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Entries from April 29th, 2008

Essential Technology For Church Ministry

April 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Administration, Church, Technology

Kent Shaffer of ChurchRelevance.com recently discussed some stats regarding church technology usage for different size churches. He asked what technology do you consider essential in ministering to a church your size. I’m a bit of a geek compared to most pastors so my opinion may be skewed. That said, here’s my essential technology (our church [...]

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YouVersion, Facebook for Pastors, and Pastor 1.8

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Technology

Several interesting technology news items today.

YouVersion.com mobile edition. YouVersion is one the latest and greatest online Bible software applications developed by LifeChurch.tv. Bobby Gruenewald, Innovation Leader of LifeChurch.tv gave a brief update today of the mobile edition and its features. Point your web-enabled mobile phone browser to http://m.youversion.com. The Bible on my iPhone - [...]

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Praying God’s Word

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, Family, Parenting, Spiritual growth

My twin daughters spent the weekend with a daughter of some family friends while the parents were out of town. One of my daughters came down with a bad stomach flu yesterday afternoon. I brought her home and took care of her the rest of the day. Just as I went to bed last night, [...]

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Gary Smalley’s Couples Conference: Take Away’s

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Family, Marriage, Personal growth, Spiritual growth

Our church hosted Gary Smalley’s Couples Conference simulcast today. Keynote speakers were Gary Smalley, Erwin and Kim McManus, Les Parrott, and Henry Cloud. Here are my take-aways:

Guard your heart for from it flow the issues of life - your words, actions, emotions.
If you’re irritated by something your spouse does, it’s most likely a [...]

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How Will You Spend Your Stimulus Check?

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Financial management

A bit of good news to end the work week: your stimulus check could be in the mail as early as Monday. It seems Congress had no trouble getting together to hand out money - everybody wants to get some credit for that.
What will you do with your money - spend, save, or [...]

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Not All Water Is Equal - Or Healthy

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Health, Nutrition

Not only do we need a sufficient quantity of water each day, we need quality water. It’s probably no surprise that tap water doesn’t come close to any definition of quality. What may be a surprise, however, is that not all bottled water is quality water.
The problem with bottled water is that it [...]

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How Much Water Should You Drink?

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Health, Nutrition

One of the first improvements to make for better health is to drink plenty of pure water. Even if you know you should drink more water, there’s a good chance you aren’t drinking as much as you think.
The rule of thumb you’ll most likely hear is eight 8-ounce glasses each day. That’s probably better than [...]

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Bigger Monitor For Greater Productivity

April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Technology, Time management

Timothy Ferriss had an interesting post last month on a study out of the University of Utah. Specifically, using a larger computer monitor could save you up to 2.5 hours a day! That got my attention and confirmed what I’d suspected. I love my MacBook yet I work between several different applications at a time. [...]

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How I’ve Lost 15 Pounds So Far…And Love It

April 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Exercise, Health, Nutrition, Personal growth

In an earlier post, I wrote about how Gov. Mike Huckabee’s book, Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork: A 12-Stop Program To End Bad Habits And Begin A Healthy Lifestyle, helped me make some changes at the first of this year. I’m over 90 days into the new routine and am still [...]

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Do You Twitter?

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Blogging, Technology

If you have to ask, “What’s Twitter?”, then begin by checking out twitter.com. Basically, it’s short (140 characters or less) online blasts letting the world know what you’re doing at the moment. If you’re from my generation, you’re immediate reaction might be something like, “Why would I want to take time to do [...]

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