Archive for Archive for July, 2009

Another Free Book

Just downloaded another free ebook - this one by Steve Farrar. It is being offered as a free download from www.sermoncentral.com.
The book, titled "Battle Ready" looks to be a good resource for Men’s Ministry. I haven’t read it as yet but a quick skim looked good.
You can download it here

Posted by: admin on Sunday, July 26th, 2009

John Piper’s Latest Book - Free

You can pick up John Piper’s latest book "Filling Up The Afflictions Of Christ" free here.

Posted by: admin on Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Purpose Driven Webinar

Live on Thursdays – Rick Warren offers a free webcast.
You can check out the archives here.
You can also watch the sessions from the Purpose Driven Network Summit from the same page.

Posted by: admin on Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Book Review: Blue Like Jazz

While I was on a brief vacation I picked up a copy of the book “Blue Like Jazz” for 50 cents at a Thrift Store. I had heard a lot about the book, pro and con, and decided to make it part of my summer reading list.
Most of the reading was done while waiting [...]

Posted by: admin on Thursday, July 16th, 2009

3 Laws Of Fundraising Success

Jeff Brooks of Fundraising Success Magazine writes an article on the “3 Laws of Fundraising”.
The First Law
There’s a clear inverse correlation between the complexity of a message and its effectiveness at motivating people. In layman’s terms, the more you say, the less people listen.
The Second Law
Self-focused communication is an ineffective way to attract people and [...]

Posted by: admin on Monday, July 13th, 2009

Ministries Today Magazine – free digital copy

The new edition of Ministries Today Magazine is now available free in digital form.
You can get it here

Posted by: admin on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

“Free” – and it’s free!

Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired magazine has a new book discussing how online content should be free. Appropriately the book is titled “Free”.
There has been some controversy surrounding the book and various passages that are allegedly lifted from Wikipedia.
Here’s part of the blurb: “In his revolutionary bestseller, THE LONG TAIL, Chris Anderson demonstrated [...]

Posted by: admin on Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Good To Great In The Social Sectors

I’ve been reading a little monograph "Good To Great In The Social Sectors" by Jim Collins. This little paperback, created as an addendum to the bestseller "Good To Great" is specifically targeted at the unique settings and special conditions that leaders in social organizations must deal with.
Here are a few random thoughts:

Performance must be assessed [...]

Posted by: admin on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Proud To Be A Canadian

Today was the first time that I got to spend Canada Day in our nations capital of Ottawa. It was a spur of the moment decision to extend our time in Ottawa to include Canada Day and, while walking to Parliament Hill to attempt to get some pictures of Prime Minister Harper we stopped at [...]

Posted by: admin on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009