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Most Popular Posts of May 08

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In case you missed them, here are the posts that generated the most traffic last month:

Goodbye Facebook
Worship Music Genre Poll Results
Perceptions
God of This City
wibo: perry noble
Help Me Find Creative Message Illustrations
My Favorite FireFox Add-ons
The Highly-Skilled-Techies are Few
Goodbye Microsoft Outlook
Jan & Allen’s Story from Mother’s Day 08

Lee recently came back from a worship conference and shared these notes from a session that Aubrey Spears taught. Spears is the Teaching Pastor at Fairmont Park Church in La Porte, Texas. From Lee’s notes, these are the:
7 Reasons Why the Church Needs Artists

Only through art can we know God more fully. A person encounters [...]

Answers to Questions | Part 3

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Here are more answers to questions you submitted several weeks ago.
1. How did you go from just a church member to getting into full-time ministry?
The short answer is that Tim invited me to be a part of his small group, and I finally convinced him after a few months that he should hire me. The [...]

wibo conference channel

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Though it doesn’t look like the sessions are live, there’s a lot of additional content for today’s WIBO experience here. If you visit, tell them Tony sent you.

Developing New Habits

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Here’s an excerpt from an interesting article in the New York Times. There are obvious connections for those who pursue innovation and creativity. However, this also appears to affirm the value of spiritual disciplines.
So it seems antithetical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation. But brain researchers have discovered that [...]

Mother’s Day Limerick

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Jacob, my ten-year-old son is into limericks. He wrote this one for Emily on Mother’s Day. This was his special gift to her:
Mama, you’re not a llama.
Although you’re good at drama.
You are very lean.
You’re name is not Dean.
I’m glad you’re not Obama.
I’m sure she will cherish this forever.

I have a stack of items that have caught my attention in recent days. You may be interested in one or more of these. Take a look at this:

Last week, Boston Globe columnist Penelope Trunk linked to my blog in reference to one of her new paths to productivity.
Loved these quick thoughts from brewster. “Whatever [...]

Answers to Questions | Part 2

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Here are more answers to questions that were recently submitted by readers. Enjoy.
6. Want to hang out with me and my buddy Kary Oberbrunner at Catalyst?
Of course I do. Doesn’t everyone?
7. What did the decision-making process look like when you decided to leave Granger Community Church to become a pastor at NewSpring?
It looked sort of [...]

Welcome to the New Digs

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I’m still unpacking all the boxes, but it feels good to be in the new place. With the help of friends, the site is completely redesigned. If you’re a subscriber and following me through email or a feed reader, you may be interested in stopping by and saying hello. No need to bring housewarming gifts.
There [...]

Touching Them All

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My Next Stops

  • Coaching Network for Ministry Leaders & Strategists
    Launching first network in Anderson, SC on September 5

    Catalyst Conference
    Listening to Perry in Atlanta, GA on October 8-10