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View of the Hill: August 2013
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Good Words from Brene Brown. I had the privilege to attend Willow Creek's Leadership Summit a couple weeks ago and am just now beginning to download the thoughts and takeaways from those two days. One of the more riveting speakers was Brene Brown, who you can get a taste of with her TED talk here. Some of her best thoughts from her Willow talk were:. Leaders can't give others what they don't have. Thursday, Au...
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View of the Hill: Multipliers
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Friday, November 15, 2013. Recently read this book. After seeing the author speak at a conference and wanted to offer some takeaways:. Children given a series of progressively harder puzzles and praised for their intelligence stagnate for fear of reaching the limit of their intelligence. Children given the same series of puzzles but then praised for their hard work actually increased their ability to reason and to solve problems. For tho...
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View of the Hill: April 2013
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Tuesday, April 30, 2013. In case you missed them, the more popular April blogs:. The Difference Between I Did and I Do. What We Talk About When We Talk About God. No) Cell Phones Allowed. Links to this post. Monday, April 29, 2013. Brain Chemistry and Theological Differences. Don Miller has a really interesting piece here. Links to this post. Sunday, April 28, 2013. No) Cell Phones Allowed. Should this be another 'cell phone' free zone?
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View of the Hill: January 2013
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Thursday, January 31, 2013. Tim Keller on Church- Part 2. A few more thoughts from Keller's book on church:. In the end, Christians live not to increase the prosperity of our own tribe and group through power plays and coercion but to serve the good of all the people of the city (regardless of what beliefs others hold). Links to this post. Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Tim Keller on Church- Part 1. It's meaty for a couple reasons:. Second...
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View of the Hill: 10 Things You Don't Know
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Wednesday, November 20, 2013. 10 Things You Don't Know. My wife tagged me for the popular number game thing going around on Facebook. However, the number of things is longer than I would normally post on Facebook, so I'll put them on the blog instead, and still keeping with the game's spirit! I had to be rescued by the summer camp lifeguard because I wasn't making it swimming to the 'dock' in 3rd grade. I worked at a bank in college....
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View of the Hill: November 2013
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Wednesday, November 20, 2013. 10 Things You Don't Know. My wife tagged me for the popular number game thing going around on Facebook. However, the number of things is longer than I would normally post on Facebook, so I'll put them on the blog instead, and still keeping with the game's spirit! I had to be rescued by the summer camp lifeguard because I wasn't making it swimming to the 'dock' in 3rd grade. I worked at a bank in college....
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View of the Hill: March 2013
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Sunday, March 31, 2013. It's Easter Sunday and the tomb is empty. He is risen and he is risen indeed! Links to this post. Saturday, March 30, 2013. Getting the Incentive Right. Links to this post. Friday, March 29, 2013. Social Media for Ministry. I'm no social media maven, so I found this book. And really, it's more of a pamphlet) helpful, especially if you're confused by all this "hashtag" business! Links to this post. Change and the Y.
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View of the Hill: February 2013
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Thursday, February 28, 2013. Mean People and Dealing with Tragedy. Couple links to pass along:. Tarina's good friend Myra Katherine blogs here. About dealing with mean people. Her blog is a good one to regularly check out. A Sioux Falls pastor blogs here. About how we respond to tragic events. Really appreciate his wisdom. Links to this post. Wednesday, February 27, 2013. The Seven Checkpoints for Student Leaders. Some of my takeaways:.
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View of the Hill: May 2013
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Friday, May 31, 2013. The Perfect Attendance Award. My kids came home from school a couple weeks ago and told me they didn't get the 'perfect attendance' award. They missed only a couple days- 1 for an illness, the other for leaving early on trips to the cities- but alas, they didn't receive the 'perfect attendance' award. Perhaps there is a correlation between perfect. Attendance and academic achievement (notice I didn't say attendance.
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View of the Hill: October 2013
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View of the Hill. Thoughts on faith, community, service and church. Thursday, October 31, 2013. Whatever your thoughts on Halloween, don't do this. Links to this post. Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Past Thoughts on Halloween. Tomorrow is Halloween- so I thought I'd share my past thoughts on this here. And if you're in SF, we're handing out full-size candy bars at the Stroh house. Links to this post. Tuesday, October 29, 2013. The Problem with Halloween. It's not what you think (that post comes tomorrow!
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