Monthly Archives: October 2005

I am at Asbury Theological Seminary this week for a gathering of the Alumni Leadership Community. I attended Asbury from 1985-89, when I graduated with an M.Div. degree. Those four years were among the most important in my life in … Continue reading →

Almost 2 years ago I bought a Canon ZR-60 video camera. I’d read reviews that said it had loud motor noise that showed up on the recordings, but mine worked fine – no noise, no problems. Until about a month … Continue reading →

Donald Sensing, and the Military Officers Association of America (Sensing’s source?) mention Senator Robert Byrd saying, “Our nation isn’t at war, our military is at war.” This saying is not original with Byrd (neither Sensing nor MOAA say it is), … Continue reading →

Seth Godin writes today about two approaches to work, the Abundance approach and the TBR approach. He summarizes: an approach of Abundance and an approach I call Technically Beyond Reproach (TBR). Abundance means that you look at every problem spec … Continue reading →

For the first time I can remember, I just bought “postal insurance” on a package I mailed. Being naturally curious, especially of any bureaucracy, I asked questions so that I might better understand what I was paying for. Postal insurance … Continue reading →

Continuing my brother’s discussion on ID, or Intelligent Design, I ran across an article in the local Waco Tribune Herald that actually got my attention. Martha Raffaele wrote an Associate Press piece titled “Debate Revisited” on the Dover, Pennsylvania School … Continue reading →

ID and its place (or lack thereof) in public education has been a hot topic lately. Several email lists I’m on have been discussing it. Here’s my response to some of it. As a tradition/discipline, science has a right to … Continue reading →

Kenneth C. Elzinga, the Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia, gave an address on Christian Higher Education to the people of Abilene Christian University. The whole piece is good, but I want to highlight one … Continue reading →

Sunday’s sermon was on learning from John Wesley in the area of conflict. Whether we look to John Wesley, the Apostle Paul, or Jesus, we see people who regularly engaged in conflict. Since each of these also emphasized the place … Continue reading →

I’ve been going to ministry conferences for years. I’ve read piles of books and listened to many tapes & CDs. I’ve heard inspiring and informative teachings on how to reach people, how to grow a church, and how to lead … Continue reading →