The other day my 9-year-old son informed me of the meaning of JERK – Junior Educated Rich Kid If this was the image you had in mind by reading my title (Don’t be a jerk), reimagine it. I also don’t mean Steve Martin from the movie “The Jerk” (see below). Instead picture one of my […]
The end is near!
World Cup Fever We’re nearing one of my favorite times in all of sports – the World Cup . I can’t wait to see what is going to happen. More importantly, I can’t wait to see what is going to happen with the US Men’s National Team (USMNT). I don’t follow all of international soccer. […]
What to do when it’s a grind.
The daily grind. Steady hard work; labour of a monotonous kind, esp. close and hard study; an instance of this, a dull and laborious task. -The Oxford Dictionary Some days are harder than others. Some days everything is hard. Nothing is fun. Ever notice that? Today, is one of those days for me. I got up, […]
No one was happy…
The following is a devotion I wrote last week for Cross Points Church. You can find these daily devotions for yourself online at Bible.com. Happy. No one is happy in Numbers 11. The people are tired of manna (11:6). Moses is tired of the people (11:14-15). God is tired of everyone (11:23). No one is happy. […]
Building tribes (you are needed)
What Purple Cows, Linchpins, Permission and Tribes all have in common. Seth Godin. Seth Godin is an marketer/author/out of the box thinker. He’s written book after book based around this topic – outside the box marketing in a rapidly changing world. My favorite of his books is Tribes. Godin shares the premise that we live in a tribe-based […]
Owed nothing.
Facebook changing the rules…again. It’s very possible you did not follow a recent change on Facebook if you don’t rely on a Facebook “fan page” for your business. Facebook changed their internal algorithm, so less fans see a fan page’s content unless it’s a paid advertisement (or the page uses paid advertising). When the rules change people complain, and this […]
It’s OK to not be OK. It’s not OK to stay that way.
I wish… I wish I had come up with my catchy title for today’s post. Unfortunately it wasn’t me. The title comes from Perry Noble. Noble is the lead pastor of a large church in South Carolina and recently wrote the book Overwhelmed about depression and anxiety. He was also one of the featured speakers at The Orange […]
Awkward and out of place
Orange Conference 2014 As I write this post, I am attending a conference for children, youth, young adult and family ministers. It’s called Orange (where church – red – and family – yellow – come together). The sheer size and scope is pretty amazing. There are over 6000 people in attendance from 48 states and […]
Big guns and bigger explosions!
What I need in a movie… I’m like most guys when it comes to movies. Though I can sit through a romantic comedy most days, I’m a sucker for big guns and bigger explosions. I like it when the good guy has insurmountable odds in order to overcome evil. I’m able to suspend reality for 2 […]
Baggage weighing you down?
Big trash pick up Saturday was big trash pick up in Shawnee, Kansas. Not special news to most people, but it was spectacular for Kia and I. I was amazed, amused and fascinated by the trucks, trailers and minivans full of other people’s junk. I literally sat on my porch for nearly an hour watching […]
