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Seth Godin has a great post today in which he discusses what a “great audience” is and receives from the speaker! A great audience does… make eye contact pay attention mirror energy back to the speaker (assuming of course that the speaker is projecting some energy of his/her own) interact with the material (e.g. asks [...]
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The end of the month is here… CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? The posts that got the most attention this month… Do me a favor… tell me the truth (SUMMARY: stop watching me self-destruct cause you’re scared of hurting my feelings!) I’m fed up with the “… Church” (SUMMARY: labeling church is complicating church… STOP IT!) [...]
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One of my favorite bloggers, Mark Batterson, is currently traveling, teaching lessons from his book, In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day. In his most recent travels he hung out @ in the Pittsburgh area. A fellow blogger, Jeff Leake, captured his notes… a great synopsis! (Click here to read them in [...]
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Monday I’ll be back in the saddle… I’m looking forward to that! I enjoy what I do and am raring to go! The first meeting on Monday is @ 5:30 a.m. … just gotta get going! For the last couple of weeks I’ve been… Hanging out with “The Ladies” Painting! Putting down some new flooring [...]
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This weekend I was able to hang out with six other pastors and talk through the book of James… and of course we talked about church too! You know what… I realize that there’s a problem in the “Church” (at large). I’ve been mulling this over for a couple of months now and am going [...]
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I’m prepping for the day and have a bunch of unrelated thoughts running through my head… what’s that mean about me? Ahhhh… it’s nothing that a good cup of coffee and a quick blog post can’t take care of… I’m excited to teach the book of James this weekend! This is the first of a [...]
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Yesterday I had an interesting experience that confirmed a few things for me. One of my daughters receives in-home therapy. We have five therapists a week in our home. Side Note: My bride is an angel! I have spent the last several days in awe as I watch her manage the steady flow of therapists, [...]
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As an avid blog reader I have my “favorite things” that I like about blogs that I read. I’m interested in yours. What are a few of your favorite things? What do you find helpful when checking out a blog and what are some things that you don’t necessarily find helpful In other words, what [...]
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While reading from Philip Yancey’s book Prayer I came across nine GREAT questions that I’m chewing on… How can I slow down? (For pastors, see Mark Driscoll’s story here) How can I simplify things? How can I bring silence into my life? How can I savor this moment? How can I speak up? (Tell the [...]
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Bob Franquiz had a conversation starter on “Staff meetings” (read it here). I thought I’d share how we do staff meetings at Northgate! A couple of organizational points first… Every Monday we have an “All-Staff” lunch. This is for everyone on staff! Our Support Staff meets on Monday with Jeff (Director of Operations). Our Ministry [...]
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