Yesterday was overload. Failure is the resonance that allows connection. - Dave Gibbons My heart is so full today, so challenged, so humbled. Leadership is profound. To answer the call of God, to step out into an unknown reality, to accept the uncertainty because of faith in Him. Yesterday was a parade of men who …
Meaning of Life 1.1 – The Glory Before the Beginning
God is love. I don't remember who first introduced me to the idea of the Triune Community of Love and Communication that existed before the beginning (biblically speaking), but it was probably Francis Schaeffer. But I also remember John Ortberg teaching about this at Willow several years ago. Of course, any real knowledge of this …
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Twitter-Dee, Twitter-Dumb
It's fun to stay on top of things, noodling the most entertaining tweets from my Tweetdeck. But I may be reaching the cliff called Overload. If not, I can sure see it from here. Sensory overload always been an occupational hazard of living inside this particular brain. I go into libraries, stop at the door, …
What I Learned in Tracking Time
After eight weeks of tracking my time in hopes of discovering what I was actually doing as an interim pastor, here's what I found out: 1) Keeping productivity in the front of your mind is good for accountability and well...productivity, but doesn't do much for the enjoyment/fulfillment factor. It's not that I'm normally not productive, …
Mortality
I was probably 10, or somewhere close, when I first became aware of the Jackson 5. The Osmonds were in there, too. (He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother) The boy singing the lead in the stratosphere was cute as a bug, and had talent forever. I was never a big fan of the moonwalk, maybe …
JEFF BERRYMAN 