love wins.
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i can’t imagine the world any other way.
5 things I want to do…
Thomas tagged me over the weekend, asking what are 5 things you’ve always wanted to do…
I don’t know if these are things I’ve always wanted to do, but these are 5 things I really want to do (as of today)…
1. Spend at least two weeks visiting the UK (England, Scotland and Ireland) with Laurie.
2. Spend a week in New York City with Laurie.
3. Start a family :: aka have kids – (just don’t get any ideas that we’re planning on doing this tomorrow :-))
4. Freelance/work from home and/or own my own a business that supports my entire family so Laurie can also stay at home (and no I’m not interested in your pyramid marketing scheme). I’d love to see this as a regular paying gig on the radio (or a podcast), sharing people’s stories. Or — improving my web/video/media design skills so that I can make enough money to support my family with it.
5. Continue building real deep communities of faith.
In the process of building this list I also added a few more items to my life list over on 43things.com.
As part of the journey, I tag Laurie, Trucker Frank, Jessica, Brian, Michael, Kevin and Josh.
Tagged or not tagged, feel free to leave a list of the 5 things you want to do in the comment section below (or on your own blog)…
What does it mean to be a Christian?
Is it about being re-born again over and over and over again?
Hmmmm.
What do you think?
HT @knightopia
Sarah Palin Rap on SNL
Didn’t see this before. Guess we got bored or sleepy that week and missed it.
(HT: Evan Courtney)
On a related note – who are you hoping to recruit for the 2012 or 2016 election? With two year campaigns becoming the norm, now might be a good time to start thinking that way.
You too can change the world – 50 words or less
“We may not be able to change the whole world, but we can change the whole world for one person.”
Shaun Groves and his band of bloggers are returning from the Dominican Republic today. Take some time to learn what they’ve learned.
(What are other folks saying this weekend in 50 words or less?)
Things I’ve learned from Twitter (in the last 24 hours)
I was sharing with my life, Laurie, the other night that it’s amazing how intentional folks are on Twitter (and many on Facebook) about relationships.
I can send a txt message to 30 people and I don’t typically get any responses. I can share one message on Twitter – and within minutes 10 people from literally around the world let me know they’re praying for me. (UPDATE: I don’t mean that to say that folks who get my txt messages don’t care — see comments — but to hear or see someone actually say it does me good. I guess that’s why one of my big love languages is verbal/encouragement 🙂 ).
You really do have to be intentional about building relationships on Twitter. Otherwise it probably seems really pointless and a waste of time.
If you’re not into building relationships – you probably wouldn’t care that Jonny Baker is planning to live blog from an emerging worship conference in Oklahoma City.
Olly says girls have skills when it comes to putting on make-up in all sorts of situations.
Tripp Fuller and Chad Crawford scored an interview with Phyllis Tickle to discuss The Great Emergence. I’m looking forward to hearing the interview on their Homebrewed Christianity Podcast.
Mark Batterson is working on a new book – and likes to do it early in the morning.
Many people are still super buzzed about Obama’s election. However I think things are a little different for my friends over on Facebook. Does that make Facebook more conservative and Twitter more liberal? Or is just my friends?
Kevin Hendricks has written over 12,000 words in the novel he’s writing for nanowrimo.
Bruce Wagner has created a network at unitysocial.com. Looking forward to checking it out in a few minutes.
Sara Jane is going to UMHB’s homecoming this weekend.
Thomas went to see Sigur Ros last night while his wife stayed at home making Christmas cards and many of us on Twitter gave him a hard time about it. Today he found out he’s hosting a quiz for his team at work.
Trucker Frank is loading his truck in Shakopee MN, where it’s snowing a bit and then he’s heading to KC.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! If you’re still reading this, you should probably be on Twitter. If you’re not – well then I’m talking to myself – and my friends already on Twitter ;-).