Mrs. Arensberg is an elementary teacher to whom I direct your attention; you’ll find her wisdom on FaceBook and undoubtedly elsewhere.
In her classroom she has a student designated as the CIO —
Chief Inspiration Officer
— whose role it is “to notice when someone might need a little encouragement and to offer it freely.”
She recently shared examples of notes from a CIO, one of which sure sounds to me like a United Methodist Christian —
—- and by extension, and by the grace of God, may the next thing you and I do help someone else.
You, too, can be a CIO!
From my pocket notebook, which I whipped out at our District Christmas Dinner/Program/Concert/ last month to scribble this —
Howard Bell had us sing Hark! the Herald Angels Sing to the tune of Christ the Lord is Risen Today.
(I’ll wait while you try it out.)
I love it! Gives a fresh spin to lyrics that are maybe all-too-familair to some people.
This upcoming Easter, would it work to sing Christ the Lord is Risen Today to the tune of Hark! the Herald Angels Sing?
Courtney Carver. Brilliance. Much needed but little heeded.
In her own words —
The guilt of your past
The pressure to prove yourself
— Questions? How about seeing what Proverbs 17:28 and Isaiah 43:1 and Acts 20:24 and 1st Corinthians 2:4 + 5 and Philippians 1:6 say.
— I’m thinking we’re gonna get back to this list, aren’t you?
What will you stop doing?
What will you continue doing?
What will you start doing?
And I’ve checked the calendar…”someday” isn’t one of the days of the week…so if Today is the When, how are your three What categories looking?
Those three were all questions about something many in the Church have relegated to an annual campaign to meet the church budget.
They’re about stewardship.
As in Matthew 25:14-30.
Yup.
Serious stuff here.
Let’s not hurry away.
Now would be a good time to review those three questions about our time-and-energy resources.
Someone, I think Mel Robbins, asks three questions that fit with yesterday’s blog here, and the third is
What will you start doing?
Spend some time with that today.
For context: Ephesians 5:16.
Ready?
Set?
What will you start doing…today?
Someone, I think Mel Robbins, asks three questions that fit with yesterday’s blog here, and the second is
What will you continue doing?
Spend some time with that today.
For context: Ephesians 5:16.
Ready?
Set?
What will you continue doing…today?
Someone, I think Mel Robbins, asks three questions that fit with yesterday’s blog here, and the first is
What will you stop doing?
Spend some time with that today.
For context: Ephesians 5:16.
Ready?
Set?
What will you stop doing…today?
“What would you like to have your pastor do more of?” was the idea conveyed in a question on a pastoral evaluation form a few years ago.
“In order to do that, what would you like to have your pastor do less of?” was the next question.
I found that to be a helpful, healthy series.
Let’s come back to that.
Meanwhile, how would you answer those two questions?
Christ Jesus himself said —
I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through me will be cared for—will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. (John 10:7-10)
— and by the grace of God, we are among the they of whom he spoke….
joescheets 