Technology

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.

Interviews

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.

Very 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.”

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.

Avoiding Self-Sabotage

Don’t miss this outstanding post by Dan Bouchelle.  ”Don’t Be Your Own Hangman.” Far too many ministers walk into behaviors that are little more than self-sabotage.

Mentoring

“Is Spiritual Mentoring a Biblical Idea” by Lynn Anderson.  This is a good piece by a man who has taken the ministry of spiritual mentoring very seriously.  (I have long been blessed by his friendship!)

Job Search

“10 Unconventional (But Very Effective) Tips for Job Seekers.”  This article in Forbes is an interesting and creative piece.

Coffee Search

“The United States of Caffeine: 50 States, 50 Must-Try Coffee Shops”  This was written by the Zagat staff.  (Made me want to visit quite a few of these coffee shops.)

Ideas

“Five Inspired Ideas Emerging from TED2013”  This article is also from Forbes.  The TED conferences are a significant window into the thinking of our culture.

Preaching to Unbelief

See this thoughtful post by Stan Granberg, “Preaching to Unbelief.”

Movies and Faith

This is an interesting piece from the Huffington Post by Brent Plate.  See “Religion at the Academy Awards.”

Productivity

Lately I have been listening to some of Ray Edwards’ podcasts.  See this article “My Productivity Tweaks for 2013″ where he reflects on his own productivity as the new year begins.

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Leadership Resources

One of the best and most comprehensive sites for finding good Christian leadership resources is Carlus Gupton‘s LifeandLeadership.com.  Check out this resource guide index to see how comprehensive this site really is.  (I recently heard two days of excellent presentations by Carlus at the Christian Education Conference.)

Churches and Polarization

Margaret Marcuson does outstanding work in the area of systems theory and leadership.  Be sure to read her post “Is Your Church Polarized?”  Very good!

Wrong Way

Great story.  The woman who went 900 miles out of her way as she followed her GPS.  (Thanks to Scott Meyer/Jordan Hubbard for this one.)

Worship

See Rory Noland‘s post “5 Reasons Why Intergenerational Worship Works Today.”  Very interesting!  Rory is the director of Heart of the Artist Ministries and was Music Director at Willow Creek Community Church for 20 years.

Humility

I found this interesting – especially his resources.  David Brooks’ syllabus for his “Humility” course at Yale.  (See also the Atlantic-wire article.)

Sports

What a great moment!  Lebron James tackles fan who wins $75,000 after making a half-court shot.