And we all have so much love to share with them both. Everything happened so fast. Why is it that we take those that we love for granted. Until the day that you can hug Dave and Lisa yourself, tell them here whats on your heart…
Dave and Lisa
Archive for November, 2008
25 Nov
Dave and Lisa
25 Nov
Does Anyone Care!!!
Why is she laughing?
Why are they enjoying their lunch?
Why are they playing music and talking commercials on the radio?
Don’t they know that my world just came crashing down?
Why isn’t THE world mourning MY world?
Have you been there? Have you experienced a tragedy in you life that so consumes you that you feel disconnected with life [...]
24 Nov
Hard Weekend
What do you do when one of your best friends has his world collapse upon him – and it collapses publicly?
Yea – I get it. Pray….of course (and will you pray for him too)?
But what do we DO?
Once I got the word, I knew I had to find him. Instinct? Love? Concern? Maybe, but I [...]
21 Nov
Incongruent
Reading through one of my most favorite books of the Bible – James. Chapter 1 may be the richest “chapter 1″ of all Scripture.
Have you heard about the neurological study that confirms James 1?
FInding show that incongruent thought patterns cannot share the same neural pathways (put another way, negative thoughts travel along a different route [...]
20 Nov
iMazing
The new Target iPhone app provides customized gift suggestions. Once you input the gender and age of the person you’d like to give a gift to, you can shake your iPhone to make a gift idea appear in the application’s snow-globe interface. After you’ve shaken and shaken and finally found the right gift, you can [...]
18 Nov
My Church is Bigger Than Yours Jesus….
He gets it.
The following account is powerful.
Pastor Francis Chan challenged a room full of some of the most influential church leaders with a message that every lover of the local church should hear.
This past weekend I was rocked by something that Francis Chan said. He told a room of 1000 pastors and church leaders that [...]
17 Nov
Predicting the Future
Hung out with 100 teen young men this weekend. Their passion for their KING was intoxicating.
In a late night chat with a few of them, we focused on the future. As these 5 young men faced their transitonal years from teens to 20’s, the anxiety mixed with anticipation was tangible. The recurring wish:
“If we could [...]
15 Nov
The Ol’ Ball Coach
In honor of Coach Spurrier’s return to The Swamp today, check out one of his previous players (James Bates) doing a spot-on impersonation:
14 Nov
Paying It Forward (and behind you too)
File this under LOVE is a verb….
So my sister Suz sent me the following idea that’s being encouraged by a local Christian radio station:
The Drive-Thru Difference.
1. Print out the Drive-Thru Difference Letter here (print as many as you want!)
Hi!
You don’t know me, but I just paid for your order. There’s no catch – It’s just [...]
13 Nov
Largest Growing Religion Is?
Not what or who you may think.
When I stumbled upon these most recent stats from the American Religious Identification survey, I was shocked!
First, some perspective:
1. The largest single religious denomination in the USA – Catholics
1990: 46 million
2001: 51 million
% change: +11
2. Baptists:
1990: 33.9 million
2001, 33.8 million (keep an eye on this trend)
% change: ~0
Now for [...]
13 Nov
“Office” Clip
This acclaimed sitcom is told through the lenses of a documentary film crew and filled with gossip, pranks, romance and general foolishness at Dunder-Mifflin Paper Co. in Scranton, Pennsylvania. If you’ve ever hated your boss, your job or both, then you’ll love this show.
12 Nov
Top 10 Worst Small Group Ice Breakers
I cringe each time I have to play an ice breaker game. I get the “why” behind the exercises, but some to the questions are just unintentionally painful.
But I would LOVE to play the game if we could use THESE questions:
10. Which famous criminal would you say you are most like, and why?
9. What is [...]
11 Nov
My Prayers Suck….
Rote lazy prayers….
Hate them!
Guilty myself of offering up these half-hearted memorized, routine, babble to THE Creator of all things.
Words like “I praise you for who you are”?
What????
I can just sense God thinking “Who DOOOOOO you think I am? What are you praising me for???
Luke warm prayers at best.
So because you are not one thing or [...]
10 Nov
It’s a God Thing!
…really?
Seems to be the newest catch phrase in Christian circles these days – “It’s a God thing”. I heard it over and over this past weekend – may have even said it myself.
Nate over at www.nateedmondson.com wrote that “A ‘God thing’ is when something happens that can’t be explained and it becomes apparent that God [...]
9 Nov
Church? Nah…I Quit
Hanging with 20 somethings this weekend, over lunch I overheard her say:
“I don’t go to church. The Christian world puts everyone in a little box and has no time for people who step outside it.”
Does this bother you as much as me? What are we going to do?
8 Nov
3 Hot Jobs
If I were looking to either change jobs or to put together a dream team to launch a new church or business to lead my project, I agree with Seth Godin when he writes about these 3:
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. Find and connect and lead a tribe of dedicated users that contribute to and benefit from the [...]
7 Nov
Losing Purpose
Last night, over beef, chips, cookies, and lots of testosterone….
Bunkered down in the “no girls allowed room” the guys did guys things – at least until it was time to watch the Knights Templar DVD and I had to ask for some technical assistance from my 14 year old daughter – embarrasing.
These warrior monks were [...]
6 Nov
Warrior-Poet
The Warrior-Poet is a several thousand-year-old tradition of dedication to developing the body and the mind as one. He guides with wisdom and courage. He is defined by his dedication to his crafts of warfare, and intellectual study and reflection.
The Warrior-Poet is a spiritual warrior.
When I grow up I want to be him!!!!
Over sushi last [...]
5 Nov
The One Thing…
Spiritual growth. How do I achieve this?
We all want it, right?
So what is the one thing, the one practice that will accelerate growth more than any other discipline?
In Follow Me, the second book out of the Willow Creek Association and follow-up to their incredibly insightful REVEAL research confirmed that a Christ follower who consistently stated [...]
Say What?