Posted on December 7, 2007 by Snoop
There’s a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it.
William Wallace
It saddens me how often those in leadership forget this, and I pray everyday as we [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2007 by Snoop
So, it seems like I have been writing a great deal of “where have I been posts” of late. It seems like the month of September blew by, and in ways that is wonderful, in other ways, it is less than that, but all in all it has been a VERY good month.
I am [...]
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Posted on September 25, 2007 by Snoop
So a while back I received an email from an acquaintance who is soliciting proposals for a book on leadership. After soaking on it for a while, I came to the realization that I just do not have the time right now to meet the deadlines that are set forward for this project, but [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2007 by Snoop
As I mentioned earlier, the more I read of Everything Must Change, the more it ties into the world that I find myself in. As I continue to soak and pray about what a church that is truly aimed at healing the city of Baltimore might look like, I read about framing stories, and [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2007 by Snoop
I have been thinking for a while about how we define success in the church world.
When I worked at a fish market a successful day was cutting a ton of fish (a literal ton)…
When I was in college an A was a sign of success (didn’t see many of those… maybe that is [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2007 by Snoop
Reading through Monday Morning Insight today I read this about Mad Church Disease.
As I read through the post, I could not help but identify with what it was saying about the similarities between Mad Cow Disease and burnout in the ministry world. While I am excited by the fact that someone [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2007 by Snoop
A small handful of people knew that I had been in looking at a Youth Pastor job at a church in the area.
A month ago, I interviewed, and was told that I should expect to hear back from the church later in the week. In a follow up email, I was told [...]
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Posted on May 24, 2007 by Snoop
Lately I have been haunted by something I read somewhere (I know that is helpful). It has been bouncing around my head for a few weeks now, and to be honest it is quite intimidating…
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1
Paul told the Corinthians to follow his [...]
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Posted on May 2, 2007 by Snoop
This morning I hit panera with my friend Joel.
It was good to hang out, connect, and dream about church. What church can be. What it should be, and to talk a little bit about the city of Baltimore and her needs.
Last weekend I sold a car to a teacher from Baltimore. [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2007 by Snoop
Ahhh, the Saturday morning sales meeting… there are few things is nothing that I despise about my job more…
In a rare break from the typical unprepared rambling that normally takes place in these meetings, a couple of sales guys were asked to tell us what they liked about working at our dealership. Both [...]
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