Download VOIP app on iPhone called “Fring” – integrates with most chat engines but most importantly Skype – which allows iPhone to receive live video from person you are calling! Check it!
Filed under: communications, iPhone, tech, tools
January 27, 2010 • 1:54 pm 0
we should be whittlers
Whittling is the art of carving shapes out of raw wood with a knife.
Whittling is typically performed with a light, small-bladed knife, usually a pocket knife. Specialised whittling knives are available as well. They have thick handles which are easier to grip for long periods allowing precise control and pressure.
| Look up Whittle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Leadership I’ve found is a lot like whittling – it’s definitely a discerned exercise of precise control & pressure towards a common creative goal. Something Jesus I’m sure as a carpenter, a man, and as God in the flesh displayed so well. So, I had a meeting with our talented communication staff yesterday trying to whittle down our purpose as a team – revisiting the “what” and “why” we do what we do. I asked them to describe to me a work situation where they experienced the moment of ”man, this is what I am passionate about!”- where they knew they were “in-the-zone” of what they are shaped to do. In all our sharing, each story was whittled down to seeing a God-need being met through our simple act of service, witnessing a person or group of people easily finding and learning to follow Christ.
So we bounced around the idea – to chisel down our purpose as a ministry…and we’ve arrived at:
“We do everything we can to help people find and follow Christ!”
(which just so happens to be in alignment to our church’s purpose!)
We update our website…so people can find and follow Christ.
We shoot and edit videos…so people can find and follow Christ.
We produce signage…so people can find and follow Christ.
We send press releases…so people can find and follow Christ.
We design logos..so people can find and follow Christ.
We pray together…so people can find and follow Christ.
We simplify..so people can find and follow Christ.
We upload podcasts…so people can find and follow Christ.
We fix typos…so people can find and follow Christ.
We share stories…so people can find and follow Christ.
We think of creative solutions…so people can find and follow Christ.
…and so on.
Questions:
Where/When do you find yourself the most fulfilled and invigorated – used by God?
What seems to be the common thread among those moments?
How can you simplify “that” into one easy memorable phrase?
Related reading:
Was just reading Kem Meyer’s post today – and thought it was relevant. Check it out!
5 ways to start dissolving silos… http://bit.ly/ap8u7n
Filed under: God, UBC, branding, church, communications, inspiration, leadership
October 23, 2009 • 8:53 pm 0
the napkin thing
October 3, 2009 • 2:27 am 0
smoking kills
Ran across these at the Nicaragua airport and still people will buy big boxes of them…wow!
Filed under: health, marketing, wow , smoking marlboro marketing
June 14, 2009 • 4:00 am 0
weak christians
So this was my tweet a few minutes ago (needs more than 140 characters)…
greggackle - Listened to Francis Chan’s message for One Prayer. Gave me that 1985 post Rocky IV feeling. Listen now - http://alturl.com/xgwd
- and without ruining it for you…I hope you leave the message feeling encouraged and empowered. I need these messages every now and then. Because, I got to admit that there are days where I just know something is wrong in my walk. And I’m not talking about just days where I am tired and weak. But days where I believe my weakness as the end all and be all. This is when it is so important for me to recognize that lie and quickly turn off the things that are keeping me weak and turn on the things that power me up. For me today it was stop thinking about work, spend time with your son, stop thinking about work while spending time with your son, spend time with God (not just a quick prayer but actually blast some worship in the house and strum the vocal cords), put Caden to bed, pray over house, eat a light dinner because you ate too much pizza for lunch – lay on the couch and listen to someone who believes in the power and strength of God – so you can remember what is in you…and it’s more than just gatorade. Doesn’t matter how little or big you believe He is, you’ve got to listen to this message (http://alturl.com/xgwd). Became one of those need-to-be-logged moments of the year where I worshipped – not only because He knew I needed it – but because He’s deserved more of it from me. Reader, if you do believe in God – I pray a boldness over your life that is wrapped in love and self control and would permeate into everything you do. If you do not believe in God, I pray you would not be afraid to wonder what if?…and then that you would see clearly His power and love that He has for you right now.
It was in my weakness tonight that I found my Strength again.
Filed under: God, church, inspiration, me, religion, worship, wow
June 6, 2009 • 11:26 pm 0
My sister ‘n’ law is headed to Nicaragua in 33 days – hope you are inspired by the work God is doing in Managua! Check it out http://ping.fm/Wxppn
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May 23, 2009 • 2:02 pm 0
shovebox
Am playing around with ShoveBox for Mac and am pleased so far. Seems like a solution to keeping my desktop clutter free and organizes my thoughts I need to come back to. Seems like people are preferring it to Evernote as well. Not only that, the best feature is that it syncs with my iPhone. I’ve used it to also replace all my stickies of info I need to quickly pull up at a moment’s notice like office phone extensions, budget line item numbers, html codes, annotated phone messages, etc.
Filed under: iPhone, tech, tips & tricks, tools
May 9, 2009 • 1:53 am 0
discover God
Are you seeking God? Millions have found Him here- http://ping.fm/J3Ujy
Filed under: God
