I Just Caught Up to the Lion

Sometimes I am such a late-adopter. I’ve been hearing all sorts of good stuff about Mark Batterson’s book since it came out in 2006. It’s been on my ‘Read’ list for a long time, and I finally picked up a copy and started reading.
Mark talks about facing your fears head on, and poses the question: [...]

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What’s Your Most Valuable Possession?

Some possible answers: Money? Family? Medals/trophies? PS3? Car? Kids?
I think the best answer is time.

Each morning, you’re given 24 hours. It’s renewable, but not repeating. You’ll get another 24 hours tomorrow, but it won’t be the same 24 hours. There are no mulligans with time.
Don’t you think Grant Balfour would like to turn back time? [...]

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12 Months

It seems like the older I get, the ways I look at time are changing.
For example, when I was a kid, I thought time would go on forever…

The school year was forever.
December was 78 days long.
Basketball games seemed 120 minutes long.
Time seemed to stand still when I was hunting with Dad.

But now it seems to [...]

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Paranoid Leadership

Are you leading a group, a ministry, a family? What’s your leadership style? How do you make decisions?
It finally happened. If you’re a football fan, you’ve probably been hearing what’s been going on in Oakland this season. The Raiders’ head coach, Lane Kiffin, has been under seige from the owner of the team, Al Davis. [...]

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Ask the Question

Some people think there’s no such thing as a stupid question.
Other people think there’s no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people.
I think that if you never ask, you’ll never know.
A couple of times when we were senior pastoring, we held what we called ATP (Ask the Pastor) nights.  They were cool.  They [...]

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God Robbers

It’s been awhile since I stopped by this blog. Tim Stevens is a smart guy. I like how he makes me stop and think.
When I surfed by tonight, this article caught my eye. I like it. You might read it and say, ‘Ouch!’ But I hope not. I hope [...]

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Allez, Allez-allez, Allez, Allez!

Well, I guess it’s now official: les Canadiens have clinched first place in their division, and are gunning for top spot in the eastern conference going into the NHL playoffs! Woot!
I’ve never been much of a Habs fan, but I’m slowly getting converted. Of course, I’ll stil be rooting for the ‘Nucks, but [...]

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The 21-Day Experiment

Somebody once told me it only takes 21 days to form a habit.  I have no idea how they can prove it, or if there is any scientific data to back up their claim (kinda like the whole frog in a kettle thing…I mean, that’s just weird–what kind of sicko puts frogs into different pots [...]

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Pioneers

Here’s a little bit of history for you NHL hockey fans, Maritimers especially.
Pioneers.  Trailblazers.  Forerunners.  People who play the point, and aren’t stopped by the naysayers, the bigots, the ’small’ people of the world…these pioneers must be honoured.
By the way, do you know how you can pick out a pioneer from a crowd?  Just look [...]

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Achilles’ Leadership (Part 3)

In this ’sabbatical’ of the last few weeks, I’ve taken time to re-read some notes form the some of the most inspiring talks/messages I’ve heard in the past year, and I’ve been chewing on Ian Green’s messages from Youth Convention. Already I’ve posted about two things that are the Achilles’ heel of leadership; here’s [...]

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