Monthly Archives: January 2007

A New Career Path – Let’s get fired!

Seth Godin reports: Today, Bob Nardelli, their [Home Depot] CEO, got fired. He probably got fired for insulting his investors (his annual meeting will go down in history) and for alienating employees and customers. He appeared to go out of … Continue reading

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Being a (Practicing) Christian

There have been some interesting posts on religion at the Corner this morning. John Derbyshire quotes and comments on a correspondent: From a person who really should know, though he asks that his name and clerical status not be posted: … Continue reading

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Thinking/Praying

Is there a difference between thinking and praying? I’ve wondered about that since I first heard the phrase, “Our thoughts and prayers will be with you.” Doubtless, much of our prayer life (at least in the UM churches I’ve been … Continue reading

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Old Year, New Year

From a church perspective last year was somewhat stressful. The church had been thinking for years about acquiring the grocery store property across the street. We knew we couldn’t expand to the south (down town), the east (court house & … Continue reading

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