The World’s Smallest Cycle Lane?...
I love Liverpool - it is a great City to live in, but - like most things in life - it is far from perfect. There is rollercoaster of a season from Liverpool football club (I am a life-fan and season ticket holder), the bizarre way in which the council spends money, the weather and now this: the world's shortest cycle lane?
I occassionally cycle to work (and I say occassionally!). On Friday, I went down ...
I love Liverpool - it is a great City to live in, but - like most things in life - it is far from perfect. There is rollercoaster of a season from Liverpool football club (I am a life-fan and season ticket holder), the bizarre way in which the council spends money, the weather and now this: the world's shortest cycle lane?
I occassionally cycle to work (and I say occassionally!). On Friday, I went down ...
My 7 Christmas discoveries: books, gadgets and iPhone Apps...
New Software: Evernote. A great place to store notes (privately and public to share to collaborate with your Team members - another great feature), whether text, photo, file or Audio. It works on my iPhone and syncs everywhere. It will even search the text (typed or handwritten) on images. I haven't got the scanner that syncs with it yet - but it is a strong possibility as I head down the paperless route!
New gadget: ...
New Software: Evernote. A great place to store notes (privately and public to share to collaborate with your Team members - another great feature), whether text, photo, file or Audio. It works on my iPhone and syncs everywhere. It will even search the text (typed or handwritten) on images. I haven't got the scanner that syncs with it yet - but it is a strong possibility as I head down the paperless route!
New gadget: ...
Salt: A short story about Jack....
Jack woke up like he did every other morning: fighting a huge temptation. The snooze button. It is deadly and has the power to seriously wreck a day. Every morning it is a fight.
Today Jack won. This was not true every morning. He is averaging a 60% success rate at the moment. Not great, but slightly above average.
Ironically, his fight with the alarm clock is quite symbolic of life. He is, in his own words, slightly above average. “Nothing to see here” as the police say at the crime scene, trying to usher you past quickly. And there isn’t anything worth seeing with Jack. Everything about Jack’s life seemed...
Jack woke up like he did every other morning: fighting a huge temptation. The snooze button. It is deadly and has the power to seriously wreck a day. Every morning it is a fight.
Today Jack won. This was not true every morning. He is averaging a 60% success rate at the moment. Not great, but slightly above average.
Ironically, his fight with the alarm clock is quite symbolic of life. He is, in his own words, slightly above average. “Nothing to see here” as the police say at the crime scene, trying to usher you past quickly. And there isn’t anything worth seeing with Jack. Everything about Jack’s life seemed...
Tim Ferriss – How to Create a Global Phenomenon...
via timferriss.posterous.com
Fascinating video on how Tim Ferriss launched his Four Hour Work Week book. Interesting to watch definately! If you look at his Posterous Link (http://timferriss.posterous.com/tim-ferriss-how-to-create-a-global-phenomenon) you can also see the slides he uses during the talk.
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via timferriss.posterous.com
Fascinating video on how Tim Ferriss launched his Four Hour Work Week book. Interesting to watch definately! If you look at his Posterous Link (http://timferriss.posterous.com/tim-ferriss-how-to-create-a-global-phenomenon) you can also see the slides he uses during the talk.
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How to Present Like Steve Jobs...
Came across this interesting video today about how to present like Steve Jobs of Apple fame. It gives a quick and useful summary of how Steve Jobs does actually present. Well worth watching.
Came across this interesting video today about how to present like Steve Jobs of Apple fame. It gives a quick and useful summary of how Steve Jobs does actually present. Well worth watching.
How to create a PowerPoint presentation...
Well, I finally got around to creating a video out of my PowerPoint presentation on how to create a good PowerPoint presentation (bad PowerPoint is a pet hate of mine, and would love to see it used better - especially in the church and boardrooms!).
Well, I finally got around to creating a video out of my PowerPoint presentation on how to create a good PowerPoint presentation (bad PowerPoint is a pet hate of mine, and would love to see it used better - especially in the church and boardrooms!).
Dealing with Weariness – part 2...
So far we have looked at a number of scriptures that talk about weariness. We have looked at how weariness can affect us and how it "grows" and develops. In my last post, we also started to look at how we deal with weariness. If you remember, there were four principles that we took from Scripture. The first one, which we covered last time, was how to wait on the Lord. In this post, we will look at the final three: consider Him, balance and serve.
Consider Him
When...
So far we have looked at a number of scriptures that talk about weariness. We have looked at how weariness can affect us and how it "grows" and develops. In my last post, we also started to look at how we deal with weariness. If you remember, there were four principles that we took from Scripture. The first one, which we covered last time, was how to wait on the Lord. In this post, we will look at the final three: consider Him, balance and serve.
Consider Him
Hebrews 12:3 (New International Version)
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
When...
Dealing with Weariness – part 1...
How do you prevent yourself from becoming weary? Whilst I appreciate that each circumstance is different and there isn't a one-size-fits-all solution, there are some principles in Scripture that we can apply that we definitely help us, we will look at these in turn:
Wait on the Lord (we look at this in this post)
Consider Him
Balance
Serve
Wait on the Lord
How do you prevent yourself from becoming weary? Whilst I appreciate that each circumstance is different and there isn't a one-size-fits-all solution, there are some principles in Scripture that we can apply that we definitely help us, we will look at these in turn:
Wait on the Lord (we look at this in this post)
Consider Him
Balance
Serve
Wait on the Lord
Isaiah 40:28-31...
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths
Growing weary...
Every felt weary, or exhausted, or just fatigued? Physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually? Close to burn out? I would imagine that many of us have as it is now something that is very common.
The church that I go to is in a season of unprecedented change. Some of us are feeling weary. With the new "cluster" groups it is easy to adopt a wait-and-see approach as we are all a little weary with having done cell for so long (myself included). I had adopted the "I'll wait-and-see what happens before getting involved" ideology...
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Gal 6:9
Every felt weary, or exhausted, or just fatigued? Physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually? Close to burn out? I would imagine that many of us have as it is now something that is very common.
The church that I go to is in a season of unprecedented change. Some of us are feeling weary. With the new "cluster" groups it is easy to adopt a wait-and-see approach as we are all a little weary with having done cell for so long (myself included). I had adopted the "I'll wait-and-see what happens before getting involved" ideology...
