Archives For Monday Start

Start_button_large.pngTechnology

This is a helpful post: “40 iPhone tips and tricks everyone should know.”

Writing

Jeff Goins is always helpful.  He offers good suggestions, tools, and insight for anyone interested in writing.  ”Writing Tips to Make You Better.”  You might also enjoy “Here’s How Jeff Goins Writes.”

Habits

From Beethoven to Woody Allen – The Daily Rituals of the World’s Most Creative People and What You Can Learn from Them.”  I really enjoy getting a peek at how others work.  See also “The Daily Routines of Famous Writers.”

Tools

John Mark Hicks recently wrote a helpful piece “Stone-Campbell Research Tools.”

Journal

Have you seen The City?  This is an interesting journal published by Houston Baptist University.

 

Start_button_large.pngThis is funny

See this “Tonight Show” gas station prank!  (I would have loved to have seen this live.)

Inspiring

10 Videos that Inspired Us in 2012”  With so much negative, discouraging news, I appreciate any kind of inspiration like this.

Books

David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw in a very brief video talk about the books they read.  See also Joe Lalonde’s piece “6 Books Leaders Should Read By the End Of The Year.”

Salaries

Thom Rainer consistently offers good content on his blog.  ”Five Reasons Your Pastor Won’t Ask For a Raise.”

Preaching

You might enjoy a guest post that I wrote for Dan Bouchelle.  ”Why I Still Preach.”

Brain Pickings

I love a series like this.  ”The Daily Routines of Famous Writers.”

 

 

 

 

start (1)Preaching

You might enjoy a post I wrote for Dan Bouchelle’s blog: “Why I Still Preach.”

Writing

See this post for some interesting wisdom on writing.  ”Famous Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers.”

Pepperdine

A number of classes at the Pepperdine Bible Lectures were recorded this year.  You can find about 60 podcasts (free) here.

Vimeo

John Saddington on “Goodbye Vimeo.”

Poverty

I really like “this paragraph” that George Goldman tweeted, (seen on the door of Nathan Bills’ office).

 

startnow8nor.pngInterviews

Copyblogger interviews Jeff Goins regarding writing.  Such a good interview!

Mike Cope interviews Josh Ross regarding his new book Scarred Faith.  I look forward to reading this book.

20 – Somethings

Jeanna Goudreau has written interesting piece entitled “Why We Need to Take 20 – Somethings Seriously” in Forbes.

Preaching

See the outstanding guest post on preaching that Grady King has written for Dan Bouchelle’s blog.

Porn

Check out this video.  ”Why Porn is Addicting: The Science of Pornography Addiction.”

Infidelity

Kate Figes has written an interesting post regarding the impact of an affair on children.  See also her book Our Cheating Hearts.

 

startnow8nor.pngFear

Rachelle Gardner has written a good post “What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?”  This made me think!

Mindmapping

See Lifehacker’s “Five Best Mindmapping Tools.”  The tool I use, Mindmeister, made the honorable mention list.  This is an interesting list. The one that caught my attention in the list is Coogle.  It is free and seems easy to use.

Writing

From Copyblogger see “5 Writing Links You’ll Be Glad You Clicked.”

A sad and wasted life

Sobering article about Allen Iverson’s life after basketball.  See “Allen Iverson, NBA Icon, struggles with life after basketball.”

Good reminder for the week

Here is a nice quote on the value of laughter.  ”Quote of the Day: How to Have an Instant Vacation.”

Leadership

This is a fine post by George Ambler, “Busy is Killing Leadership.”

What is busyness? Simply put, busyness is a when we have a lot of work. It’s the drug of the 21st century. Busyness happens when we react to what’s in front of us, without stopping to consider if it matters or not.

start_button_gif (1)Pictures of Detroit

Take a look at these very sobering pictures of Detroit taken recently by Larry James.

Building Others

I like this post by Daniel Harkavy on building those who might directly report to you.  ”Invest in Them.”

Revelation

Mike Cope has posted an excellent list of resources on the book of Revelation.  (My list is clipped and has been placed in Evernote.)

Generosity

Andrew Jones has posted a good list of generosity resources.

Resistance

John Saddington wrote a very fine post on “Resistance.”  (I read this post several times.)

Church Politics

I appreciate anything written by my former professor and longtime Old Testament scholar John T. Willis.  See “Church Politics: This is a Heart Issue.”

 

Start1Very interesting

See Michael Gerson’s piece in the Washington Post, “An America that is Losing Faith with Religion.”

Perspective is everything!

See “The Fifteen Greatest Understatements of All Time.”

Great Reflections on Preaching

Dan Bouchelle has invited a number of ministers to reflect on their love for preaching on his blog.  See these posts by Pat Bills, Jonathan Storment, Jerrod Robinson, Josh Graves, and Josh Ross.

Conversion

You might find this helpful.  ”How to Convert PDF into Word Files.”

Wow!

Smartphone Users Check Facebook 14 Times a Day.” and “Texting in traffic: Adults worse than teens.”

 

start_button_gif (1)What kind of coach are you?

Start the week by reading this very good post. Michael Hyatt recently wrote an excellent post entitled: “A Tale of Two Coaches: What Kind Are You?”

The new religion

Insightful piece about culture and faith today: “Relationships are the new religion for many.” (Thanks to Scott Meyer for this.)

Loneliness

See these articles by Charles Stone: “Pastors Who Lack Close Friends: 4 reasons why” and “Pastors who Suffer from Relational Anorexia.”

Fathers

Take a look at this post regarding the book Fatherless Generation by John Sowers.  (I need to read this!)

Skill

I am in so many situations where I take notes.  You may find this recent article in The Atlantic online helpful.

Don’t miss these!

Don’t miss these two excellent posts on preaching.  Pat Bills has written a fine post in which he reflects on why he loves preaching.  Jonathan Storment has written this post: “What is Great About Preaching.”  Both are excellent.

 

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I find John Stackhouse to be helpful when thinking about tough issues.  Stackhouse has taught at Regent College for a number of years.  You can find a list of his books here, as well as some audio/video resources.

Healthy Self-Examination

Peter Scazzero has written a good post: “You Know You Need a Sabbath When

Church Health

See Margaret Marcuson’sNine Indicators of a Healthy Congregation.”  Margaret writes from a Systems perspective.  Her blog is very helpful and consistently has very good posts.

Storytelling

Check out this very nice colorful info graphic “Pixar’s 20 + Rules On Storytelling for Teachers and Students.”  Also see “5 Awesome Info graphics on English Language.”

Writing

An interesting post for anyone interested in writing.  ”Why these famous authors write — and why you should.”

Rome and Latin America

Peggy Noonan has written a very fine article reflecting on the election of the new Pope.

What Went Viral

See “Apparently This Matters: Mississippi man’s obituary.”  You can find the obituary here. 

 

Start2Encouraging

I really liked this article from CNN.com, “United Airlines delays travel for man to see dying mother.”

Writing

Jonathan Mead has written a good and helpful  post on Jeff Goins’ blog, “Is This Writing Mistake Getting You Ignored by Everyone?

Prayer

Thom Rainer has really been transparent in this post.  See “When We Lie About Praying for Others: Seven Thoughts.”

Resource

Are you familiar with Religion-Online.org?  You might look at the articles available here.  A wide variety of perspectives.

Legalism

Scot McKnight reflects on “Legalism.”  I found this post to be very helpful.