Archive for September, 2007
Healthy Leaders Build Community
“Spiritual leaders who are fairly intact in their self-esteem can build community. They breed health in their relationships because they themselves possess psychological health. The opposite is also true; dysfunction breeds dysfunction.”
Quote from A Work of Heart written by Reggie McNeal.
I read the above quote yesterday and I think it is spot on. I know that as I [...]
The Connecting Conversation
by Bill Blair
How many people do you know who are struggling with something or someone in their life?
I am sure if you think about for a few seconds you will begin to come up with a laundry list of people who could use some help or some advice. There is probably one guy or girl dating [...]
Reading
I added up the number of pages I have read since I started my classes and I have already read over 1000 pages. This is since August 13th. That is more in a month than most years for me.
I am not sure how I am doing it.
By the way, does anybody know when football season starts?
What is relevance?
Below is a great article on relevance by the Blogstar, Chad Jarnagin. He questions whether we should try to be relevant or whether the key is to not be irrelevant. I love his line about being “raw and real.” I think that is the key. Being “raw and real”, being authentic is what makes you [...]
Full StoryResearch Paper
Today in my Christian philosophy class we got to select the topic for our research paper. This is a little like selecting between different methods of torture. Flogging anyone? So when the professor announced that we would choose in reverse alphabetical order, I was not too discouraged (last name is Blair).
Almost everyone had selected their [...]
How do you know God’s will?
Read the book! Read the whole book and not just some little piece of a verse that makes you feel good. Okay, so it may not have every specific answer for your situation, but I bet if you get the basics right your decisions and life will be much easier.
This idea was put into my head yesterday when [...]
Stepping Out
My God, my God what should I do?
I feel your love and I want to live for you.
Temptations are all around,
My life gets in the way.
I trust you O Lord,
but I need your help today.
I know you have been with me
through thick and through thin.
But I keep asking, When God When?
I am stuck in the [...]
The Christian Mind
It has been said that the mind is a terrible thing to waste and in his book, Love Your God With All Your Mind, J. P. Moreland shows that the Christian mind is being wasted. The title of the book references the Great Commandment as explained by Jesus where he quoted from Deuteronomy 6:5 but [...]
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