April 2012 – Page 2 – Bryan Hardwick

November 1, 2024 No Comments

How to Stand Out in Your Church Job Search As the Executive Pastor at Valley Community Church (VCC), I recently led a search with our

I Will Rejoice in the Lord!

May 18, 2020 3 Comments

Last week, as I was getting ready for bed, I was grumbling! I was grumbling before the Lord and asking, “how long?” How long would

Who Do You Listen To?

March 29, 2020 6 Comments

Back in December, Jennifer and I were discussing following the example of our new Senior Co-Campus Pastor James Powell and his wife Brittany and coming

We Live By Faith, Not By Sight

March 7, 2020 No Comments

I’ve been prayerfully thinking through how to respond to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 around the world. I have gotten questions about upcoming missions trips

Flourish in Relationship

March 25, 2017 No Comments

God made us to flourish! And as God’s created handiwork, we are made to flourish with him and with others in relationship. Therefore, in order

Best of 2016

December 31, 2016 No Comments

Wow, what a year 2016 turned out to be! From setbacks to comebacks, 2016 was a mixed bag of emotions, where we saw God work

Reflections on Turning 50

September 28, 2016 4 Comments

Today I turn 50 years old. That’s right, the Big Five-O. Yep, it’s my birthday and I’m thrilled to be given the gift of turning

Tweets from the 2016 Summit

August 14, 2016 No Comments

I have been attending the Willow Creek Leadership Summit for over almost 13 years straight! It’s one of my favorite conferences because it brings some

Christian Athleticism & The Olympics

August 7, 2016 2 Comments

An Edited Repost from August 1, 2012 If you are like most American’s right now, you’re probably a little sleep deprived from watching the Olympic coverage!

Effective Leaders Build Trust

August 3, 2016 No Comments

The heart of a great relationship is trust. It’s also the first, and most critical piece for building strong teams. Lately I have been giving

10 Common Mistakes in Developing a Ministry Plan

July 18, 2016 No Comments

Our church is getting ready to launch a big groups initiative this fall and it’s got me thinking about strategies and goals. Leaders always set

The Power of Praise

March 4, 2016 1 Comment

When I was on the Northstar Project with Cru during the summers of ’85 & ’86, I learned a children’s worship song, that we were

God Uses Broken People

February 12, 2016 1 Comment

I ran across this devotion that my wife Jennifer wrote a few years ago and felt it appropriate to share in light of some recent

Proud vs Broken People

February 5, 2016 No Comments

What kind of blessings does brokenness bring? Well, from the Scriptures we see that God draws near to the broken (Psalm 34:18). He lifts up

Cultivating True Humility

February 1, 2016 No Comments

In 1995, God used a message from Nancy Leigh DeMoss to bring about a spirit of true repentance at the National Staff Training of Campus

Facing Truth

January 27, 2016 1 Comment

It was a fall day in October, many years ago, that I headed to Lake Tahoe for a personal retreat at my friends cabin in

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