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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Service.  Or Disservice?

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I’ll bet that everyone reading this has been to a wedding or funeral service where the person officiating appears to have pulled a sermon file out of a cabinet, filled in the appropriate name or names, and did the bare minimum in terms of connecting with the moment.  There’s a business lesson here.  Trust me.

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