Culture
The Law of Mobility, generally credited to Russ McGuire and also known as McGuire’s Law, states – The value of any product or service increases with its mobility. – The Power of Mobility, Russell McGuire, p 42. In his book, McGuire cites several examples of companies that increased the value of
1 Corinthians
Here's the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow from 1 Corinthians 8:1-13. I hope your day is a wonderful Lord's Day! What's For Lunch? 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs
Community
Most of you who follow this blog do it by feed reader. If you get me on a feed reader, you may not know about some of the new tools I'm using. I'm finding them useful: 1. Twitter. Ed Stetzer evangelized me to Twitter at NOC2008.
Creativity
I got tired of lugging my laptop to meetings, so I got a Blackberry before I went to NOC2008 in San Diego. Of course, when I got there, everyone I saw had an iPhone or a BB, so I'm not exactly on the cutting edge here, but I&
church as abbey
A friend of mine sent me Seth Godin's new book, Tribes . All Godin's books pack lots of new thinking between their small covers. I'll post more about it after I'm finished, but already I've run across these gems: * "A
Culture
As November 4 approaches, US voters by the millions are casting ballots ahead of the traditional election day. Estimates place early/absentee voting at 30% or more of the total vote this year. Voters are increasingly choosing to vote on their own schedules rather than on the one day traditionally
Community
Today the stock market fell another 500 points. Iceland may go bankrupt, NPR reported today. Euro-countries are aligning their financial strategies so they speak with one economic voice. Government leaders are already talking about more federal dollars, in addition to the $700-billion just voted by Congress. And the bad news
church as abbey
Thumbing through an analysis of our community today, it hit me. There are too many churches in our area. Within a 5-mile radius of our church, there are 25 other churches. And, this doesn't even count churches without telephones, which include at least 8 more that I know
Congregation
Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion reports that less than 11% of the US public considers themselves unaffiliated with any church or other religious group. That figure is about 4% -- or 10-million people -- less than previously thought. And, the unaffiliated hardly ever attend church --
bless the world
Most churches participate in some kind of food closet, which is primarily a way to supply emergency food to those who need it. But, what if everyone needed food? What if the global food supply system collapses or goes into deep distress? How do churches help then? Chatham House, a
bless the world
Tom Sine's latest book, The New Conspirators, celebrates the increasing diversity in the church. Sine's book continues the theme of his classic book, The Mustard Seed Conspiracy, published in 1981. Sine was a 'red-letter Christian' before the official group existed, and in this hopeful
church as abbey
Some in my Southern Baptist denomination are calling for more stringent church discipline. That's mostly because we can't find about half of our 16-million members. Obviously, some of our folks don't take church membership very seriously. The logical thing to do to solve that