Category: Linkage
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Things around the internets
Here are a few things I’ve clicked on recently… I love this version of the Myers Briggs personality profile because it just asks you which categories you fit into and then tells you about it. For people with some self awareness, you can get to the results without 596 questions! There are more rich folks…
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Linkage: What worked and what didn’t
I love learning from what others are doing. Here’s a list from Chris Elrod about what worked and didn’t at Compass Point in 2007… I’m beginning to realize just how different Compass Point is from other churches around Lakeland and the United States. What works everywhere else usually bombs here. 2007 was Compass Point’s third…
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Worth Reading: worship actions, shark fishing, and foolishness
>> Sally Morgenthaler, author of Worship Evangelism – a book that helped usher in the contemporary mega church movement, writes about her journey from advocating seeker-friendly worship as outreach to re-focusing on the work happening outside the church. Truth may hurt, but if there’s something leaders do, they tell it. In 2000 I didn’t have…
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Random Blog of the Day: Building Better Restaurants
I’ve been on a blog kick recently – reading blogs from different fields to cross-pollinate my thoughts/experiences. One I found recently is all about the restaurant business. It actually has some great leadership tips – particularly if you lead a team. A recent post gave 16 cost-effective tips for keeping employees happy. It’s a good…
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Worth reading: Goodmanson, Godin, and Groeschel
+ Drew Goodmanson hits the ball out of the park on two recent posts. He writes here about seeing the church functioning in three dimensions (similar to these). We need to gather corporately, as smaller groups relationally, and as people who are sent – on mission. He adds an interesting plug for the value of…
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Worth reading: Missional churches and conferences galore
+ Scott Hodge is posting some thoughts from Q in Atlanta. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a conference similar to TED but with a Christian emphasis. This is a conference I would have loved to attend – even qualified for a scholarship. But it was still a little out of reach price-wise. Maybe…
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Stealing time
How we use time says a lot about what we value. Sometimes, a time problem is really more of a value problem. Read this from Slow Leadership: Lack of time is an attractive excuse, because it implies that you’re blameless—a helpless victim of stress, overwork, and external circumstances. Of course, you may object that you…
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Get independent artists … cheap
If you’re into independent artists and up for a little digging, you should check out Amie Street. It’s basically “an independent music store where all songs start free and rise in price the more they are purchased.” So, the more people who purchase a song, the more it sells for. I’d been wanting to buy…
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Hope in tragedy
J.R. Woodward, a pastor in LA who spent the last few days at Virginia Tech, wrote a powerful post on hope. It’s long, but it’s worth the time. When we look around at our world, we can see how much God loves diversity. We don’t look alike, we don’t act alike,we don’t dress alike. We…
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So two nuns walked into a bar …
I don’t know what I’d do in a job interview if someone said, “Now, tell me a joke …” (Craig Groeschel has been posting hiring tips over at Lifechurch.tv’s blog. Some sound a little less intimidating. All are probably useful. Here are parts one, two, and three.)
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Missional linkage: on Jesus and dressing up the gospel
+ Alan Hirsch on Jesus: And then I come to that quintessential saying of Jesus in John 14:6 ““I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” And I realize afresh that this is exactly how I experience my connection with God—as a relationship mediated…
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Just two more: Relevance and mission
I just can’t stop! Two more posts worth reading. That’s it. Promise. + Bob Hyatt talks about a post from Alan Hirsch on the “missional vs. attractional” approaches. An attractional church is one whose primary stance towards those it seeks to reach is couched in the expectation of a come-to-us mentality. And this expectation as…
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Weekend reading: Atheism, space, and Vietnamese art
I have a lot I want to write about, but until I do, here are a few things other people are saying that stood out this week … + Rick Warren and Sam Harris talk about Christianity and religion in Newsweek. It’s a great conversation worth reading. + Ryan Bolger talks about how our concept…
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Using money for a global impact
Check out this video from Francis Chan’s church in Simi Valley. According to his site, it explains the reason why Cornerstone decided to build an outdoor amphitheatre instead of a new sanctuary. It’s a powerful video, done in the style of an earlier Sarah McLachlan piece. It’s amazing how a global perspective can change how…
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Thursday linkage: taking off, purple cows, and feeling alone
So Thursday linkage was going to be a regular thing. But I’m late. And today is Saturday, which means it’s time for some belated Thursday links! + We live in a weird media world when this pastor can become a top search on Technorati. But I like learning from people who are running hard, and…
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