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Leo Burnett was an advertising genius. For details, see my humble blog here from 5.16.26, “The Apple Bowl Stayed on the Desk.” But this part of it…uhm…are we listening, Church? — By the 1960s, his agency was massive. But Leo…
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Beyond Us. Way Beyond.
Matt Mattson writes of “a whole world longing for a connection“ and reminds us that there is a “bigger borderless world beyond“ us and our interests. I’m flashing to John 3:16 and how it presents what a hymn calls “a…
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Beginnings of Big Inning, part 3 of 3
Wherever you are, however the score reads right now, you’re invited to step into the reality that a song expresses so well — This is a day of new beginnings,Time to remember and move on — But to get to…
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Beginnings of Big Innings, part 2
There was an editorial cartoon (remember those?) in a Dallas newspaper (remember those?!) that celebrated Mickey Mantle’s life beyond baseball, including his sobriety and his cancer battle. It has St. Peter putting his arm around the baseball legend’s shoulders and…
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Beginnings of Big Innings
Where are you in your game? What Big Inning (and there are no inconsequential ones) are you in today? Remember how our big leather book says it: In the beginning, God. What new beginning is God inviting you into today?
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Not Meant for You
If you are going to be used by God, he will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant for you at all, they are meant to make you useful in His hands. So wrote Oswald Chambers.…
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BONUS BLOG: a prayer for men’s mental health
With gratitude to Andrew Orr for his kind expressed permission to share this with you —- Gracious and Almighty God, I lift up to You a prayer for those men who suffer. I read Your Scripture, and I see a…
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BONUS BLOG: what do you really want?
“Deep down you know what you want, but you won’t allow yourself to have it.” Mel Robbins said that in a recent podcast. What say you?
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Rooted in Trust
Studying Luke 12:31, Start with the kingdom of God, and the rest will be given to you, one of the members of the group said he was taught Root yourself in what you know, and from there your trust in…
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BONUS BLOG: small churches
Ed Stetzer wrote this yesterday —- The median size for a UK church (Church of England) is 37 people, based on the 2022 “Statistics for Mission.” (In the U.S., it’s around 60-65.) So, a small church is actually a NORMAL…
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