What blogs do you read?

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I don’t keep a blogroll on the front page of my blog anymore. Instead, I have a page of links that include some family, friends, ministries etc. that I support or find interesting (more or less an archive of my old blogroll).

Blogroll’s always seem to be a pain to keep up with. Perhaps because mine are always changing.

However Charles Lee asked for some blog suggestions this week and I offered up my list. These are the blogs I check first in my reader and always make sure I haven’t missed anything before I hit the escape button (aka Mark All As Read). Continue reading What blogs do you read?

Videos from #thenines online

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The videos from #thenines conference are now available for viewing on demand.

You can view them via thenines.leadnet.org or on #thenines YouTube channel.
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live simply

Live Simple

   “Live simply…

So that others might simply live.”

– original author unknown

Right now we’re trying to raise money for our friends to keep their house and avoid foreclosure.

My sister’s been raising money to help a family afford their home study for an adoption.

Amy and her family are eating beans and rice all month long in order to help others fund their adoption.

Scott Harrison, and countless others, are giving up their birthday presents to provide clean water for folks around the world.

A boy in our small group has given up his Christmas and birthday presents over the last year to support a child through Compassion International.

What things/causes/issues are you making sacrifices for in your own life, in order to help others live?

(photo by cliche)

Permission to Speak Freely

Art & Essays on Fear, Confession and Grace

I’m really looking forward to Anne Jackson’s (@flowerdust)new book, “Permission to Speak Freely.”

Over the last year or so she’s been gathering artwork, essays and other contributions from folks, all centered around the question…

What is one thing you feel you can’t say in church?
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With a little help for our friends

I was looking over the totals that have come in to help our friends beat foreclosure this week.

It’s encouraging to see.

Folks from 2 different countries, 5 different states, people that have never met my friends, are all pitching in to help in a time of need.

To help illustrate this, I put together a quick map highlighting the cities represented thus far.

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What to do with old business cards?

Old business cards

Back when I started my new job (December 2007) I was given a brand new box of business cards.

In my previous jobs in the newspaper business, business cards came in handy. But in my current job, where I primarily sit behind a computer all day, I rarely have any need (or request) to hand out a business card, they seem rather pointless.

Fast forward to January 2009, and our office moved. We packed up and the whole operation moved a mile or so away.

Of course that means a whole new box of business cards, with a new phone number, new address and the like.

But I still have 95% or more remaining in that first box.

So here’s the question:

What can I do with these old cards (other than simply tossing and recycling them)?

I’m open to any and all suggestions. Lemme hear your thoughts in the comments.

UPDATE: My friend Sara found the ultimate use for business cards: Business Card Origami