Month June 2006

Event vs. Process

Since helping to start Journey, I’ve not been a proponent of event mentality. I have advocated simplification in church ministries, programs, and activities, as well as in personal and corporate spiritual life. Let me explain. For more than 200 years,…

Leadership: Initiative vs. Inertia

I recently sent this to the elders of our church for review and consideration. I am still processing it myself, but as I am currently working through Tim Elmore’s Portrait of a Leader: The Strategic Formation of a Leader, I…

Bible Belt Religion

So many folks have commented on my entry about the Bible Belt last year. I’ve even had some folks begin calling me the Bible Belt Man. I’ve been composing my theme music and am trying to license an action figure…

Paying it forward…

Wow! I’m so impressed with how Angela has taken the concept of giving something away to a new level. You may recall earlier this week I posted an offer to give away free magazine subscriptions. The caveat was for the…

Welcome new readers…

In the past week there has been an upsurge in traffic on Notes from the Trail. Lots of new folks getting their feet dusty with us on this journey. Taking a cue from John over at Typepad Hacks, I thought…

Follow me, my little Flock…

I’ve been using Camino for my primary browser for the Mac forever. Tried Firefox, but too bloated and slow. However, I stumbled across a new browser currently in testing called Flock. It has so much going for it! Run over…

The Bible Belt Man

Last Thursday I headed north. At least to North Arkansas. Fort Smith to be exact. I had no idea that FS had exploded in growth like it has. In my book, any town that has a Books-a-Million is a town…

In favor of more reading…

I was really impressed when I ran across Joel’s offer to buy the first few commenters (lurkers and all) a subscription to Relevant magazine on his blog. After hastily signing up myself 😉 I thought I’d carry on the offer…

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