Lead Well

Here is the latest writing prompt from #trust30:  (I took the day off yesterday, so no post) Not everyone wants to travel the world, but most people can identify at least one place in the world they’d like to visit before they die. Where is that place for you, and what will you do to make sure you get there? The one place I would love to go is Moscow, Russia.   I don't know what it is, but I have always wanted to go there and especially see the Kremlin.  I have always been fascinated by Russian culture, it's history, famous authors, scientists, architecture.  But what most interests me are the people.  I can read every book, look at every picture, listen to every song, but never get a true feeling of the culture, unless I meet them and get to know them. This brings me to how I will get there.  I will go on a missions trip to Russia.  Most people would like to travel there as a tourist, but I think you miss what is really going on.  On a missions trip, a trip where you se

I didn't really like the prompt for today, but since this is a 30 day writing challenge I figured I should write something, so here goes. Do you ever get the feeling that there should be something more?  something greater?  A higher calling?  Or, on a similar note, that people are involved in something and because of your circumstances you are left behind?  Sometimes I find myself with these feelings.  Yesterday I posted about opportunities covered by the mundane.  It is so easy to be caught up in the quagmire of everyday life that we forget to look around us.  Forget about the people who care for us.  The mission, job, project, task that God has given us.  Our culture screams if you want it bad enough you can have it.  While I agree with this to an extent, we can forget what is right in front of us.  As the wise old Yoda told us about young Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars reference) "He was too focused on the future, not on the present and not on what he was doing." 

Here is day 2 of the #trust30 challenge. Enjoy! If ‘the voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tracks,’ then it is more genuine to be present today than to recount yesterdays. How would you describe today using only one sentence?  Tell today’s sentence to one other person. Repeat each day. Today is a day filled with opportunities draped in the mundane nuances of business as usual.

In an effort to make me a better writer the next 30 days I am taking part in a writing challenge hosted by the Domino Project and Seth Godin.  Even though I usually use the blog to post things about politics, religion, my views, the next 30 days will be spent writing what the prompts give me.  If you want to know more about the project you can read about it here . I'm excited about the challenge so here goes... *Note,  I was going to post the story I wrote for the day, but I think it was a little too private for the public.  Maybe someday I will post it.  Tomorrow's will make it to the blog.

There have been many ideas and thoughts swirling around about the "new church."  Many have been wondering what this new generation, what this "new revolution" will look like.  If what I am reading and observing is correct, then where we are headed is vastly different from where we've been, bur remarkably similar to the days of old.  This week I hosted an Easter Egg Hunt at my church and gave over 80 children the opportunity to receive Christ.  Many responded, but now I am left with the question, "How can I disciple these children?"  It is possible that many of them I will never see again.  These kids could grow into adults and claim to be Christians because they said a prayer at a service one day, but have no idea what Christianity, what being a follower of Christ, is all about.  They will barely understand sin, heaven, hell, resurrection, new birth, Christian service.  I love the old style evangelistic tent meetings.  We see so many people come to

Recently, I watched a segment on CNN about how more and more couples are choosing to live together instead of getting married.  The segment included two radio host who frequently talk about modern day relationship issues as advice gurus.  The gist of the conversation ended that marriage is just a sheet of paper and many people in today's culture see no need to go through the legal and financial rigmarole of getting married. The glaring omission from the entire story is the lack of moral conviction.  Think about it.  If there is nothing wrong with having sex before, outside, or after marriage and if there is nothing wrong with having children outside of wedlock, then what is marriage?  A legal contract between 2 people who are dedicated to one another and have decided to make it known to everyone including the state.  It is basically a sheet of paper that gives you tax breaks.  If that is true, then why bother? Last night, I watched in horror and dismay the Charlie Sheen inter

I learned in Bible school Proverbs 3:3: Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.  When I first memorized the verse, I thought I had taken God's word and written it on the tablet of my heart, but God is showing me something more.  I'm one of those chapter a day guys.  You know read a chapter of the Bible and my devotions are done for the day.  There's nothing wrong with this way of study except there is no depth.  Sure, I have read the Bible cover to cover, but have I let the words sink in longer than 15 minutes?  Ask yourself, of all the times you have read the Bible have you actually tried to write it on the tablet of your heart? I remember as a kid watching Heidi with Shirley Temple (my sister was a big fan).  In it Heidi tries to read from the Bible and begins to struggle.  Then the big burly man begins to quote the entire chapter! I did that once.  Do I still remember the chapter? No.  God is