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Archive for December, 2008
31 Dec
The 5 Stages…
30 Dec
I Love What I’m Good At….
As my daughters begin to determine what they want to do/be as they graduate high school, my mission is to help them marry two key fundamentals – expertise and passion.
Do you have a passion (and skill and insight) about your job and passion about your employer’s mission?
If you lack either, you are probably unfulfilled in [...]
29 Dec
As the Pendulum Swings…
Sitting in the waiting room, awaiting my appointment to meet with the the leasing agent for my new office, I was memorized by the slow yet certain swing of the gold pendulum hanging below the time face of an old Grand Father clock.
The side to side motion was intriguing.
The pace of the swing a bit [...]
28 Dec
When Tradition = Boring
“If a tradition is to overcome its own crisis of knowing, it will be through the revision of its narrative in light of its current cultural setting, together with its criteria for truth, by the hands of insiders to that tradition.” – Alasdair MacIntyre
Church in America, are you listening?
Our European Churches declined due in part [...]
23 Dec
Does God Need You?
Why do you serve God?
No, really.
Let me ask this question in a more direct way – why do you serve God in and through your local church or local ministry?
I’ll tell you why I serve. It’s not the primary reason I serve – but it’s in my top 3. In fact, there are [...]
22 Dec
Knee Deep in the Hoopla
I think Jefferson Starship sang it best back in 1985 as “We Built This City” rocketed to Billboard #1 and then crashed back down to earth in 2004 when Blender magazine named it the #1 worst song of all time.
But there is something endearing and almost theological about this tune that some say single handedly [...]
18 Dec
Hello Santa?
Yea….
Just a mere $8,000 for this chair AND the Mac is included!
I’m sure somewhere in the fine print it states that this guy:
even comes over to help set it up!
17 Dec
The Etiquette of Blind CC’s
Blind carbon copy (abbreviated BCC) refers to the practice of sending an email message to multiple recipients in such a way that what they receive does not contain the complete list of recipients.
Harmless?
Usually.
In fact – when used properly, a BCC protects your email address from those on the mass email that may have other not [...]
16 Dec
How Many?
from churchrelevance.com
QUESTION:
How many churches are in the U.S. today?
ANSWER:
According to the book Beyond Megachurch Myths, there were 320,000 Christian U.S. churches in 2007. Of these U.S. churches, 1,250 were megachurches with an average weekend attendance of 2,000 or more.
15 Dec
R.O.I. and Kingdom Efficiency
Return on Investment = A performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments.
Spending much of my secular employment in the finance arena, the term Return on Investment is foundational to effective and successful decision making.
Should it be applied to our Kingdom Advancement [...]
12 Dec
Storybook Wall
How do you communicate sincere thanks to someone who volunteers their time, talents, and treasure?
The twist – they are not doing it for you (your organization, your team, your church). “They” are volunteering because they feel led to ACT – to do their thing – to make a difference. In this situation – to help [...]
11 Dec
I Am Second
Why is it so hard to assume my God established place? This little site helps re-center me:
I Am Second
10 Dec
Interpret This Message
(adapted from Dr. Ornish’s secular article on Happiness and filtered through my Christian world view)
“Nothing can bring lasting happiness.”
As believers we have within us the cause of true joy. It remains until something disturbs it. Something like sin (selfishness, anger, lust, and the list goes on).
We must stop chasing all the things that we believe [...]
9 Dec
Horology
The word of the day is Horology. Wiki says – From Greek – “hour, time”; and logos – “study, speech”; the study of time, is the art or science of measuring time. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, timers, time recorders and marine chronometers are all examples of instruments used to measure time.
I have a thing for [...]
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