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My Birthday Wishlist

Welcome. I write for church leaders on topics like strategy and communication. Since this is your first visit, don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed.The Aliph Jawbone 2 is definitely on my birthday list. Follow this link to find out why I want this little (very little) piece of tech. Remember, I drive a [...]

Beyond My Capacity for Blessings

Steven Furtick (and others like him) always talk about God taking them further than their own ability, dreams, ambition, or vision. I always thought that it would be cool to one day feel like God is blessing me to the point where I’m unsure if I can really handle the blessing. I’ve thought that it [...]

This will make you smile.


A Plant That Talks and Facebook Love

The age of artificial relationships is here.
For a long time, this age was a futuristic, never-gonna-happen dream that companies like Digg, Facebook, Twitter, and AOL hoped would materialize. Well, it did and it’s not as dreamy as some expected. Actually, it’s a little creepy and a little awkward. Here are two examples:
I love my plant [...]

Marriage Relationship-Builder

Erica teased me about blogging for months. She teased about how excited I got about good comments. She teased about how bummed I’d get on bad traffic days. She teased about how much thought I’d put into posts sometimes. She teased about almost everything involving the art of blogging. Yes, art.
Now she has her own [...]

And the Winner is…

Jermayn. I’ll contact you soon my friend.

The Truth About Productivity Systems [Another List]

I used to read blogs about productivity like a marathoner drinks water. I frequented blogs like 43Folders and PutThingsOff and ZenHabits, but ended up wasting more time than I saved.
Here are five truths about productivity systems that nobody else will tell you:

They only work for people who don’t have very much to do.
They add more [...]

Latest & Greatest Update

Here’s a quick-list of some of latest and greatest in my life in the past couple weeks. They’re random, but this post isn’t a top ten list or a how-to article anyway, so I feel like it’s okay to be random today.

Erica and I bought a new camera yesterday. It’s a Canon Powershot G9. We [...]

Do you ever run out of things to say?

It’s awkward.

The #1 Reason Why Ron Paul Should Not be President

He’s a great guy, I’m sure. He’s done a lot of great things. But, I don’t want Ron Paul to be president because he believes that abortion is a states’ rights issue. That’s incorrect.
Abortion is a human rights issue. If the American federal government has an obligation to intervene to prevent foreign injustices pertaining to [...]