Do you remember when men would wear a bold confident colored tie to project confidence and control? It was a big thing in business about 10 to 20 years ago… Joshua is getting ready to lead the people of Israel, who had been wandering in the wilderness into the promised land, and he is probablyContinue reading “Power Ties”
Category Archives: Thoughts and Wonderings
Leadership Lessons From Betty White – ARE:A Renewal Enterprise
Leadership Lessons From Betty White – ARE:A Renewal Enterprise. What can we learn about this for Worship?
The in-between…
Today is Ascension Day! What a wonderful time of the year. It has been 40 days since Easter and in 10 more days will be Pentecost… But now we live in the in between. Jesus has gone, ascended to the Father, and the Spirit has yet to come, as Pentecost is still 10 more days.Continue reading “The in-between…”
Who are you without Google? | Faith & Leadership
Who are you without Google? | Faith & Leadership. Wonderful article about our new Tower of Babel! What have we become?
I Can be a Christian by myself…
Avery and Marsh have an ironic song called I Can Be a Christian By Myself. The first verse goes: I can be a Christian by myself. Leave my dusty Bible on the shelf. I’ll sing a hymn and pray a bit. God can do the rest of it. My heart’s the church, my head’s the steeple.Continue reading “I Can be a Christian by myself…”
End of your Rope…
Isn’t it interesting how we claim to be self made men and women! We say we pulled ourselves up by our own boot straps, that we are self made, we do not need anything or anybody, because we got it all together. And that might seem to be the truth, but what will happen whenContinue reading “End of your Rope…”
I am caught on the blue apple
One of my professors from seminary preached at a classmates wedding and had a blue apple. This blue apple is the long sought after treasure, you search and search and once you find it, put it away for no one to see, and so it does not get damaged. And that is what we as Christians do…Continue reading “I am caught on the blue apple”
Prayer in America – Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Prayer in America – Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Interesting look at prayer among and across religious belief…
Religion Among the Millennials – Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Religion Among the Millennials – Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Interesting Article
Mollie Hemingway: Tithing Gets Harder in Tough Times but People Still Pass the Plate and Grow Rich in Spirit – WSJ.com
Mollie Hemingway: Tithing Gets Harder in Tough Times but People Still Pass the Plate and Grow Rich in Spirit – WSJ.com. Very Interesting Article