You would think silence would be a welcomed break from the noise that is life, for me it is the opposite, it is unbearable, and I hate it.
But the very thing that I cannot live without, Noise, is slowing zapping all my energy out of me.
What is bringing you down right now?
*kyle
This is a must resource for any ministry, company, or project.
The best way to describe Yammer is twitter within a network. It provides you the chance to “tweet” or as I like to call it “yam” with your fellow employees. The best part about Yammer is that for the basic package it is free. There is no reason why a church or company should not have this. It just opens up communication in real time and allows you to share attachments, thoughts, projects, links, etc…
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Google buzz has left a lot of people buzzing about the new features google has added. What google failed to do with googlewave, google buzz has delivered. One of my favorite features about google buzz is the chance to share or “note in reader” a blog post or a website. This function is made available through your beautiful little google reader homepage. Read more after click more.
What would you do if you had 500 million dollars? I know what I would do, buy a sports franchise. Seriously, I have always loved sports and would love to be a part of them in any way possible. If I had 500 million dollars I would buy a sports team.
What would you do with 500 million dollars? This is a loaded question, so answer wisely. See you might be judging me for wanting to buy a sports franchise. You could be sitting there saying, “Why doesn’t he give that money to the poor and needy?” Great question, one, that after I had this thought go through my head of buying a sports team I thought about helping others rather then myself. I would like to say that I would give it to the needy. But honestly, if a sports franchise was available, I might buy that instead.
What would you do with 500 million dollars? Most of the time we would say that if we had a lot of money we would help others and usually do not understand why millionaires are so greedy. But, everyone reading this is not in that position to give away millions or make millions. I think it is easy to sit here and say that you would give all of your money to the poor, but when it becomes a reality do we follow through? I do not know if we would. Maybe this is the reason….because we do not give now. I do not want to assume this for everyone, but I do know that we (I) struggle to make sacrifices and give. We struggle more with our own comfort then with the comfort of others. If we had 500 million dollars, I think we would spend it on ourselves.
What would you do with 500 million dollars?
*kyle
Sunday provides us a day to relax, reflect, and refuel. On Sunday’s I like to sit back and ask a couple of questions. Maybe it sounds a little like those awkward games you play with people you do not know so that you can get to know each other better. Lets just call Question(s) for You.
You can answer them all or just one….
When Chris Tomlinson contacted me about reading his book, Crave, I got excited. Probably because no one ever gets in touch with me to review a book, but mainly because at the time I was craving (ya I went there with that pun) something new, fresh, and really I was looking for something more then what I had at the moment. When I got the book in the mail I immediately dove into the first chapter. I knew it was going to be a good book when I read this:
I wondered if the spiritual kindling my parents chopped while raising me would burst into white-hot flames for Christ. Instead, it absorbed the water of the world.
I think we have all been in that boat before. The one that seems to drift between what we learned as a kid and what the real world was like. Often times I felt that I would take on more of a white flame for Christ then I would take on the waves of the world, but instead they seemed to beat me down and put out my flame and leave me empty. This book is for all of you that have felt empty and wanting more. It is for the people who know that there is more to life and crave more.
Chris takes you on a journey through our cravings and brings up the question of what we are craving. There is so much in the world that is going after our attention, and Chris ask the question of what are you craving. Stripping down things like comfort, silence, and the what hunger can teach us about God, Chris takes you on a journey of cravings.
I am sure you are craving more, so check all of this goodness out below.
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Do yourself a favor and pick up this book from Chris Tomlinson here
Definitely excited about more to come from Chris Tomlinson not to be confused with Chris Tomlin.
*I have received this book compliments of Harvest House Publishing.
