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“The most important news story of 2009? Sin abounded in all its forms - personal...”
– Brian Mclaren in a Washington Post article about the most important religion story on 2009. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/brian_d_mclaren/2009/12/people_of_faith_continue_to_serve.html
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“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you sow.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
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A very drastic subtleness.
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Sometimes people get really immersed in technology. It’s fun to be on the cutting edge and get your hands on cool applications, software, gadgets, etc. However, the real sweet spot is where those technologies can be used for a purpose. Here is how tech gained traction for me last night: We were having our weekly student gathering. My wife says, “You should have all the students bring...
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“Give value first, don’t add it … I put value in the hands of my...”
– Jeffrey Gitomer
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“Packages lie. Seeds tell the truth.”
– Neil Cole - from “Organic Church”
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10 Things I Learned in 2009 (#3) →
#3 Love = Energy You cannot really love without breaking a sweat. You can observe. You can enjoy. You can hope. You can like. But you CANNOT LOVE with burning some calories. Parable #1 ::…
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10 Things I learned in 2009 (#4) →
#4. 90% of success is being there. In youth ministry, knowing what to say isn’t nearly as being present with students. I’d take a consistant adult volunteer who will show up every week over an…
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“Presence always trumps presents.”
– Joe Kelly, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
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“People have very firm notions about how they and other people should behave,...”
– George Akerlof
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“We do need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy named Nicodemus. But...”
– Shane Claiborne (The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical)
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