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Category: Ideas

  • The Hairstyle Changes, but the People Don’t

    I recently had a conversation on Facebook.  Okay, so maybe it wasn’t a conversation – more a comments-ation – where everyone’s talking to each other, but through comments. We were commenting on a picture that was taken 18 years ago.  I was 18 at the time.  It was posted on…

  • Can Worship be Bad?

    I don’t think it can.  The worship that I’m talking about her is the worship that happens in churches – and most would narrow that even further to the music. Even worship that is played badly that leads to people worshiping God can’t be bad.  If someone is complaining about how bad…

  • The Holy Spirit Gets the Shaft

    Sounds like a headline for a newspaper article, but there’s something about the inconsistency that we as Christians sometimes demonstrate. Yesterday, I was praying with a friend.  We were praying that the Holy Spirit might help illuminate our minds and hearts on some things.  When I prayed, I prayed directly…

  • It’s Not Just One Thing

    Do you ever help people out with their stuff?  Are you ever a counselor or therapist for someone (professionally or not)? Whenever you are helping someone work through their stuff, no matter what it is, you have to keep in mind that it’s not just one thing.  Sometimes the conversation…

  • Relationship Mooch

    v. mooched, mooch·ing, mooch·es v.tr. 1. To obtain or try to obtain by begging; cadge. 2. To steal, filch v. intr. 1. To get or try to get something free of charge; sponge 2. To wander about aimlessly 3. To skulk around; sneak n. 1. One who begs or cadges; a sponge…

  • Cell Phone Me

    First of all, the “me” that I’m talking about can be explained as the Jamesian Me.  It is one of my “me’s” that “I” has created – a self that reflects “I.”  Lem Usita didn’t come up with this, William James did. Let me tell you a little bit about…

  • TV Shows Motif

    I looked up the definition of Motif in Google, and this is the definition that came up. a. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work. b. A dominant theme or central idea. I know that the individuals shows and series has a motif, but I was thinking…

  • Taking It for Granted

    Because I’ve been writing on this blog, I think of things to write.  As I do things, I think of what I do a little differently.  I’m not thinking about what to write all the time, but I do think about the lessons that I’m learning as I’m doing things.…

  • Do It For Free

    Live your passion.  I was going to call this post that, but I decided to entitle the post by the main idea. What are you passionate about?  What is that thing that you live for?  What gets you up in the middle of the night – and makes you take…

  • Next Book

    Why now is the time to CRUSH IT! Cash in on your passion. This is the next book that I’m about to read.  It’s by Gary Vay-ner-chuk.  Google it.  Here is the author’s post on his book. I’m pretty excited to read the book.  This is my first Vaynerchuk book. …

  • Persistence

    When I first asked about becoming a VP for the college, I was nervous and excited.  It was a job that was way to big for me – even still.  I’m still learning it.  I eventually got the job and put a name in for President – seeing as I…

  • HARO Email

    I get an e mail 3 times a day from HARO – Help a Reporter Out.  It’s an e mail that gets sent out with 15-30 requests from journalists that needs a source.  The following paragraph started the Friday afternoon email.  I thought it was interesting.  If you want to…