Live Young
This TV commercial from the bottled water kings Evian is cute and inspirational. Its one that is only made for one reason, to...
Read MoreSucceeding through Self-Discipline
I would have to admit that the biggest battle of my life is with my ‘self’. I’m constantly having to pull my ‘self’ into line, give my ‘self’ a good talking to and keep an eye on my ‘self’. Sound familiar? Its very much the battle Paul talked about in Romans 7. Try reading from verse 7 onwards and see if Paul isn’t talking about your life?! I love Paul’s honesty as he deals with fleshly desires. Likewise he bring us back to Christ as the answer. A long time ago (like around 10 years ago) a friend gave me piece of paper with six points on it. The paper I had didn’t have...
Read MoreKindergarten Life Skills
A long time ago I found this piece on life skills for kindergarten and the office. It was funny but true in so many ways. Isn’t it sad how our maturity and wisdom don’t also grow in terms of overcoming selfishness and insecurity. Doing a ‘google’ on it I found it was previously written by Robert Fulghum. His book by the same title dominated the New York Times best seller list in 1989 and through much of 1990. All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in...
Read MoreThe Power of Encouragement
Recently a friend told me how he had been having a bad ‘day’. Someone who knew he was battling sent him an SMS that simply said “Have a great day”. There was nothing profound in the words, there was no wisdom to write in stone, it was simply the words of a friend saying “I’m with you”. When my friend got this SMS he said it brought tears to his eyes. I read between the lines and felt he was saying that it was good to know he wasn’t alone. Someone knew, someone cared, someone acted. Back in 1999 I cried out to a friend that I wasn’t coping. He sent this email. It hit home so...
Read MoreAccountability, the Heart Check-up
I recently came across a piece of paper from a friend in Hamilton, New Zealand. When I first got involved with Radio Rhema he challenged me to meet with him and walk through these questions. I believe they are a variant of seven questions Chuck Colson went through with his team when he formed Prison Fellowship. Its fair to say I haven’t been using these questions for over ten years and yet when I look at them they are questions I ask myself on a regular basis. I feel they are healthy spiritual check-up. Zig ZIglar would say we need a check-up from the neck-up… ie. get your head straight....
Read MoreSeth Godin Explains Tribes
In a recent presentation I did on social networking I referenced author and marketing guru Seth Godin. In this video from Loic Le Meur’s website Seth Godin explains why you need a tribe and why he is not on twitter. Seth’s latest book "Tribes" helps us define the need for leaders to come forward because there are communities that need someone to provide direction. In the area I work of Christian media, we have a message but are we willing to step to the front of a community and share our direction by saying "walk this way". Have a listen to Loic as he presses...
Read More
Recent Comments