I’m old enough to remember McDonalds when they would change the number on their sign every once in a whilee from Millions and Millions served to 250 Million served to 300 Million served to 750 Million served to the day I noticed they said 1 Billion served! It was a huge landmark for the restaurant chain. Do . . . → Read More: Billions and Billions Served
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That’s what the colonel told Elvis, right? “Just let it all go…” Well, a year ago I bought a 21′ Victory Sloop. I called it a sailboat when I picked it up, but the owner corrected me, informing me that it was a sailing yacht. Hoo hoooo! I’m a yacht owner! But there were a few problems. First, . . . → Read More: Just Let It All Go Have you ever read Kipling? I enjoyed the Jungle Books but he also wrote many, many poems, short stories, and allegorical stories. Have you ever heard someone talk about the poem, “If”? It’s good ol’ Rudyards. And it shakes a finger at success and failure, and challenges us to address both of them as the impostors . . . → Read More: I’m Excited I’ve seen a lot, and I mean a LOT of pastor’s blogs out there. Some of them are great for me to see what men smarter than me see in the Bible, and what the Spirit of God is telling them. It’s inspiration for me. Others really strike me as men blathering about nothing just to . . . → Read More: I’m Depressed Is there a movie line or radio jingle that you can think of, and then it sticks with you until you replace it? My Sci-Psy research tells me that when this happens consistently it can be a symptom of OCD…I don’t know. I think everyone has a mind that has similar places in it. Yes, we’re . . . → Read More: Some Things Stay With You I ordered some books on Fasting for a few of my leaders at church. They are full of great wisdom on everything from How to fast, When to fast, Why to fast…they’re great and will really be of benefit for them and for our church. I paid for them at Barnes and Noble, and the book . . . → Read More: Order In Transit You and I have heard, “Practice What You Preach,” all our lives. I think it was probably first uttered to Adam one early evening by Eve when he didn’t get something done. But I think there’s something more to that. Getting our hearts right before we tell somebody else what to do is a great idea. No, . . . → Read More: A Note To Preachers Everywhere Every week I have to listen to my Sunday sermon when I edit the raw recording to crop off the start and end sound and noise. There are sometimes parts in the middle that get edited too. Like the week our children’s ministry was having an extraordinarily noisy fun time in Sunday school. Or when we . . . → Read More: What Does Your Voice Sound Like? Date nights. I know we don’t do it often enough, but as often as we can, Karen and I get the kids covered (thank God for built in babysitting … sometimes,) and go eat, walk, watch a movie, spend time with other adults who are doing the same thing, and we usually have a sweet snack . . . → Read More: Date Nights Check your Recently Played list. You can’t really delete things off the list in real life, but you can bump some weak tracks down by playing the good ones frequently. That would preach, huh? . . . → Read More: What’s On Your Ipod? |
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