Post & Article Worth Reading-Second Part

Here is the second part of the article by Tommy Hilliker wrote a great article called God’s P.A.T.H. for parenting: part two. You can access it through our student ministry blog. It's worth the read. Have a great week!

2 Years Ago

Two years ago yesterday I was blessed to become the father of Jonathon & Nate. It has been a great two years, and it has gone by way to fast. I would call yesterday the day of fun and sugar.

Here is what the boys woke up to.


Enjoying the lute or however you spell that.


The destruction!


We went after that and enjoyed donuts, a haircut, chick-fil-a, and chuck E. cheese after the nap. What a day.

I love my boys.

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?

Focus?

Have you ever been so focused on things that you missed out of the immediate need at hand? We can sometimes get so focused on the agenda or project that we look over the problem that needs our attention currently. I have set in meetings before where it feels like we are only focused on the small things and not the big issues that need to be dealt with. Maybe you have been in a meeting that goes something like this?


Thanks Granger Community Church and Innovate Conference.

What is the craziest topic you have ever discussed in a meeting?

Post & Article Worth Reading

If you are a parent or hope to be a parent someday, Tommy Hilliker wrote a great article called God’s P.A.T.H. for parenting: part one. Part two will be posted later this week. You can access it through our student ministry blog. It's worth the ready. Have a great weekend!

I'm an Uncle Again!

I'm a proud uncle! My sister-in-law had a baby boy today. I don't know details yet, but I will pass them along as i get them. He is a good looking boy. David Scott.

Moving Video

This past Sunday The Brook celebrated 10 years of ministry. Thanks to everyone for all the hard work. It was an awesome day! God really moved in many cool ways. One of the most powerful moments of the morning was the cardboard testimonies. I hope it will touch each of you as it has touch each one of us.

Cardboard Testimonies from Jan Owen on Vimeo.
God is all about transforming lives! This is what church is all about.

How has God changed your life?

Every Leader Should Listen

Last week I was surfing either through website or iTunes and ran across a new podcast by Andy Stanley. It is highlightly various leadership principles and ideas. The first episode was very challenging as he talked about "assumptions." I believer every leader both in the church and outside of it should take a listen. Man...it has really made me think about things. It lays our the groundwork of how they changed kidstuf and ended 722, two very successful ministries at North Point. Great stuff! All in about 20 minutes. Thanks Andy. Check it out!

Here is the link!

10 Years of Ministry

This Sunday The Brook will celebrate 10 years of ministry. It is amazing that 10 years ago God begin an incredible work. God has truly blessed The Brook! I am so thankful that I have been a part of this congregation for 4 and 1/2 years. It has been an exciting ride so far. I look forward with great expectations to what God will do over the next 10 years.

You don't want to miss the celebration this Sunday at 10am at The Brook, 8573 Highway 72 West, Madison, AL 35758. There will be powerful worship, moving messages, and even a few surprises. You will want to be their early for the service, park far away and sit close to the front. We will need every square inch possible. I would encourage you to set your alarm at least 15 minutes earlier then normal.I believe the service will be one of the best ever. You should invite a friend to be a part of this day. There will be a picnic following the service. You will want to bring a lawn chair. Also, if you have a pop up tent bring it with you as well. The food will be provided so just come on.

I hope to see you at The Brook this weekend.

Love and Hate

Experts tell us that about 90% of communication is nonverbal.

So what's the big deal?

Well there is a huge love hate relationship going around. It is really important to us and something that most of us would die without (That could be a little extreme). Maybe just freak and be unable to work. We have become so dependant on email. Email is a great thing in most instances, but there are great dangers in this type of communication. If so much of our communication is nonverbal we need to be very careful what and how we communicate through email.

• We should never email about conflict.
• We should never email negative critiques of others.
• We should never email about negative situations.
• We should never email confidential information that we don’t want anyone else to see.
• We should never email when we are upset or angry.

Many of us need to learn to hit the delete key or at least read the email out loud before it is sent. It is amazing how so many people with just type things that they would never say to someone out loud or to their face.

I see so many people who have ignore these statements and it has landed them in some pretty warm water. Next time before you email ask yourself should this be communicated in another way? What could be misinterpreted or misunderstood?

I would challenge you to really think before you email it could save everybody some heartache.