“Someday is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave along with you.”
- Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek
On “Someday”…
200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One by Shawn Wood
I just finished reading 200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One: Creating a Life of Meaning and Influence by Shawn Wood. I love reading about finding your calling and purpose in life and this book was another book of that flavor. One thing that I really enjoyed was Shawn’s take on how all of the [...]
Stuff I Like for August 22, 2009
I’m staring a new post series this week called “Stuff I Like” that will be a collection of links, videos, or pretty much anything else that I came across this week that might be of interest to you.
One of my favorite professional athletes is NFL quarterback Peyton Manning. Mainly because he’s helped my fantasy football [...]
How Time Flies…
It’s a big day today at the Atkins’ house. Our little guy is celebrating his second birthday day today. I can’t believe where the time goes and how fast the first two years of his life have passed us by. The speed that he is learning new things and his little personality and sense of [...]
Book Review: Unfashionable by Tullian Tchividjian
I just wrapped up the book, Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different by Tullian Tchividjian. I really enjoyed the book. It gives a great discussion of how Christians are to be “in the world but not of the world” as Jesus prayed in John 17. I really enjoyed the book and [...]
Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps
I just finished reading Shane Hipps, Flickering Pixels: How Using Technology Shapes Your Faith. As a geeky guy, I love technology, flat panel TVs, computers, the internet, my iPhone – pretty much anything that plugs in. While Shane is not critical of technology per se, he is critical of the adage that the medium is [...]
Seth Godin on Convenience
Convenience is hugely attractive in organizations because it is easy to defend and easy to approve…The problem is that convenient approaches rarely break through or generate extraordinary returns.
- Seth Godin
How has your business or ministry been handicapped by convenience? As Seth points out, extraordinary returns do not come from taking the convenient approach. The “bird [...]
The Lawyer’s Call
“Our call as lawyers is to minister God’s truth, beauty, goodness, justice, mercy, compassion, or love wherever it is lacking, whether it be in our law office, our law school, the county courthouse, the adversary system, our client’s family, our partner’s life, or at the coffee shop”
- Michael P. Schutt in Redeeming Law: Christian Calling [...]
What You “Do” Matters
“Discover that the most powerful way to help those you love is to lead by example – and realize you’re leading by example all of the time.”
- Joe Caruso
Is Your Church Ready for [Insert Tech Name Here]
A post on MediaSalt.com, “Dont Wait! Introduce new technology to your congregation” by Cleve Persinger got me thinking about how effective our church is at utilizing technology in our communications and corporate worship time. We have not been very effective and we have lagged behind. There are always good intentions on what needs to be [...]