Archive for Archive for August, 2009

I’m Back

I haven’t been doing much blogging over the summer – due to vacation, some projects at the church and the general pace of summer life in the city.
Classes start again after Labour Day and it looks to be an interesting term in “Marketing Management.” There should be lots to write about with the intersection of [...]

Posted by: admin on Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Influence Conference Online

Just prior to its General Council the Assemblies of God hosted the “Influence Conference”.
Speakers included Mark Batterson, Reggie Joiner, Keith Craft and Ed Young.
Video of the conference is available here.
Thanks to the AG Thinktank blog for the link.

Posted by: admin on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Christian Suffering Around The World

Lorne Gunter of the National Post newspaper posts an interesting commentary in the blog section that while dealing specifically with the United Church of Canada touches on the incidence of persecution and martyrdom of Christians around the world. It’s well worth the read.
You can get to it by clicking here

Posted by: admin on Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Rick Warren On Leadership

Rick Warren recently spoke to pastors and ministers of the Assemblies of God at the their General Council. You can watch the video of his presentation here (he starts at about the 55 minute mark.
Note that the video actually starts at the 32 minute mark – the devotional speaker, Rev. Jacqueline Toro is also [...]

Posted by: admin on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

The True Origin of the Internet

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called ‘Amazon Dot Com.’ [...]

Posted by: admin on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Free Church Conference - The Nines

Leadership Network is offering a free church conference online called THE NINES that begins at:
09/09/09 at 9:09am CST.

You will hear from 47+ speakers, who will each spend 9 minutes giving their best leadership advice. Speakers include:

Mark Batterson :: National Community Church (Washington, DC)
Dave Ferguson :: Community Christian Church (Naperville, IL)
Reggie Joiner :: [...]

Posted by: admin on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Killing Cockroaches

Just finished reading “Killing Cockroaches” by Tony Morgan.
I’ve followed Tony’s blog for a while now and have the “Simply Strategic” books which he coauthored along with Tim Stevens (they are worth the money).
The title of the book comes from Tony’s experience in killing cockroaches while holding a high level management position. It is a [...]

Posted by: admin on Monday, August 10th, 2009