Loving What You Love

February 1, 2010

Some friends of mine just got back from a week at two dude ranches outside of Steamboat Springs. Both ranches were outstanding – in fact, while each had their own individual spin on things, both were roughly equivalent in the quality of care they provided for their guests. And the staff at both ranches loved [...]

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TOM and the Goldfish Bowl

January 25, 2010
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Happy Monday Awakeners! I’m excited to be writing this week’s article because I get to introduce you to one of my favorite people: Ben Pasley. He’s probably best known for the Worship Circle albums. However, he’s also a teacher, pastor, and author who’s influenced a whole lot of my thinking about the church and my [...]

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Systems

January 18, 2010

Hello to the Awakeners, I’ve been feeling angsty the last few weeks. I’m sure you’ve felt the same way at some point. You know you’re heading in the right general direction, but there’s that nagging thought that the compass is off by a few degrees. If you don’t factor in the course correction now, then [...]

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Four Simple Photography Tips

January 11, 2010

I’ve seen some absolutely amazing photography for non-profits. I mean eye-popping, crazy good photography. These images seem to tell the story by themselves, without needing any sort of help. I’ve also seen some absolutely horrible photography. I mean cringe worthy, why-in-the-world-would-you-do-that-to-me bad photography. I know. Because I shot those photos. We are a media savy [...]

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Finding Followers on the Journey

January 4, 2010

I have a very good friend of mine who has been a missionary for close to 10 years. I’ve always looked forward to hearing from him because he’s always sharing the story that he is a part of. It’s been a winding road for him – back and forth between the States and abroad, changes [...]

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Getting There From Here Part 5: Examples of Understanding Purpose

December 28, 2009

As we continue with our introductory series, I’d like to highlight a couple of organizations that are incredibly focused on their purpose. They tend not to get distracted, and as a result are very effective in what they do.

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Getting There from Here Part 4: Getting Your Purpose Right

December 14, 2009

I took a short detour from this series last week because I wanted to make sure that I’d at least touched on some nuts and bolts application stuff before the end of the year. Now that that’s out of the way, I’d like to get back to setting down some foundational stuff about Margins, Message [...]

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Writing Without Being a Writer

December 7, 2009

I remember writing newsletters when I was in YWAM and it was like pulling teeth. From a rabid cat. On catnip. In a word, painful. Writing a newsletter is real work. You know you’re supposed to write them. The books tell you to do it every month. So you sit down to write and end [...]

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Getting There From Here Part 3: Margins are for People

November 30, 2009

I don’t know about you, but all this talk about building margins seems like a lot of work. How can we possibly fit all this stuff into life? The point is not to. Which is wildly counter-intuitive.

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Getting There From Here Part 2: Stop Everything

November 23, 2009

I’ve been struggling with how to write about margins without becoming another echo-chamber in the world of productivity websites. That is the last thing I want to do, and probably the last thing you want to be reading. I too suffered (and benefited) through the recent “Getting Things Done,” super-duper list-making, commitment-breaking phase of our [...]

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