This video was done for the high school ministry at Saddleback Church. This was done during the 40 days of purpose. The guy in the video is Shaun Blakeney. He is the High School pastor at Saddleback. He is an amazing leader and an excellent communicator. Also, one of my best friends. The video was shot and edited by one of my students at the school I am a chaplain at. You can check out some of his other projects here.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qqp0DMyDXE&rel=1]SNYDER
Why is it always so hectic between Thanksgiving and Christmas? I am pretty certain we bring it upon ourselves. What are some things you are doing in the next month to slow down?
I found this article and it is really good. It's the 7 habits of highly innovative people. Here is a glimpse. 3. Take Risks, Make Mistakes - I believe that part of the reason why we create self-imposed inhibition is due to our fear of failure. Expect that some ideas will fail in the process of learning. Build prototypes often, test them out on people, gather feedback, and make incremental changes. Rather than treating the mistakes as failures, think of them as experiments. “Experiment is the expected failure to deliberately learn something.” (Scott Berkun). Instead of punishing yourself for the failures, accept them, then take your newfound knowledge and put it towards finding the best solution. Live up to your goal of producing the best result, but understand you might hit roadblocks along the way. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” –Thomas A. Edison You can check out the rest of the article here.SNYDER
With the technology we have today and how easily accessible it is. Open source is the new thing. Why wouldn't you as a church give away the things you have created to help churches who do not have the resources to make their own all the time. There are a lot of churches giving away their stuff. Lifechurch.tv was definitely on the front end of this. They have all kinds of free resources and are working on ways to give away a lot of their other resources. There is a new website World Wide Open that looks pretty awesome. Check it out. You might start turning more towards Open Source. I mean it makes sense that if we are the Church then we should be sharing what we are producing. I am a huge proponent of giving away your resources and this looks like a good step in that direction.SNYDER
Mariah was discharged from the hospital. She has some ulcers and will be on some medication for about a month. She is so happy to be out of the hospital. SNYDER
I read a lot of blogs. Maybe too many. I got in trouble for reading too many blogs at my last job.. Blogs weren't looked upon fondly, but I digress. Some blogs I read mention how many hands were counted for salvation. Now I agree this is a great number, but I want to see follow up on these hands or how this is done. I know churches are different. But I want to know what churches do to follow up. I know a lot of churches give out bibles and some other materials. Who at your church does this follow up? And how is it done? And what is the the churches next step to help these new believers out?SNYDER
It's been a long 24 hours. My wife had to go to the emergency room last night because of stomach pains. Come to find out she has a couple of ulcers in her tummy. A little medicine will take care of it. But they couldn't figure out what it was. so it was a long night and day today. Thank goodness it is easily fixable. She still has a little pain. Some prayer would be great. Thanks so much.SNYDER
