December 2011
9 posts
“Do not slice pieces out of your manhood and then hope to fill up the vacancies...”
– Charles Spurgeon
Dec 24th
When We Fail
(a look at Sharing Christ this Christmas) And when we fail — not if, but when — the place to return is Calvary’s tree. Our solace in failing to adequately share the gospel is the very gospel we seek to share. It is good to ache over our failures to love our families in gospel word and deed. But let’s not miss that as we reflect on our failures, we have all the more reason to marvel at God’s love...
Dec 21st
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Book List of 2011
  I love to read and think that knowledge is crucial to shaping conversations and growth. I get asked from time to time what I am reading and especially how it relates to Christendom. The internet is a friend of information. Books are friends of thought. I love and use the internet daily, but also love to dive in a good book, and not on an iPad, but you know like a physical book, with real...
Dec 16th
Lazar
The OKC Thunder just brought on a guy from Minnesota. His job in practice is to guard Kevin Durant. He told Kevin: “I told him, ‘I’ll be going up against you all the time. I’m going to push you. I’m going to fight you. I’m going to try to make you mad,”’ explained Lazar Hayward, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound second-year player out of Marquette. “But at the end of the...
Dec 15th
Dec 14th
“Many times leaders in the public sphere are criticized for some mistake or...”
– Productivity Fail - Creative Leadership
Dec 13th
Dec 6th
A Slow Process
The system is that there is no system. That doesn’t mean we don’t have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that’s not what it’s about. Process makes you more efficient. Steve Jobs “Process makes you more efficient.” Maybe that is what is going on in my life. Maybe I am growing, stretching, hurting, and learning...
Dec 6th
An Incomplete List of Small Pleasures
Referring to friends and family by the first letter of their first name. Sound of passing traffic without horns or sirens. Just whooshes. Doing simple things really well. Listening to kids stories. Listening to old people tell “old tales” Mumford and Sons and Civil Wars music. Bridges—rivers, noses, ships, songs. Hearing other people tell success stories. Really long hot...
Dec 3rd