Sometimes I think we feel a particular field is oversaturated when in reality we’re just hyperobservant. It’s like when you’re interested in buying a particular car model you start seeing it everywhere. In like manner, having a special interest will not only make us more aware, but it can mistakenly lead us to believe the […]
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Sin keeps getting less offensive
It’s not that my values have lowered. I still have high standards. I try to live according to scripture. And I feel that God desires people to live in a way that honors Him, honors themselves and honors his purposes of creation. However… God knows people. He knows their character, he knows their motivations… and […]
Today I read an old interview with Ze Frank, where he gives a strategy he uses to stay creative, and that is the discipline to create something every day. I love the ambiguity of just “creating something”. It’s not specific. There’s no requirement to the type of medium, quality or complexity – it just says, […]
Everyone has them. But most are afraid of theirs getting out into the open. They seek desperately to remove all signs that they ever existed. They put in place processes and layers of accountability to purge them and act as if they never existed. But me… I’m not ashamed. I kinda like mine. Now, don’t […]
Google Has Created A Person Finder For Boston digg: Pass it on.
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Friend or Client?
About 6 years ago I was in a strategy meeting with a small church. As we were brainstorming various ideas about positioning and branding, I was struck by a theme or phrase I continually heard from the pastor. The phrase he often mentioned was like, “turning the church into a family and the family into […]
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Is Avoidance Weakness or Wisdom? #dyingempty So I’ve got this friend named… let’s call him Dave. Earlier this year we worked together on a hectic web development project. Nearing the completion, he told me he’ll need to take a break before working a client project again. Citing that the project was disruptive to his peace. […]
A friend of mine, Chris Busch shared powerful concept last month at a luncheon. He also wrote a short article on his blog on the same topic called: ”Wired for Struggle.” The idea was simply that by nature, humans a born with a mind, body and reflexes to handle, adjust to and overcome all types of struggle. However, most […]
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De-Moralizing Christianity
Christianity has morals but isn’t based on being moral. Or holy or right; perfect or sinless. That which gets you in is that which keeps you. Most understand its only faith in Jesus that gets us into the family of God. But we also judge or analyze our maturity in terms or morality or spiritual […]
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The Virtue of Shameless Audacity
A few days ago I gained a new perspective on prayer. Or better put, God revealed a heart or mind attitude necessary for receiving. In Luke 11, after hearing Jesus pray, the disciples ask him to teach them how they should pray. In the following 12 verses, Jesus responds by giving them: A. Words for prayer. […]