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My 3 Words for 2020
Resolutions are for breaking. We need something that guides us to be better. So this is what I do. I follow three words for the year.
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Top Posts – 2019
This my top ten most viewed posts of the 2019! It’s always interesting to see what analytics reveal about what people are reading! Most Viewed Posts in 2019: 1. 9 Keys to Engaging Youth In Church Not a new post, but the definition of evergreen, people are always looking for help engaging youth in the church.…
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The difference between justification and mercy
We make a habit of justification. We just want to explain. There was a reason we weren’t there. Something. Anything to avoid mercy. A justification is often the grounding upon which we make a case. We hope that everything we do is justified. That’s how we often think about it. But it isn’t how we…
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The devil doesn’t need another advocate
We don’t need another devil’s advocate offering “the other side.” What we need are more people looking for the good we can do together. The Devil’s Advocate In the 16th Century, the Vatican established a position called advocatus diaboli, the devil’s advocate. The job would be to advocate on the devil’s behalf. Wait. Why would…
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Why it is hard to start a new Bullet Journal
It’s hard to start a new bullet journal. You don’t want to mess up! Which is why you need to start anyway. You’re going to mess up. Opening the pristine pages of a new journal is like unwrapping a new present: you’re excited to open it and feel what’s inside. And scared of ruining it…
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OK, now the new year can start
The real challenge of New Year’s is not just that we write the wrong year on documents. It’s our living the wrong life again. I finally started my Bullet Journal for 2019. It isn’t pretty and I’m not showing off all my beautiful pages. But the fact that we are nearly a week into 2019…
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Choosing to Bullet Journal
As a disorganized, aloof leader, the bullet journal gives me something no productivity system can: the freedom to make it mine. I’m not what you would call organized. I make piles. Books, papers, emails: literal and virtual. While I’ve always known this about myself, I rarely accept it. I push myself to be a person…
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My 3 Words for 2019
No more broken resolutions. This is what I use to make the new year better. I pick three words to guide me through the year. I’m done with resolutions. They don’t work. I do this instead. I pick three words. Choose 3 Words to Guide Your Year. No muss, no fuss. Simply pick three words.…