Archive for January, 2009
Yesterday was my older brothers birthday. For me it is a day worth celebrating. My mind goes down memory lane. Our mom had these nick names for us. I was Linus and he was Schreuder (from the Charlie Brown) because I always had a blankey and he always was playing the piano. He was Bert [ READ MORE ]
It wasn’t my weeks goal to upset people but I found myself successful numerous times. Here are few things you should avoid if you don’t want to upset people. Don’t run a skill saw in the hallway of your office for 8 seconds. Don’t take away the fruit snacks that your child has. Don’t run an advertisement with [ READ MORE ]
Sitting with Joe Sangl for some counseling. I’m so pumped for tonight. People are going to get rocked with opportunities to get rid of debt. I’m also pumped about the ideas and systems that are being put into place for thebridge to offer counseling. If you aren’t able to come to tonight’s event check out www.joesangl.com [ READ MORE ]
Like most children ours enjoyed the boxes, the trash, and the cape from Uncle Jarin the most! [ READ MORE ]
One of the goals I have had for myself as the lead pastor of thebridge is to consistantly create a climate in which people feel like they could invite a friend to join us on any Sunday without feeling awkward. I know for me personally, I can move from uncomfortable to angry in a hurry [ READ MORE ]
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Clearing out the books page made me realize that I had never posted my top ten reads of 08. So here goes. 10. Mega Shift - This book would not fly with many because of it’s radical telling of miracles and God on the move. However, I am all over these things and can’t wait to see more of them happen [ READ MORE ]
Got my copy of Fast Company today and did my normal flip straight through to the “Made to Stick” article by Dan & Chip Heath. This months column was entitled the Curse of Incentives. Their point seems to be that incentives not only are dangerous but often carry with them collateral damage. I found it [ READ MORE ]
I got to meet another nephew of mine today. Owen Joshua was born this morning and everyone is doing well. In all I now have 5 nephews to wrestle. Someday they are all going to gang up on me and I’m going to be powerless to stop them but until that time I am still [ READ MORE ]
A pastor in Vancouver by the name of John Bishop was having a very unique service in which the animal kingdom was invited. He’s the one who chose to pet the tiger. [ READ MORE ]