Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Fear 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… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Monday Start: Resources for the Week

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… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Monday Start: Resources for the Week

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.)… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Great Questions for Self-Reflection Peter Scazzero has written two good posts entitled “Leadership and Differienation.” (Part one here, part two here and part three here.)  This is a good example of a leader who wrestles with helpful reflective questions.  (Scazzero is the author of Emotionally Healthy Christianity.) Wonderful Pictures! “The 30 Best Places to be if… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Monday Start: Resources for the Week

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… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Monday Start

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… Continue reading Monday Start

Monday Start

Check out these top suggestions Some of the best book suggestions that I come across are often in the end of the year lists. Jonathan Storment (Abilene, Texas) has published his Top Reads from 2012.  Good list. You might be interested in this list of Top 10 Work Life Balance Books that Every Professional Should… Continue reading Monday Start

Monday Start

Check out these top suggestions Some of the best book suggestions that I come across are often in the end of the year lists. Jonathan Storment (Abilene, Texas) has published his Top Reads from 2012.  Good list. You might be interested in this list of Top 10 Work Life Balance Books that Every Professional Should… Continue reading Monday Start

Monday Start (Resources for the Week)

From some of the classics In the UK’s The Guardian see “Writers’ favourite classic book illustrations.” The importance of practice Harvey Schachter has written a good piece in The Globe and Mail entitled “Be like an NFL player and practice your job.” Tim Keller  A great interview with Tim Keller on the set of Morning Joe regarding his book Every Good… Continue reading Monday Start (Resources for the Week)

Monday Start: Resources for the Week

Writing This post received 580 comments!   See Rachel Gardner on “Writing a One Sentence Summary.” A very good post for anyone who attempts to write. Hero of the year I like this!  CNN has posted their nominees for “Hero of the year.”  These stories are inspiring and encouraging. Hesitant to throw anything away? See… Continue reading Monday Start: Resources for the Week