Quality Links

I haven't done this in a while so I thought I would share a few entries that really impacted me over the last few weeks.

• My friend and fellow blogger Jan Owen posted some bone chilling facts about Rwanda on her blog. What will we do to meet the needs? She is there right now. Pray for her as she as the opportunity to minister globally and especially for the people of Rwanda.
• Clayton King posted a powerful letter on his blog from a pastor. I think we have all felt this way at some point. Are we protecting our pastors and leaders?
• John Piper posted a powerful message about giving. How generous are we? I pray my heart is always generous no matter my circumstances.
• The Swerve had a great series of video posts. This one specifically impacted me. It is some great stuff from Joel A'Bell about releasing leaders. Quality stuff!

Let us all constantly be learning because if we aren't learning we aren't leading.

Do you just work here?

Great post to check out from Seth Godin's blog. Worth the Read.

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What do you think?

10 Commandments

Bloggers and commenters are very interesting people. People who would never speak in public will write volumes about randomness. People seem to post or comment things they would never say to someone face to face. The cowards will post anonymously so they can bash someone. This ticks me off! There was a recent article written about what bloggers should not do. I thought it had some great insights for us all to keep in mind as we blog and comment.


Ten commandments for bloggers:
1 You shall not put your blog before your integrity
2 You shall not make an idol of your blog
3 You shall not misuse your screen name by using your anonymity to sin
4 Remember the Sabbath day by taking one day off a week from your blog
5 Honour your fellow-bloggers above yourselves and do not give undue significance to their mistakes
6 You shall not murder someone else's honour, reputation or feelings
7 You shall not use the web to commit or permit adultery in your mind
8 You shall not steal another person's content
9 You shall not give false testimony against your fellow-blogger
10 You shall not covet your neighbour's blog ranking. Be content with your own content

You can read the complete article here!

What is your biggest pet peeve about bloggers or commenters as a blogger or blog reader?

Link-O-Rama

I don't think of have done this before, but I plan on doing it from time to time. Below are a few links that i thought were well worth the read. I hope to meet all these people at some point during my life time. hopefully sooner then later. I would love to pick their brain. I believe each of these people God is using in a huge way. I know God has used them to challenge me.

First Time Guest-Nelson Searcy-a great article on how we treat first time guest at our churches. I know I have done this before.

Communication takes a Giver and Receiver-Kem Meyer-a great post about how we make people feel when we communicate with them. Great stuff to think about. I love the honesty in the letter. I have felt like writing a couple of those letters before.

Bob-Perry Noble-challenging entry about reaching out to others. God is really challenging me to seek out more Bob's to get to know. Do you have a Bob?

Are You Comfortable with being Uncomfortable-Tony Morgan-incredible post about how we create our services. It can be easy to get lulled into comfort. I hope we always stay on the edge of the next generation and not on the passing one.

I hope these are helpful and inspiring.

Sweet Links

Here are links to some of my favorite blogs and sites.

Life in Student Ministry-Student ministry site that has some great stuff. Tim has great insights.
Monday Morning Insight-Good site about things going on in church life. A lot of the things make me laugh.
Church Relevance-Great stuff about design, leadership, and forward thinking. It has some great research stuff but putting it into short form. Very Good.
The Swerve-great post on picking people today. Good Stuff!
Perrry Noble-Very challenging and encouraging. I've been following Perry Noble for about 2 years now. Great leader. Unleash was amazing.
Tony Morgan-Very good blog on innovation. He is an incredible forward thinker. Tons of great thoughts

I hope you enjoy them.

New Things

I am always trying to find new ways to get faster at what I do. Efficiency is very important to me. It seems as though there are never enough hours in the day. (like no one else is feeling the same pressure). Over the past week I came across an awesome resource called Jott. It allows you to email, send text messages, update calendars, blogs, etc all through voice recognition. It was been amazing to work with. I am still finding new things everyday. Group text messaging is something I am working on. People are so mobile and it is often easier to text them then email to get a response. You should try it out. It’s well worth the look. Jott