Eccl 12:12 – …much study is wearisome to the flesh.
Never fails, my most richest moments with my Creator often follow fun.
Case in point – tonight a 10 pm game of Sardines (think Hide and Seek) in an unfamiliar 3 story condo with 20 teens. Pitch black (other than the glow from my mistimed iPhone Tweet), [...]
Archive for the ‘Do Something!’ Category
2 Apr
10 Things A Leader Must Do
Over a pipping hot mug of Hazelnut coffee and a perfectly toasted slice of whole wheat bread with a thin layer of peanut butter and a not so thin layer of honey….
Are you a leader?
It’s time to stop asking that silly question. As a Christ-follower, we are all leaders. And like it or not, leaders [...]
11 Feb
Daydreaming of One Day Becoming an Unwavering Man of God
Over a piping hot mug of Hazelnut coffee and two slices of whole wheat bread, toasted dark, a little non salmonella peanut butter, and a little more honey….
I’m wondering out loud:
If we truly desire to become that unwavering man or woman of God, what are we doing about it? What is our church doing to [...]
10 Feb
The (not so) Artful Apology
I’m sorry.
There.
I said it.
Isn’t that enough????
Apologizing is both an art AND a science. Truly thoughtful apologies rebuild relationships, but a careless, rushed or thoughtless “I’m sorry” will do more harm than good—so be careful in what you say and do!
The “I’m sorry line” is long this week! Let’s take a peek to [...]
9 Feb
Top 10 Ways to Make It Through Today
Some days I can’t breath.
You know that feeling? One trial after another. A new crisis on the tail of an old one. A surprise punch to the stomach when you had finally began to breath again. I’m there right now – doubled over sucking in the scarce air around me. Oh, it’s nothing life threatening, [...]
31 Dec
The 5 Stages…
I’ve heard your (lame) excuses. Twitter is:
dumb, useless, a waste of time, a passing fad.
I predict that you will continue to resist The Bird until you complete your journey through:
Tweet me – click here.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
5 Dec
Testimony
Hi Everybody,
I have a favor/blessing to ask of you.
Thursday night, December 11th, Grace Family Church is honoring our volunteers by throwing an incredible party called Night of 1000 Stars. Usually we celebrate the volunteer – and deservedly so!
But this year we are celebrating changed lives. And one really cool dimension of the night with be [...]
25 Nov
Dave and Lisa
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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