Posted in Books, Current Events, Family, Leadership, Self-Help, Stress, tagged book, college, Covey, decisions, gift, graduate, habits, life, life choices, lifestyle, parent-teen, parenting, parenting teens, preteen, student, success, teens on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
I have come across a great book for teens, their parents, and high school graduates heading off to college or just starting their adult life. The book is The Six Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make and it is written by a son of Stephen R. Covey (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People), Sean Covey.
This [...]
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Posted in Books, Christian Living, Faith, Leadership, Self-Help, Stress, tagged group, influence, John Maxwell, lead, manage, reading group, serve, wisdom on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I am in a men’s leadership group and we are reading John Maxwell’s Be a People Person.
On page 75 he writes, “An effective leader is a generous contributor……The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him but the number of people he serves”…..
William Arthur Ward of Texas Wesleyan College in [...]
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Posted in Books, Christian Living, Leadership, Self-Help, tagged career, influence, motivation, people, promotion, relationships on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I am part of a men’s leadership development group that is reading John Maxwell’s Be A People Person - Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships. It is very practical. A person could see immediate benefits by practicing the principles Maxwell presents.
We are created to be relational and our lives are best no matter what the circumstances [...]
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Posted in Books, Christian Living, Entertainment, Faith, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged blue like jazz, book, christianity, donald miller, goals, God, Jesus, life, redemption, self-esteem, spirituality, success on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
My wife is out of town for the weekend and I am rereading Donald Millers’ book Blue Like Jazz - Nonreligious thoughts on Christian Spirituality. I am enjoying the read more than I did a couple of years ago. He has such a unique, poetic, and honest view of Christianity and his journey with Christ.
In [...]
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Posted in Books, Christian Living, Current Events, Family, Leadership, PG Required, Self-Help, tagged child, children, parenting, parenting teens, parents, teenagers, teens on December 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Not only am I the Lead Pastor of Life Connection Church, I am also the main teacher for our Student Ministry. I love teaching teens. They are our future, and the current crop of teens and young adults are the most unchurched and least spiritually trained generation in our history. They are also very hungry [...]
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Posted in Books, Entertainment, tagged book review, day off, fiction, football, fun, italy, john grisham, NFL Italy, parma, playing for pizza on October 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I like to read fiction on my day off, and I am a John Grisham fan, so I sat down today and read John Grisham’s new book, Playing for Pizza. It was a fun read. If you are a football fan or have played football in the past, it is a really fun read.
In an [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Church, Faith, LCC, Stress, tagged , depression, fear on October 2, 2007 | No Comments »
from Bible Study If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat, by John Ortberg
From Session Four we did last week.
Fear can strike when it is not helpful or wanted.
Fear can be paralyzing instead of motivating
Fear can become habitual worry.
Fear threatens to keep us from trusting and obeying God.
When [...]
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Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Faith, Leadership, Mother Teresa, Stress, tagged humble, humilty, life, pride, proud, servanthood, weakness, wisdom on September 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Excerpts from Mother Teresa - In My Own Words
I have really been studying the life of Teresa the last few weeks and the more I read the more I am impressed by her example of a life of humility and convicted by the pride in my life. The Word of God tells us that pride will [...]
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Posted in Books, Christian Living, Faith, Family, Leadership, Mother Teresa, Prayer, Stress, tagged Family, hurry, joy, love, parenting, peace, war on September 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Excerpt from Mother Teresa - In My Own Words
“Peace and war begins at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy.”
“Everybody today seems to be in a hurry. No [...]
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Posted in Books, Christian Living, Evangelism, Faith, Leadership, Mother Teresa, tagged caring, christian, example, faithfulness, love, poor, real love, sacrifice, serving on September 23, 2007 | No Comments »
from “Mother Teresa - In My Own Words”
“When a young lady of the upper class chooses to place herself at the service of the poor, it causes an authentic revolution, the biggest, the most difficult one: the revolution of love.”
“Only after they were fed did he (Jesus) start to teach them.”
“True love causes pain. Jesus, [...]
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