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Jul
2010
Contact Me
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Okay, so I have been running this blog for a couple of years now and never noticed that I hadn’t bothered to put a way to contact me on it until a new reader pointed that out. Duh! I get a lot of contact via comments, but may be some of you would like to... Read More
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Jul
2010
Applying Rules of Creativity to Your Bible Reading, Even If You Think You are Creatively Challenged
I was reading an article about Joey Reihman’s book, Thinking for a Living. Reihman describes being creative as having four stages. Investigation–Detect, study, explore, gather Incubation–The longest stage, quantity over quality, can involve blending, traveling, polarizing, walking, meditating, praying and sharing Illumination–The editing of stage two, illuminate the big idea, the “Aha!” moment Illustration–Portray and... Read More
29
Jun
2010
The Myth of Originality
Herman Melville wrote, “It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation.” We tend to have a bias in our culture against imitation. Imitation often equates in our minds to fake. For example, imitation leather or imitation fur. Imitation may connote something being cheap or of lesser value. The idea that originality... Read More
22
Jun
2010
Learning to Dance in the Rain
Sunday was both my birthday and Father’s Day. I had an overwhelming number of people wish me a Happy Birthday and I truly had one. At the end of the day I was very overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude. Somewhere around 80 people sent me Happy Birthday greetings via facebook. These were people from... Read More
18
Jun
2010
Daily Intentions, A Key to Having Great Days
Every day when I wake up, before I even get out of bed, I say to the world, “I greet this day with joy for I am blessed.” I say it with a smile and I say it repeatedly as I head into work. Sometimes I say it out loud. It gets my mind... Read More
17
Jun
2010
Creative Giving to Preserve Dignity and Build Relationship
I love preaching and teaching except for one thing–God always seems to challenge me on whatever I put out there for other people to do. A week ago, I wrote a post about helping people during this tough economy. My post was prompted by an email from a friend who was in need of sixty thousand... Read More