Quote of the week

"I'm not convinced that your date of death is the date carved on your tombstone. Most people die long before that . We start dying when we have nothing worth living for. And we don't start living until we find something worth dying for." -Mark Batterson

Quote of the week:

Failures and set-backs are faith-killers.

The important question is whether they're killing my faith in God... or my faith in me.

-Ben Arment

Quote of the week:

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem...
- Theodore Rubin

Rev. Run

I've never been a rap fan but I'm a big fan of "Run's House" on MTV. Besides the fact that I am Jealous of the fact that he can make a clerical collar look cool...while driving a Bentley...I really admire the way he leads and loves his family. I heard him say something in a recent interview that really sort or stuck in my head...

He said, "I'm a Reverend but I don't run a church, My whole ministry is to show the love of Jesus in my life whether I am with my family or on tour with Kid Rock...the cameras just catch the action and spread it around" (my paraphrase)

I'm pretty sure that's the "point" for all of us...whether we are a "Reverend" or not... Well said, Rev. Run.

Quote of the Week:

"All the good that has come in this world has come from Fools with Faith..."

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

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Oh Christ, when you're ready to come back

I think I'm ready for you to come back

But if you want to stay wherever exactly it is you are That's okay too -

It's really none of my business

Mewithoutyou- Carousels

Ok maybe I should have posted this under "lyrics of the week"... but Josiah was tellin' me about this song yesterday and now I cant get it out of my head. For those of us who don't have it "all figured out" ...who don't have a wall in our house covered with push pins, string , pictures of Larry King, (who may or may not be the anti-Christ...I'm just sayin') and Left Behind books...this might be "our song".

Quote of the week:

I believe God wants every church to succeed.

I believe heaven aches for this to happen.

I believe God will pour out his power and wisdom on people who pull up their sleeves

…Ask God to help us,

and then get on with doing what God asks us to do.

Bill Hybels- Leadership Summit 08

- I think so too...let's do this thing actionchurch!

Quote(s) of the week -whiteboard edition

Here's some stuff that still has me thinking from being at the whiteboard conference yesterday. (I know...my hand writing is so jacked up that it looks like the "uni-bomber manifesto" when every I take notes...at least I can read it...sort of.

"Our very best theories will be amended due to paradigm shifts"
"We all underestimate God-our dreams are too small"- Mark Batterson

"The most messed up people of his time wanted to hang out with Jesus...do the most messed up people of our time want to go to church and hang out with us?- Vince Antonucci (I hope so...that's kind of the point of actionchurch...a place where everyone can be accepted...)

"The public is unaware, unimpressed, and unchanged by the message of the church today..." Tim Stevens

"At the root of every sin is the desire for Power, Comfort, Approval, or Control" -Darrin Patrick

"Spiritual Growth should be "normal" in a church..." -Mark Dever

"Stay connected (to Jesus) and "fruit happens"- John Burke

"Be obedient to God and let him handle the results"- Perry Noble

"Sometimes the most "mature" thing you can say to someone who is suffering is "I don't know" (why this is happening)- Ed Stetzer

Quote of the week:

"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
-George S. Patton

I love this quote and I love the results of telling people "where we are going" and then being surprised at the way we get there...It's always better than the way I would have done it! That's why I'm passionate about "empowering" our crew members instead of "training" them... (link)

Quote of the week:

“Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.”- Benjamin Franklin

...and now we say it's "all about the Benjamins"...go figure.

Quote of the week:

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.

-Bill Gates

Quote of the week:

"The church, at best, fell asleep. It might be fair to say that we lost the power to transform culture. We accommodated to a culture that was, for us, user-friendly...The church was no longer the shaper of modern culture, but, in fact, modern culture had become the shaper of the church. This should be our great awakening. The world changed, and we didn't. The world changed for the worse becuase we didn't change at all....the world waits for the church to once again become God's agent of change." Erwin McManus

Quote of the Week:

Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. That's just annoying.
Persistence is having the same goal over and over.
-Seth Godin

Quote of the Week:

“God gave me the talent and I seized the opportunity.”-Brett Favre

In the end that's the best that any of us can say...our potential is not limited by the resources God gives us...but by our willingness to take risks to "seize the opportunity".

"Quote" of the week...

"You know what? You know what? You look beautiful...and I...when I...when you open your mouth such a beautiful tone comes....Stop that Simon! I just want to pinch your cheeks and make you live with my Chihuahua's... I just love the colors you proceed...Don't ever go stopping changing...you are just wonderful!
-Paula Abdul.

Exactly!

Quote of the week:

I meant what I said,

and I said what I meant.

An elephant's faithful,

one hundred percent.

-Horton, via Dr. Seuss

Reagan and I...Ok maybe just me...are looking forward to this movie. If we were all a little more like Horton, the world would be a better place.

Quote of the week:

I'm friends with everybody in this office. We're all best friends. I love everybody here. But sometimes your best friends start coming into work late and start having dentist appointments that aren't dentist appointments, and that is when it's nice to let them know that you could beat them up. - Michael Scott

Bonus quote: Yes. It is true. I, Michael Scott, am signing up with an online dating service. Thousands of people have done it, and I am going to do it. I need a username, and... I have a great one. "Little Kid Lover". That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at. -Michael Scott

No extra charge for that one...

Quote of the week:

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”~Henry Ford

...and that is why actionchurch can never become about "learning facts" or having "cool" or "edgy" church services...our "main business" must alway be to motivate people to put the teachings of Jesus into action in their community, work and homes.

Quote of the week:

If everything's under control, you're going too slow. - Mario Andretti

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Act, and God will act.- Joan of Arc