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Live to Work, or Work to Live?

A wise leader and I were talking about this other day. He shared that his (he is in his fifties) and many previous generations have seemed to live to work. In other words, much of their identity lies in their “job.” People who place their identity in a job or position sometimes forget [...]

A few must-reads for this week…

Seth Godin- Two ways to deal with no
Josh Parrish- Dragging vs. Flying
Jonathan Lawson- During our lunch hour
Gene Schlesinger- American Heresy: Gnosticism (be prepared for depth)
More pics of Mike and Vanessa’s newbie….Maddie
Tom Howe- One of those Days

Unrealistic Expectations

My wife woke me this morning because our dog, Sippi, was barking (or coughing… hard to determine). She shouted “this is amazing. You’ve gotta see this.” I thought it was snow. Oh, the surprise good snow in years! I am so excited! There must be white, frozen fun [...]

Posts that may potentially knock your socks off!

This week’s great conversations:
•Ben Arment on being a sponge
•Perry Noble on Kissing a Toilet
•Anne Jackson Shady motels and Prostitutes
•Craig Groeschel on doing the small things
•John Piper is about to cause a stir. Good!
•Steven Furtick on Moving Deep Quickly
•Bil Cornelius on obedience and honesty… very good!
•Pete Briscoe on his struggle with being the best… best [...]

What do bailouts teach us?

Attitudes that bailouts may teach us:
• complacency- “the government will take care of our messes”
• no work, all play- “we didn’t even have to struggle to ‘earn’ this”
• I deserve this- “we have worked hard in the past…help us!”
• dependency- “we could [...]