The Danger of Marginalization

As a follower of Christ, I sense it all the time in conversations with others who a) are not a follower of Christ or b) are only a nominal Christian. It gets easier to detect the more contact you have…

Halloween fun

Yes, Virginia, there is a Halloween. Not that we thought it was an exclusively Arkansas entertainment event… We spent a relaxing, overcast day with college football, a neighborhood parade and activities for kids in costume and of course, trick or…

Review: The Toyota Way (rated 2 stars)

The Toyota Way Field Book by Jeffrey Liker It’s not that I didn’t like The Toyota Way. On the contrary, the principles behind the Toyota Company’s process and philosophy are dynamic. This book, however, is drier than Corn Flakes. I…

NRVHub to give $500 to local church

A new local news site – The NRVHub – is sponsoring a great competition. The local church that registers 100 users for their site by October 31 will receive $500! I’d like to humbly ask you to consider registering to…

Wratitudnesday

Ok… so I can’t come up with something special and fru-fru like “Gladituesday.” Amy is one of our favorite friends from OBU, and she’s surpassed my blog in Carolyn’s Safari bookmarks. Although she blogs about estrogenized topics a lot, I…

Catalyst Review: The Best Of…

Rather than regurgitating my own notes from some of the other speakers at Catalyst, here are some links to their talks that have already been written about on other blogs. Just click on the image for the link. Andy also…

Catalyst Review: Chuck Swindoll

One of the highlights of Catalyst for me was Chuck Swindoll’s message on Friday. I have been an appreciate follower of his as a pastor, author, leader at Dallas Theological Seminary and speaker on his radio show Insight for Living.…