From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Today: Say "no" one less time

by Mark on May 31, 2008

While there are somethings that are very good and healthy for you to always say no to, there are some things that we get into a habit of quickly saying no. So say yes this today to something you’ve made a habit of saying no to.

Some things you might say yes to this week.
Say yes to your children when they ask for an unhealthy snack.
Say yes to a bottle of wine with a good friend.
Say yes to your wife when she says she wants to see a sappy, “chick-flick”.
Make love to your spouse some time or place when you normal would normally say no.
Say yes to dessert.
Say yes to going outside to play with your kids. (the first time they ask)
Say yes to helping out at the school.
Say yes to the person on the phone asking for money for charity.
Say yes to dancing as the band plays.
Say yes to trying a nice cigar.
Say yes to doing that one thing you always say no to.

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Lurker Appreciation Day

May 30, 2008

Hello to all of those who read this blog, or subscribe through RSS. Thanks for reading. Say hi in the comment section today, let me know who you are, so I can appreciate you!Thanks!

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Today: Skip a Meal

May 30, 2008

Skip a meal you normally eat. Take your lunch break, but instead of going to the cafeteria, or local eating establishment, go to a park. Spend the time praying and listening to what God is telling you. Consider taking the $5 you would have spent on lunch and find a creative way to give it [...]

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Today: Smile and Frown without Guilt

May 29, 2008

When I was a kid an adult told me it took more muscles to make a frown than it takes to smile. The message was essentially, “quit working so hard to be in a bad mood, happiness is easy.” Nice. Not only do I feel like crap, but not I have guilt about not smiling. [...]

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Today: Prune something

May 28, 2008

Get a pair of clippers and go to work on a bush, or tree in your yard. If it’s a tree, cut all new small budding branches on the interior off so that it cleans it up.Don’t think of it as cutting, think of it as sculpting. There is a lot of beauty and growth [...]

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Sending Out

May 27, 2008

So June 6th I and a team of other will be send out by a few area pastors to start a new church in the Tulsa area. It will be ultra simple and ultra meaningful to me. We chose to meet outside on the patio at Joe Momma’s (owned by a community member) instead of [...]

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Just plain fun

May 27, 2008
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Links to Friends

May 27, 2008

My friend David in Tulsa on Myanmar. David and Jeff support pastors in southeast asia. My friend Chris in Chicago/ KC writes a bit about expectations for youth pastors. My friend Andy in Chicago can put 24 middle school students in a VW Beetle. I’m getting old, because as I watch the video all I [...]

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Today: Look a Homeless person in the eye

May 27, 2008

On any given day there are 800,000 homeless folks in the US. 200,000 of them are children. If you work downtown or drive thru a busy suburban intersection. Occassionally you might come across someone who is homeless. About one third the homeless individuals are mentally ill, another third living with the consequences of bad choice [...]

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Shane Hipps Quote

May 27, 2008

Shane used to be a marketing exec for companies like Porsche and he wrote this on his blog. Brilliant stuff. On a recent comment Russell asks: I can imagine that there’s a huge leap between Porsche culture and Mennonite culture, but does any of what they do still stick with you and inspire you today? [...]

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