January 2011
23 posts
Crap, fear is tough stuff.
It is soo easy to live in fear.
I am.
Right now.
And, if I can be honest with you, I still haven’t really decided to overcome my fear in regards to one specific area of my life.
It’s tough stuff. You see, I really want to be transparent and share my heart in this one area - but I’m just a little scared boy about it. Why? Because, if I open up and am honest, I feel it could go...
You are almost there.
You are almost there.
God wired you up in this strange way for a purpose. It’s really not strange, it’s on purpose.
Embrace it.
Pick that one thing that you constantly think about and polish it.
Focus on it.
See what kind of amazing person comes out on the other side.
God doesn’t want you to be the best at everything. God wants you to be the best at the thing you are...
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“Simply put, here was a man who knew how to lead.”
– Someone speaking of Ronald Reagan. My wish would be for someone to be able to say this about me when I die. What a simple, powerful statement.
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Hills & Valleys →
blainehogan:
When we began talking about what we wanted to do to honor MLK weekend we started with his famous speech. As inspiring as it is, it seems that we often miss the genesis of it. When you dig a little deeper you realize that much of his speech isn’t his own, but instead came from the ancient prophet,…
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WatchOther than seeing people find a personal relationship with Jesus - this is one of the most awesome things to be a part of with my Church family. Giving people clean water in India…so awesome. Love the video, love what it shows this church is doing!
“Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live,...”
– John Eldredge in Wild At Heart
The Hard Work of Falling In Love Again →
blainehogan:
“It’s almost like letting yourself fall in love a little bit everyday.” - Scott Schumann, The Sartorialist
Last week was my first full week back after our Christmas break. About the second day back I noticed something strange. I was feeling terribly depressed and anxious even. This, my…
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Do you want to see Detroit get better?
I’ll write more about this later, but I couldn’t resist at least letting you all know about this awesome site. It’s Detroit2020.com and the main point of it is to look at how we can make Detroit a better city in the year 2020. In order to make it better then, we have to think about it now. This site, put on by Channel 7 WXYZ is awesome - they are taking a positive stand on...
Creative Arts Team
Creative Arts team - you’ve heard that term thrown around, especially in churches these days, right? Why that name? Isn’t it repetitive anyways? Can you have art without it being creative? Also, don’t you think all people have creativity built into them by God? I do. Hmmm… What’s a better name for that type of team?
Tracking Goals To Succeed in 2011
Yesterday I wrote a tweet, trying to be funny about the revolutionary idea I had…
Obviously it really isn’t revolutionary, but it was just so funny to me that it popped into my head like a revolutionary idea. Why hadn’t I thought about it before? Regardless of why, I’m doing it now. I’ve made a list of some of my top goals, figured out what “success”...
WatchI found this video very interesting, to hear some thoughts from Carlos Whittaker all at one time. Gave me more of a complete picture of what he’s thinking and really caused me to think. That’s a good thing. Hope it does the same for you!
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A lesson on clearing clutter from Carlos...
A few days ago, I was catching up on some of my favorite blogs and read Carlos Whittaker’s post called Ragamuffin Digital Toolbox 2010. It’s a great post where he goes through and explains some of the tools he uses the most to get stuff done from hardware to software to iPhone apps, etc. It’s a great post - you should check it out! Although it was all good stuff, there was one...
Passion 2011 Live Stream →
Check out the live stream when you have a minute. Such an awesome thing that they are making this available to everyone for free. I encourage you to sit down, get rid of the distractions and listen to a session - God’s been working in me big time through these - I hope you allow Him to do the same in you.
It's the small things.
Yesterday I was travelling home from a great vacation to see family in Texas. Call me crazy, but I wasn’t really up for a 2 day car trip by myself, so I flew there and back. Yesterday was time for me to fly back to Michigan.
Don’t get me wrong, I most definitely appreciate the fact that I can fly in 2.5 hours what would otherwise take around 18 hours, but I’m just still not a...