Category: Action
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Quotage: Make commitments
“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hope, but no plans” – Peter Drucker Just a good thought on a Wednesday night. Posting has been sparse here because life’s been busy. If you want more updates, you can follow my twitter updates (which also have an RSS feed for you Bloglines or Google…
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Let doors close
Even writing that title is hard. I like keeping options open, and it turns out, I’m not alone. The New York Times tells us about a study from MIT that showed people will pay a cost to keep options open because it hurts to feel a door shut. Here’s a section of the article. It’s…
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Theology with feet
One of the constant (healthy) tensions I face in seminary is what the theology means in life. We can spend a lot of time thinking great ideas about God. But what does it mean for following God? In the midst of talking about Hebrew parsings, evolution and creation accounts, sermon structures, the nature of evil,…
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Maximizing output
Life is usually a juggling act. I have to balance a lot of things at the same time, and I’m sure you do, too. For me, balancing work, school, home, other work, friendships, hobbies and more means something always gets less attention than it really should. Here’s something I’m learning. Sometimes productivity is really about…
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Accountability
Keeping accountable to others can be the difference between finishing well and failing miserably. But most of the time, it isn’t done in a way that provides much more than a slap on the wrist and a guilt trip. Usually there’s a list of questions regarding different sins you could have committed that week. Did…
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Lifting that sail and catching the winds of destiny
Let’s be honest. Poetry is a little too heady and cultured for this blog. It just is. I write in three-word sentences. I don’t write poetry. But there’s this poem that Edgar Lee Masters wrote in his Spoon River Anthology that I think about every few months or so. The book is filled with poems…
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Challenged by action
I’m glad I am taking the time to go through seminary. It’s a chance to ask the big “God questions” before someone else asks me. It gives me the time and tools to consider what I really believe. It gives me a background and perspective on the Bible that enriches my ability to follow God…
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The real work of creativity
It’s time for another Seth Godin quote. This time on creativity. 99% of the time, in my experience, the hard part about creativity isn’t coming up with something no one has ever thought of before. The hard part is actually executing the thing you’ve thought of. The devil doesn’t need an advocate. The brave need…
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Preach what you practice
It’s really saying the same thing, but in a different way. What if the “living it” had to come before the “speaking it?” What if we just couldn’t talk about how to live life or how to follow God or how to have a devotional time with God or how to pray or how to…
Jon Sampson 