Archive for December, 2009
Christmas Catalogues
RT @RickWarren:
“I saved every Christmas catalogue from my mailbox this season: 116 total, weighing over 40 lbs. What a waste of paper.”
How to win in Afghanistan
Taken from this military powerpoint. To quote Alex Tabarrok, “On the positive side they are aware the problem is complex.”
If my words abide in you
Most influential sermon for me in 2009:
John Piper – If My Words Abide in You – January 4, 2009
Of all the sermons I listened to in 2009, this one had the biggest impact on me. I’ve listened to it multiple times and it continues to challenge me and I highly recommend it.
I love to think of God like this
RT John Piper:
“God never does only one thing. In everything he does he is doing thousands of things. Of these we know perhaps half a dozen.”
Charity – Who Cares?
Madoff
Apparently, Madoff fits right in.
Year of GTD
Bureaucracy
Post by Matt Perman of What’s Best Next on 22 Words:
Whenever people begin to ask, “Does it fit our rules,” rather than, “Does it serve our mission,” then you have a bureaucracy.
