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Despite the fact that The Beverly Hillbillies aired their last show in 1971, many people -- even those born after 1971 -- can still sing the theme song. How would you like to have that impact? The truth is, you can have that kind of impact.  How?  By being intentional. In Ephesians 5:15 Paul tell us to “Be careful how you live.” Seems simple enough, doesn't it?  Be careful, watch where you're going, look both ways before crossing the street. I'm not sure that's exactly what he meant.  What Paul is telling us to do literally means: “to look at something intensely or to examine something closely.” In other words, "Wake up and pay attention to what you're doing."  Those who leave a lasting impact occasionally do so on accident.  More often, it happens intentionally. "Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed ..."

I think you'll enjoy this video from the Desiring God Pastor's Conference.  The text in the video is straight from C.S. Lewis. Click here to view the video.

Nope, the headline isn't a misspelling.  It's one of the coolest sites I've recently discovered.  It's also a great use of Java.  It allows you enter text and it will create really cool designs.  For example: Try it for yourself: Wordle.net

In a talk he gave at TED, Bill Gates spoke of his interest in eradicating malaria. "For example, there's more money put into baldness drugs than are put into malaria. Now, baldness, it's a terrible thing. (Laughter) And rich men are afflicted. And so that's why that priority has been set."

We typically don't like to dislocate things.  I dislocated a finger in junior high and it hurt like the dickens (I'm not sure what a dickens feels like but it hurt like one anyway).  It hurt even more after Mr. Simpson, our P.E. teacher, decided to try and yank it back in place. Whether we dislocate a finger or a shoulder, it's a painful experience to have something out of joint. Sometimes, however, God must dislocate our heart in order to get us to take action on his behalf. How does that happen?  It happens when we find ourselves more concerned for God's agenda than our own agenda.  It happens when we ask God to make us sensitive to the things that break his heart.  Our hearts are dislocated when we witness injustice or suffering or oppression. Spiritually speaking, perhaps the worst thing we can do when God dislocates our…