https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:16:20 +0000 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:49:33 +0000 Your Brain Won’t Work as Well, Tips for Spiritual Leaders During COVID-19 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/your-brain-wont-work-well-tips-spiritual-leaders-during-covid-19 Life giving, encouraging, hopeful, uniting. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/your-brain-wont-work-well-tips-spiritual-leaders-during-covid-19 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:49:33 +0000 We Are Beloved https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/we-are-beloved Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. I John 4:7  Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/we-are-beloved Fri, 03 Apr 2020 11:46:39 +0000 The Call to Courage https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/call-courage The topic of courage is of interest to women in ministry and leadership. Participants in the February cluster were invited to share an object or item that symbolizes, or is a reminder to them, of “courage” in their life. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/call-courage Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:12:11 +0000 We Are Not Alone https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/we-are-not-alone Criticism—we all get it, especially in ministry. Let’s be honest, criticism is hard. It’s tough and it’s exhausting. We don’t always know how to receive or give it in a healthy way. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/we-are-not-alone Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:53:47 +0000 Rediscovering Servant Leadership at Inspire 2019 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/multiplying-leadersdisciples/rediscovering-servant A significant challenge for a disciple of Jesus is to practice servant leadership. We do not have to be afraid of being a servant or being a leader. Regardless of our historical, cultural, and life experiences, Jesus is our model of a servant leader. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/multiplying-leadersdisciples/rediscovering-servant Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:55:44 +0000 The Sounds of the Worship https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/special-topics/inclusive-worship/sounds-worship In what language do you worship? We all have a ‘heart’ language, the language in which we think, feel, and express ourselves most freely. I hope we all have opportunity to worship God in our heart language. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/worship/special-topics/inclusive-worship/sounds-worship Wed, 02 Jan 2019 15:14:26 +0000