circling of the wagons, an attempt at legacy preservation, and the need to justify why would should continue to do things as we always have...though they stopped working long ago and have even mutated into different strands of sectarianism. There's an academic, high liturgical sectarianism; a lower church, "one true church" sectarianism, and the new strain... "jealousy sectarianism," to name just a few.
I want to reiterate that Churches of Christ have come a long way on this, and are rightfully concerned about legacy. However, our responses to this present crisis are misguided. I would rather we humbled ourselves and opened our ears and hearts a bit more. I'm prayerfully optimistic this will happen in God's timing.
It's more complicated than that...but that a scratch at the surface from my angle.
Commented Jun 30, 2011 on 5 Years Later - Are we More Unified? at TimSpivey.com
5 Years Later - Are we More Unified?
5 years ago tonight (June 29, 2006) Jeff Walling and Dave Stone exchanged bibles at the North American Christian Convention in an expression of acceptance between Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. Jeff was clear that he couldn't speak for everyone in Churches of Christ, but could spea...
Wayne, I couldn't agree more. I really believe church multiplication is one of the primary reasons for the rapid growth and renewal of Christian Churches and hold out hope the Churches of Christ will catch this vision.
Commented Jun 30, 2011 on 5 Years Later - Are we More Unified? at TimSpivey.com
5 Years Later - Are we More Unified?
5 years ago tonight (June 29, 2006) Jeff Walling and Dave Stone exchanged bibles at the North American Christian Convention in an expression of acceptance between Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. Jeff was clear that he couldn't speak for everyone in Churches of Christ, but could spea...
Me too, Kari.
Commented Jun 30, 2011 on 5 Years Later - Are we More Unified? at TimSpivey.com
5 Years Later - Are we More Unified?
5 years ago tonight (June 29, 2006) Jeff Walling and Dave Stone exchanged bibles at the North American Christian Convention in an expression of acceptance between Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. Jeff was clear that he couldn't speak for everyone in Churches of Christ, but could spea...
Good stuff, Rex. You are right on all counts :)
Commented Jun 30, 2011 on 5 Years Later - Are we More Unified? at TimSpivey.com
5 Years Later - Are we More Unified?
5 years ago tonight (June 29, 2006) Jeff Walling and Dave Stone exchanged bibles at the North American Christian Convention in an expression of acceptance between Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. Jeff was clear that he couldn't speak for everyone in Churches of Christ, but could spea...
5 Years Later - Are we More Unified?
Posted Jun 29, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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What Makes a Great Preacher?
Posted Jun 28, 2011 at TimSpivey.com
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