Recently, we received an e-mail from a young woman who has joined her first “post-college” church. The congregation runs about 100 people and this young woman, in addition to being a member, has been hired to do some general administrative work at the …
I’ve been traveling a lot over the past few months (hence not a lot of blogs from me), and I had two eye-opening encounters during that time, both coincidentally in Texas. The first was in early March when I and some colleagues, one of whom was African …
Over at Jim Daly’s blog, he’s got a post up about Dale Carnegie, author of the the bestselling How to Win Friends and Influence People. Specifically, Daly points to another of Carnegie’s books titled How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. In the book, …
Today, while filling up my Chick-fil-A mug with my second dose of coffee, I met a lively, elderly man we will call Bill. Intrigued at my involvement in Focus, Bill began to ask where my comrades and my stomping grounds were. We listed off three differe …
This morning I read with sadness that Sono Harris, mother of our friends Josh, Brett and Alex Harris, passed away this weekend. It is another tragedy in a recent string of them. (Ted wrote about this in “Asking Why?”) Then I read this profile about wor …
One thing about not working on a Monday: It makes it easier to hold onto what you just heard on Sunday. On a normal Monday, you roll into your activities so fast that the sermon you just heard the day before sometimes seems very distant. (If someone as …
I’m a saver. No surprise, I’m sure, to longtime Line readers. I used to think that was a great thing. Now, I’m thinking it’s a good thing with a caveat. The caveat? I see more and more how Satan wants to lure my natural money inclinations and pervert t …
Mashable.com decided to make yesterday, June 30, Social Media Day. Don’t think you promote social media? Think again. Take a second to stop and think about your day so far. How many times have you checked your Facebook, updated your Twitter status, wro …
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