Category Campfire Talk

Just for moms…

Heads up to all the moms who read this blog… Mommybuzz.com is here. I don’t know much about it, but it looks like a nice way to network with other moms out there for tips, ideas, and encouragement.

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…

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…

I’m a putz.

I am so intimidated by the freshness and rawness of punkisrael’s blog. One of his posts a few days ago really grabbed me, and I plan to follow up on it in the next few. Read his in the meantime,…

Thanks, Jim…

Just wanted to say thanks to Jim Parker in a public way for his kind thoughts about some things I said in a blog entry earlier. If you haven’t met Jim, toodle on over to his blog at xperiencestuff.blogspot.com.

Second Annual Yard Fire…

Some people have annual yard sales… we have yard fires. Or so Carolyn tells me. Actually, it’s been a few years since my last major yard fire. That was back in my PB days (pre-blog). Thank goodness. But suffice it…