December 2011 Blog Posts (8)

For most of my 52 years I have loved reading the Word of God. It's history and it's simple life lessons reach far beyond any "self help" book I have ever read. I have allowed it to guide my thinking and my purpose for many years now and I regret my youth having been away from the Church following my own desires allowing myself to be guided by whim and happenstance, but now those days are in the past and I am comfortable with my life now having made my peace with both God and man. I do…

There is no delete button on the internet. 

The walls do have ears and eyes and recording devices and curious customs agents. 

The world today is drawn to sincerity and reality and straight-shooting. If you seek to deliver value first to the right audience via the correct medium you will win.

Dan Kennedy calls it the "Market-Medium-Message" triangle. 

If you try to take short cuts like the dingbat in the story below you will not be happy with the…

Now let’s talk about all the things that need to be done around the parish that don’t have a direct impact on the central purpose of the parish.  These are the support functions.  I can think of five of them, but I’m sure there are more.

Facility Management.  Does your parish rent out the hall for non-parish functions?  Are there rules to be enforced?  What is the money collected used for?

Maintenance.  How do you keep your buildings clean and…

Hi everyone – I was reading a magazine last night and found an interesting paragraph at the bottom of one of the pages.  Paraphrasing, the article stated that it has been found that saying the Lord’s Prayer makes us happier! They said that because the Lord’s Prayer covers every aspect of our lives, it impacts more of our brain and especially the areas that affect our mood in a positive way.  They ran a test and had one person saying the Lord’s Prayer, one person reciting a poem and one…

I was talking to a good friend today and the subject of traffic tickets came up.  My friend has a traffic ticket tips website, http://www.mytraffictickettips.com.  I told him a story about a time when there was construction on the road near my house.  The speed limit was well posted at 25 miles per hour.  One morning I was in a hurry to get somewhere as usual and seeing that there was no one working on the road - it was…

Hi everyone – I was reading an interesting blog the other day (see below for link) about breathing.  We don’t breathe enough – doesn’t that sound silly?  We all breathe all day long, but the blog author had another take on it.  He said that when used in specific ways, breathing allows us to release and resolve emotions, belief systems, stresses and memories which are often inaccessible through the more conventional talking therapies.  He said breathing acts as a bridge between spirit (soul),…

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