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Category: Ideas

  • Who Are We Really Cheering For?

    I heard a preacher talk about this once.  He asked the question – who are we really cheering for? Tonight when I watched the world series, I fixated on the idea that Johnny Damon 5 years ago won the World Series with the Red Sox.  In 2004, he had a…

  • Smart or Sneaky

    I was telling a story this weekend to some friends about how I have always watched people.  I love watching people.  Here’s the quick version of the story. When I was about 3 or 4th grade, I clearly remember this reading comprehension exercise that we did.  I was already pretty…

  • Open and Immediate Feedback

    In a world of Twitter and Facebook on our mobile phones, open and immediate feedback is now just a part of the evaluation of any lesson given or talk delivered.  You don’t have to wait till the speaker is done to tell the world whether they were boring or inspiring. …

  • What Is Spiritual

    I had a conversation with a student today.  She told me that there were students on campus that didn’t think that we were “spiritual” enough.  It sounded like they didn’t like how it was being done on campus.  Now, as the guy in charge of the Spiritual Life Department –…

  • You Can Only Think About So Much

    You can fill you mind with soooo much stuff.  You can fill it with more information and data than you can remember – literally.  You can memorize entire books and passages.  You can fill your mind with so much stuff. No matter how much stuff you have up in there,…

  • Halloween Tonight – Projection of the Real Self

    It will be pretty interesting tonight – to see people’s inner identities come out.  It’s pretty interesting what happens when you put a mask one.  When an individual puts a mask on or a wig on – they are able to release one projected self and let the real self…

  • A Variety of Landscapes

    I was thinking about how many different landscapes there are on this earth.  I’ve been able to experience  a bunch of them – the beach, the plains, the snow, the mountains, the desert, the city.  There are a variety of landscapes.  God has created them all.  God has designed them…

  • Reverse Mentor

    I read this idea in a book recently – Vaynerchuk’s book.  It is this idea of the reverse mentor.  More and more, there is an opportunity for the younger generation to teach an older generation how to navigate social media. It is something that the younger generation has grown up…

  • Inconsistent Selves

    It is theoretically possible to have inconsistent selves.  Have you ever had anyone tell you that your thinking or your ideas are inconsitent – they’re not logical – or they don’t make sense?  Next time someone says that to you – tell them – “Yeah, it is inconsistent.  What’s your…

  • Worship and Creation

    Today, Brad talked about Creation.  I don’t want to say too much about so that he can post something about that if he wants.  We talked and sang about creation today, but while I was leading worship, I realized that the service might end, people will go home, all the…

  • Depth of Friendship

    Do you have friends that you can interact with on a deep – deep level?  I’m talking about that open and honest conversation with a friend.  I love having friends that I can go into the depths of my soul and my thoughts with.  I need to have friends that…

  • Comments-ation

    A conversation that you have with a bunch of people – using just comments.  It’s not like you’re all in the room.  It’s not like you’re face to face, but you’re definitely having a conversation with people – using just comments. I just made it up in my last post.…