[Note: Originally posted on SethGodin.typepad.com.] Not only the way you speakbut the way you write and act. More than geography, accents now represent a choice of attitude. Let’s define an accent as the way someone speaks (writes, acts) that’s different from the way I do it. So, if I’m from Liverpool and you’re from Texas, […]
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[Note: Originally posted on Evotional.com.] Continued our Ritual series this weekend. Talked about a 4000 year-old ritual called tithing that traces all the way back to Abraham. Honestly, I used to hate talking about money. Thought people would think it was a money grab so I was almost defensive about it. But the longer I […]
[Note: Originally posted on MichaelHyatt.com.] Last Friday, I had the privilege of hearing General Tommy Franks speak at the Spur Leadership Conference in Austin, Texas. I was standing in the green room visiting with one of our authors when General Franks entered the room with his wife, Cathy. He stuck out his hand and said, […]
[Note: Originally posted on Evotional.com.] “If the prophet had asked you to do something hard and heroic, wouldn’t you have done it? So why not this simple “wash and clean”? Remember the story of Naaman in II Kings 5? The prophet Elisha told him to dip in the Jordan river seven times in order to […]
[Note: Originally posted on MichaelHyatt.com.] The highlight of the day for me was Dave Ramseys talk. He outlined his Momentum Theorem. He displayed this as a mathematical formula, but here is the text version: Focused intensity over time, multiplied by God, creates unstoppable momentum. He made the astute observation that When you have momentum, you […]
[Note: Originally posted on BradLomenick.com] 1. Use your 20s to build a foundation for your 70s. Create deep roots that will give you a foundation for when you are older. Finishing well means starting well. 2. Dont worry about climbing the ladder. Theres no longer a ladder anyway. Its more like one of those spiral […]
[Note: Originally posted on MichaelHyatt.com.] My dad was injured in the Korean War, a few years before I was born. As a result of that injury, he walks with a limp. As a young boy, I unconsciously emulated him. I just thought that was the way grown men walked. When I was about three or […]
[Note: Originally posted on Catalystspace.com.] I recently sat down with all of our worship leaders here at NewSpring Church for two hours it was seriously an amazing series of conversations. At one point, Lee McDerment, our worship leader at the Anderson campus asked me, What are some things all of us need to keep in mind […]
I have had it on my mind for a long time now, this topic of prosperity: what the world sees it as, and what the Bible actually teaches. I can’t help but find a discorrelation between the two. God’s teaching tends to go against the grain of the world’s idea of what true success and […]
So I was reading through 1 Peter 3 this morning for my devotions. And I stumbled upon a verse that I know I have read before, but just found very interesting. It’s clearly not something you’ll hear many pastors preach from a pulpit–perhaps for good reason.