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A friend recenlty forwarded me a link from the Catalyst Leadership Journal to a video of Donald Miller talking about God's specific plan for your life, or rather, lack thereof. In the video, he says: "I believe that God has…
Tom Davis wrote an interesting post the other day on his blog about Christian symbolism — particularly the "brand" of Christianity (i.e. the cross) and whether or not symbols need to change over time (as the logoso for Starbucks, Target,…
My One Word for 2011 (thanks to Alece Ronzino for this idea) is "dream." Last year, I think, the word of the year was "ship" (a la Seth Godin's Linchpin). It was all about delivering something, about getting a piece…
I'll just come right out and say it: I believe more churches should provide mission trips for their youth groups. Granted, I'm biased, but I think short-term missions should be a higher priority — nay, a requirement — in the…
As I'm trying to discern what this blog will be about in 2011, I've scheduled some short posts for you (some of it is informative news from my ministry and other stuff is just "hey I thought you'd like to…
I think that I blogged more and more consistently in 2010 than in any of the other four years of this blog's lifespan — nearly five times per week. That's a good run, but I need a break. I'm going…
I attended the Catalyst conference this year. I was working, so I was in and out of the main room a lot, but one speaker I was fortunate enough to hear was Dan Pink. Dan proposed an interesting idea to…
Here are some good tips from Michael Hyatt about how to practice good email etiquette. In world that is becoming increasingly more connected, it is important that we learn how to use — and not abuse — new technologies. I've…
See if you can relate to the following scenario: As you entered the month of December, anticipation for Christmas mounted, and your excitement grew. You bought thoughful gifts for the people you loved, cooked and baked delicious foods, took Christmas…
I came across this retelling of the Christmas story by children last night (thanks to my new friend Morgan). I found it fun, honest, and heart-warming. It made me wonder two things: 1) With so many cultural traditions and questions…
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