May God bless you with discomfortat easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationshipsso that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with angerat injustice, oppression and exploitation of peopleso that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tearsto shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and […]
Some of the new, eclectic media around our family this holiday…
Film DVD - Pulp FictionWatching this was at the request of Uncle Dug, who got the DVD for Christmas. Yeah yeah, I know - extremely vulgar and violent. But you have to admit, the director was *certainly* trying to say something - “Redemption” […]
Oops - totally forgot this one and it’s one of my favorites… [post is backdated]
1. Fairfield, CT, USA2. Leesburg, VA, USA3. Hagerstown, MD, USA4. Orlando, FL, USA5. Savannah, GA, USA6. New York, NY, USA 7. Chincoteague Island, Virginia VA, USA8. Rehoboth Beach, DE, USA 9. Los Angeles, CA, USA 10. Anaheim, CA, USA 11. Newport […]
Urbana 06 is going on right now - you can get both the audio and the video from all the sessions as they become available at urbana.org, which is really cool. I’ve never been, but maybe one of these years I should go.
I’ve been following a few people who are blogging from the conference. […]
It’s not much, but I call it a remote office. Tybee Island, GA.
“The classic pattern for double confirmation involves four steps. First there is a crucial moment in the leader’s ministry when a sure word from God is needed for direction. Second, God gives direction to the leader directly or indirectly. Third, God then confirms this direction through someone else. Fourth, God brings […]
::: VBS Ladies
“They can be a blessing, or a source of consternation if they’re given too much authority and allow activities to supersede relationships.”
Link from Seth Barnes
::: Youth Ministries for Peace and JusticeLink from Rudy
::: A Biblical Missiology for North American People Groups
Therefore, discipleship of North American people groups is not only a domestic […]
Here are my favorite posts from 2006. Enjoy.
Being Replaced Because of 2506SPACE Mission Advance 2006Cameroon, Day 12Cameroon - It All Means [Tony’s personal debriefing]Youth Ministry in 50 YearsSPACE’s Core Score - Oct 2006Can We Lose More Leaders
[Related — My 2005 favorite posts]
Goodwin’s expectation principle: “A potential leader tends to rise to the level of genuine expectancy of a leader he or she respects.”- Bobby Clinton in The Making of a Leader
Your experience?
1. K on her new bike, 2. The fam at Christmas, 3. K learning to dive, 4. ESunde [05-06 intern] and I in Paris, 5. Paris, 6. Disneyland Fireworks, 7. Venice Beach, CA, 8. The fam at Venice Beach, 9. Cameroon Pygmy Tribe Chief
flickr mosaic idea via knightopia
K turns nine today. That is her running in the annual Pumpkin Run at her school from around Halloween. Keep running girl, the world needs you.
We are on the move to Savannah for the Christmas holiday. Should be a fun time. Blessings and Merry Christmas to you and your families.
ps - My house is being guarded by one very dangerous housesitter and two very smart dogs.
Photo: K on her new bike she got for her birthday.
Actually, two books. Looking forward to digging into them - the offer might still be valid. Thanks George!
::: 70Paralyzed making a decision as a leader? The Marine Corps trains officers to make decisions when they are 70 percent confident of the outcome.A template for looking at some of the most commonly encountered problems in reaching a decision from Leading Blog.
::: 80
We often fear letting go of things because of […]
I’m going to try to enable this very soon. [RSS readers - there is an embedded video in this post.]
via Waxy.org [For some really strange reason, my wife didn’t think it was half as funny as I did.]
The third post in a series of posts based on the book The End of Poverty. [Notes from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.]
Chapter Three - Why Some Countries Fail to ThriveEight major categories of problems can cause an economy to stagnate or decline:
1. The Poverty TrapPoor do not have the ability by themselves […]
When we are the epicenter of a community that resources, trains and sends people back and forth from culture to culture, December can be an amazing convergence. Friends from near and far dropped in last night.
Photo: Some of the Cam team with Tkshi from Yaounde, Cameroon.
A place where you all can comment and share your stories about your friends, people and making an impact on the world. Click.
:::Alan Hirsch on the fringe
In the study of the history of missions, one can even be formulaic about asserting that all great missionary movements begin at the fringes of the church, among the poor and the marginalized, and seldom, if ever, at the center. It is vital that in pursuing missional modes of church, we […]
D showed me this article which highlights the White House Summit on Malaria, happening today. Some interesting clips:
::: President Bush Announced The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) In June 2005. PMI is a five-year, $1.2 billion program that challenges the private sector to join the U.S. Government in combating malaria in 15 of the hardest-hit […]
A list of books that I read [or sort of read] this year with some comments in order of my recommendations to you - top of the list are must-reads.
:::The One Thing You Need to KnowLots of great stuff about leadership, managing and focus. If you have any influence over people [and you probably […]
You are interested in world cultures, global missions and launching your friends on an adventure while you live a big life that takes on the trajectory of Jesus and his strategic orbit from culture to culture, country to country, planet to planet.
You feel personally responsible for:- compelling old and new friends to serve humanity in […]
From Muhammad Yunus and his Nobel Peace Prize speech:
We get what we want, or what we don’t refuse. We accept the fact that we will always have poor people around us, and that poverty is part of human destiny. This is precisely why we continue to have poor people around us. If we firmly believe […]
For those of you that have seen my 50 and 60 republished posts… it’s not me…
::: Composting Toilets
Typical “low-flush” toilets in the United States and Canada use 6 liters (1.6 gallons) of water per flush, notes Scott Smith, vice president of Canada-based Sancor Industries, which manufactures Envirolet Composting Toilet Systems. Thus, by switching to a no-flush composting toilet, a person can save more than 8,000 liters (2,000 gallons) of water […]
My fourth post in a series based on my specific StrengthsFinder strengths.
Arranger
You are a conductor. When faced with a complex situation involving many factors, you enjoy managing all of the variables, aligning and realigning them until you are sure you have arranged them in the most productive configuration possible. In your mind there is nothing […]
An over read conversation [with permission]:
If the comment below didn’t capture my imagination, then I would be dead. “Warriors needed in a quest to save the universe one planet at a time starting with Earth. Safe return doubtful.”Ah to be 19 again . . . but with a heart for Christ and a […]
Loads of fun tonight with the gang at College Park - thanks again for hosting me! Below are my notes….
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::: Introsemester as a missions experienceGod can speak and mold youJonah - God walks Jonah through the experiencespend a few minutes tonight walking through your semestersee it as a missions experiencealso talk about going back […]
Play this world map game. Comment on your score - I did dismally. via Kottke
[Related - LeapFrog globe that my parents got for the girls last year - we love this toy!]
I will be hanging at College Park’s IV on Tuesday evening, giving a short talk on thinking about the semester like a missions experience. Would love to meet you if you are there. 7.30 at Art/Soc building.
[Related - my speaking notes the last time.]
Quick notes from Pastor Mark’s talk this morning:
- intro to series Scrooge Comes to Grace - Christmas series - opened with a scene from The Muppet Christmas Carol, talking about Scrooge- Affluenza - I Tim 6:17-18- the lie - your plasma is not big enough, you passport is not stamped enough, etc.- Heb 13:5 - […]
Two of you wrote in about the movie clip help request. Dennis chimed in with the first Back to the Future and Half Moon wrote in about Walking Tall with the Rock. The only other clip I could think of was in Forrest Gump, when Jenny and Forrest walk past her old house, […]
Ok readers - I need some help. I’m prepping for a talk I’m giving next week and I need a clip from a movie. The clip should help describe someone coming home after a time away, engaging in a bit of reverse culture shock, maybe the tension with their family after being away, […]
Today is World AIDS day. If you aren’t familiar with how complex AIDS is, here are some items from the UN 2006 global AIDS epidemic report:
- To date around 65 million people have been infected with HIV and AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognised in 1981. The […]
