Earlier this year I attended the One World Everybody Eats Conference in Denver Colorado. I went with two others from Crescent City Cafe, along with 50 plus other people interested (or already doing) the pay-what-you-can cafe model. If you have not heard of this, it is exactly what it sounds like. If you can pay for your meal, you do. If you cannot, you do not. Many of these cafes give the option of you giving your time. One of the speakers, Robert Egger, talked about how times are changing. He spoke about the desire now among people to mix spirituality, lifestyle and income. As soon as he said it, I thought, “Yes!”…
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4 Steps to Killing Creativity
If you want to kill creativity in a person, organization, ministry, etc, I recommend the following. 1) “We Have Never Done That” Go ahead, let you decision making be led by this phrase. Decide to never do anything you have not already done. This is a great formula for death. 2) “We Tried That Once” This phrase is sibling to #1. It makes you wonder, what are we so afraid of? Being risk averse does not lead to being a stronger person, business, church, etc. It leads to being weak and susceptible to death. 3) How? vs Wow! At Catalyst the last two years, Andy Stanley has encouraged spouses to…
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How Are You Growing Your Prayer Life?
Last month, I mentioned how I’m growing in my prayer life. One of the things I am doing to grow is going to a church that believes in prayer. The second thing I am doing is using the prayers of others, primarily through prayer books. Initially I did not like this idea. I come from a background that believes prayer is a conversation and you shouldn’t pray someone else’s prayer. You would never talk to your spouse from a memorized script would you? Well then you should not talk to God like this either. Then I realized that I get cards for my wife all the time with someone else’s…