Don’t get me wrong. I am a Facebook user. I comment. I tweet. It’s great. And it sucks sometimes. Here’s why: It all falls under the label “social media”. And in a day when the most social interaction someone might have is to invite you to join their Farmtown, we could be heading towards trouble. A [...]

Food is art. You have to have fun with food. Make it beautiful. Make it a memory. I was looking through some summer 2009 food pics that brought back some great memories; thought I’d share them. 1. Crawdads in Buttah: Had a great time this summer camping with friends down on the Deschutes. After tubing, we [...]

So Sunday afternoon I was at Costco for a value lunch (which means $1.50 hot dog and soda, or the free buffet, aka samples). I chose hot dog.  I tried to take a browsing stroll around Costco, but as always, I ended up in one of two places: electronics, or books. That day it was [...]

Hey, friends – took a very relaxing several months off blogging, but I’m back. Have some good book reviews, thoughts, restaraunts for you to visit, and pics to enjoy. Quick recap: Went on a fiction reading spree – something like a novel a week for almost four months now. Which I know isn’t a lot [...]

I was thinking this past weekend about the national celebration of independence here in the United States.  It is a moment to commemorate and celebrate freedom – and that’s a good thing.  For many, though, it has become a weekend to eat BBQ and watch fireworks. Allow this disclaimer: I really enjoy BBQ! It’s great. [...]

Hey, friends – just wanted to let you know that Fountain Church MP3′s of Sunday Messages are back up at www.fountainchurch.com!  We have the last two weeks available for now, and will be making previous weeks available soon.

Ramirez Mexican Store & Tortilla Factory is a rockin’ spot.  I will be at my office working away, and I’ll hear the siren song of carne asada, calling me, wooing me.  I’m like Odysseus, tied to the mast of my office chair, working to free myself.  If I do, I only face the fate of so many sailors, [...]

I’m only three chapters in to Organic Leadership: Leading Naturally Right Where You Are, by Neil Cole, but so far, so good… as with the other things I’ve read by him. Neil Cole is very adept as stripping away the institutional trappings that hinder churches, and see the vibrant power of organic churches – and leaders. The [...]

It’s a changing world.  There are new challenges to face, and leaders must be able to discern not only how to navigate change, but how to do so in a way that keeps the church/organization/business moving through the “change waters” with her! The Change-Resistant Saboteur Here are some scenarios that saboteurs love: “We’ve never tried that [...]

By the time you notice a saboteur’s handiwork, it’s too late:  the damage is done.  Of course, we have to guard ourselves from a myriad of things every day that can take us out, but even after a shootout, we can still shoot our own foot! Today’s Leadership Saboteur:  The Authoritarian  A Saboteur that poses under the [...]