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  • Sitting Here

    I’m about done for the day after three Starbucks (not cups of Starbucks coffee – three locations!). It is about BEING THERE and what we do when we ARE THERE! If you are not out somewhere meeting people while you get other things accomplished, you are missing some great opportunities. You can have solitude, your…

  • Hosannah!

    In her essay, Hosannah— sarahjane asks:     "Did you know that Palm Sunday was likely “Lamb Selection Day” for the Jewish Passover?" Like most good things in the blogsphere, i found this gifted writer’s material by accident looking for something else. Her spiritual insights and reflections earned her a spot among my bookmarks. Her…

  • Insights Do Not Equal Agreement

    I posted Bill Nunan’s link yesterday to spark some thinking. I was impressed with his insights, but I do not agree with them. In fact, I do believe that God tweaks the laws of nature when He so desires. I just don’t think He does so often, because it is seldom necessary to do so…

  • From “This I Believe” – NPR Series

    I was impressed with this report and the insights of Bill Nunan. My Personal Leap of Faith   "As an engineer, Bill Nunan thought the laws of nature govern the universe. But his faith told him God was in control. Now Nunan believes there is a place for both God and science in his spiritual…

  • The Entrepreneurial URGE

    From the Entrepreneur’s Table The entrepreneurial urge is the motivational edge of men and women who love to develop bold initiatives and who change the world little by little. When Steve Jobs approached John Sculley, then C.E.O. at PepsiCo about coming on board at Apple, he posed this question: "Do you want to sell sugar…

  • The Holiness of the Ordinary

    I have accepted the self-imposed and other-reinforced assignment of considering the holiness of the ordinary. How does that which is such a part of the backdrop of our human experience as to be profaned take on the air of eternal significance and other worldly importance? What sets apart one activity, object, or person from the…

  • This Is Not Brain Surgery … but It Makes Sense

    If you are looking for a simple business, with an untapped pool of potential associates and members, Pre Paid Legal is worth examining. This is a business that is simple to duplicate, adaptable to your own schedule and style, and  one which has built in support sytems of education and individuals who have a vested…

  • Excerpts from Elsewhere in Tom’s Cyber Realm

                           How Big Is Your God?                                        The questions we must ask ourselves in evaluating our possibilities contain some of their own answers: How big is my God?How compelling is my…

  • Working Pastors

    I have just launched a new blogging initiative to support and encourage bi-vocational pastors, church planters, and others who are called to Christian vocation. It is called Working Pastors and is a companion to this site. I have similar blog on Blogger called Tentmakers and Other Working Pastors. There is already a great deal of…

  • Time and Transformation

    Transformation Is God’s Business 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. God is in the business of transformation. That means that those who commit themselves to transformation of people and…