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Should I Have a Side Hustle?
In this episode, the team discusses the art of navigating side hustles and the pressure culture places on us to or live up to its (or our own) unrealistic expectations....
When Should I Quit My Job?
In this episode, the team discusses decision making. Comfort and ease can be major drivers in our decision making, but the LDI crew offers other factors to consider. Each...
What Do We Do With Toxic Relationships?
In this episode, the team discusses relationships and why they are worth having. While truly toxic relationships do exist, we now live in a culture quick to label...
Who Should We Cancel?
In this episode, the LDI crew discusses creating boundaries in relationships as an alternative to cancel culture. Boundaries, the healthy fence lines we create between...
How Do I Navigate the Tension of Being Compassionate & Having High Standards?
In this episode, the team discusses how an unhealthy relationship with perfection impacts the ability to navigate the tension between having high standards and accepting...
Is it Possible to Be An Anxious AND Hopeful Leader?
In this episode, the team discusses hopefulness rooted in Jesus and how that hope works in us amidst anxiety. When we lead with an anxious posture, we tend to focus on our...
How Can I Be a Stable Leader When I Consistently Deal With Imposter Syndrome?
In this episode, the LDI Crew discusses the almost inevitable, anxious feeling of being a “fraud” in leadership. One key element in successful leadership is stability. The...
How Do You Know If You Are a Trustworthy Leader?
In their debut episode, the team discusses the topic of trust by addressing reliability, authenticity, truthfulness, communication, reliance on Jesus, and more. Each...
The Lists We Keep: Another Way God is Not Like Us
This article originally appeared on redtreegrace.com. Red Tree is a multi-church ministry effort started by Hope Community Church in order to connect the clarity of God’s grace to our otherwise confusing lives and attempts at reading the Bible. Fridays are the...
Small Groups With Missionaries
As Hope Community Church small group leaders we see our group members experience many major life events and changes. This document contains helpful tips for leading someone called to overseas missions. Please note a few things before reading this document. First,...
A Journey Through Small Groups
There are many places in Scripture where God commands us, as followers of Christ to live and be in community with one another. We are not to do this life alone, we need others to support us and point us back to God in both the joys and trials of life. There are many...
5 Lessons I Have Learned From My Time Overseas
As the great theologian Bob Wiley said so many years ago, “I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful… I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful… I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful…” For those of you who have not seen What About Bob? (spoiler alert? Not...