Church

It's a fact of life that most of us are short-sighted when it comes to the ripples we create.  I still remember receiving a birthday card from my mother when I was in college that contained a short sentence of her confidence in me.  Unfortunately, the physical card is long gone -- the victim of being given to an eighteen year-old with a teenager's perspective on things that matter. However, the words, the feelings expressed in that card live on to this day in my heart.  They are ripples that continue to grow and expand with each passing year. Words of affirmation are like that.  Much beyond the initial splash they may create, the lasting effect comes from the way they ripple through our remaining years.  They become a point of reference that reminds us that though the world may seem a dark place, all is not lost. Just the…

I've begun leading our ministry leads in the process of greater collaboration among ministries.  As a church, we have a mission of reaching people disconnected to God and helping them grow in their relationship with him.  This -- by any measure -- is no small task. Ultimately, by doing more of what we do best the church will be more healthy and more lives will be impacted for good. In scanning a few leadership blogs* tonight (I'm tired but too wound up to sleep), I came across this post called "How Managers Can Amp Up Workplace Voltage."  I'll share part of it here: According to Wikipedia, voltage is: The voltage between two points is a short name for the electrical force that would drive an electric current between those points. Specifically, voltage is equal to energy per unit charge. In the case of static electric fields, the voltage between two…

This is one reason I love Twitter (for quotes like these): "Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark: you know what you are doing, but nobody notices!"

"You can’t win the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket." If you never take a risk, you will never realize the reward of your efforts.

I'm passing along a resource I found via Twitter: OliveTree.  They offer "traditional" Bible software packages for your use on your computer; they also have a host of Bible apps for the different phone platforms ... iPhone, Blackberry, Android, and Windows Mobile.  Be sure to check out their free section.