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Update with David & Liz

Update with David & Liz

It’s been about 10 months since I have posted on Impel. From a blogger’s perspective, that’s a great strategy if you want to create a virtual ghost town. But, in all seriousness, Liz and I have been taking some time to refocus, pray and seek God for our next steps. The last few months Liz [...]

Steve Jobs & The Succession Plan

Steve Jobs & The Succession Plan

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, announced today that he would be resigning from his position and turning over his company to COO Tim Cook. Jobs had been deadline with recent health issue and he is quoted as saying, “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could not longer meet my [...]

Rethink Influence

Rethink Influence

You are a leader. Regardless of your position, you can be an influencer. Everybody can influence. We can all influence someone somewhere about something. Position does not dictate whether or not we influence. Did you know that there is a current generation of young leaders that are longing to have you invest in them? For [...]

10 Things I’ve Learned from My Mentor, Earl McClellan

10 Things I’ve Learned from My Mentor, Earl McClellan

Every leader should be mentored and not just by one person, but by several people that lead in a specific field or in their life journey and leadership development. I want to share a few things I’ve learned from my mentor of almost 10 years, Earl McClellan. He serves as an executive pastor at Shoreline [...]

Innovation/Technology

Origins Project: Live Event in Los Angeles, CA

Origins Project: Live Event in Los Angeles, CA

Saturday I had the privilege to sit for a day in the presence of world changers, most of whom no one has ever heard of. They are business leaders, church leaders, ministry leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, nonprofit pioneers, on the fringe of “normal society.” They are all part of Origins Project, a network of collaborators, “committed [...]

Hillsong Church Gives Advice to LifeChurch.tv

Hillsong Church Gives Advice to LifeChurch.tv

Craig Groeschel, pastor of LifeChurch.tv sits down with Joel A’Bell, executive pastor at Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. In this interview, Craig asks Joel what advice would he give to LifeChurch.tv.

Seth Godin Explains Why You Need A Tribe

Seth Godin Explains Why You Need A Tribe

In this leadership video, popular author and marketing guru, Seth Godin explains why you need a tribe to impact the world. He is the best-selling author of Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us and The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit and When to Stick. Check out his blog at [...]

C is for CHURCH.com – A Visual Conversation for the Church by Chris Capehart & Micah Davis

C is for CHURCH.com – A Visual Conversation for the Church by Chris Capehart & Micah Davis

Over the past several years some friends and I have found ourselves striving to find ways to enhance community in the church. It’s a passion that we all share and we have given everything we have to it. We’ve had the chance to make friends with people and churches across the country who are creating [...]

Culture/Media

Update with David & Liz

Update with David & Liz

It’s been about 10 months since I have posted on Impel. From a blogger’s perspective, that’s a great strategy if you want to create a virtual ghost town. But, in all seriousness, Liz and I have been taking some time to refocus, pray and seek God for our next steps. The last few months Liz [...]

Build People to Grow Leaders

Build People to Grow Leaders

Leadership development is all too often a neglected area in church and ministry. We are given a task, a role, a responsibility, a position – but are we given the authority to lead and develop  leaders around us? If you are someone who is frustrated with the lack of leadership development around you, or within [...]

Everybody Has A Story by Kelly Mata

Everybody Has A Story by Kelly Mata

I really enjoy hearing peoples stories. You know everybody has one.  It always amazes me the journey of where people come from to where they are headed.  Everyone wants to share their story with somebody, to be heard, encouraged, to walk away with hope for their future. My small group journey started with a women’s [...]

When Failure Speaks the Loudest by Tony Fetchel

When Failure Speaks the Loudest by Tony Fetchel

As I sat down to check my email, I was amazed to see I had received an email from John.   He was reaching out to me, now living in another country, to forgive me.  He had read my blog and read some things I had to say and was corresponding with me to communicate to [...]

Causes/Social Justice

Resources to Move You Forward into 2011

Resources to Move You Forward into 2011

Books that stirred our hearts, DVD’s that motivated us to be more creative, music that brought us closer to God, and charities that let us change the world. These are the resources that impacted our team the most this year and we want to share them with you! Give them as gifts, share them with [...]

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The Test of Time

The Test of Time

| May 19, 2011 | 0 Comments

First, the test of time reveals the quality of our work and how it will stand over time.  It also reveals how we walk through different seasons in life. Ecclesiastes 3:1, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” The test of time gives credibility to your past, but it [...]

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“The Cause” Interview with Pastor Matthew Barnett

“The Cause” Interview with Pastor Matthew Barnett

| February 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

In Los Angeles there’s a man with a cause, Pastor Matthew Barnett of senior pastor of the LA Dream Center and Angelus Temple. You may recognize his last name, his dad is Tommy Barnett, pastor of Phoenix First Assembly.  Both father and son are two of the most respected men in ministry. It’s a joy [...]

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Same-Church or Different-Church Dating Relationships by Elizabeth Podgurski

Same-Church or Different-Church Dating Relationships by Elizabeth Podgurski

| January 6, 2011 | 2 Comments

Disclaimer: “At the time I wrote this piece, David and I where in the dating stage of our relationship. Now, we are in the engagement stage and very excited how God has blessed our relationship. During the dating stage, we frequently discussed about church culture and the impact it can have on Same-church and different-church [...]

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