I am in my second year of membership at Blinkist. I get 12-18 minutes audio summaries of best-selling non-fiction books. Here’s what I have listened to. Sorry, none of these are hyperlinked. 2021
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It’s a struggle to find episodic content that Shirin and I can watch. This is a list of programs that we’ve felt are worth watching and worth avoiding (we jumped off the train after 1-2 episodes). You’ll see the year we watched the series, not necessarily the year it was released. We list the most
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I recently read the Vernon Grounds biography, “Transformed by Love.” Dr. Grounds was the long-time president of my alma mater, Denver Seminary. He shaped the school more than any other. I wrote the following email to the following current staff: Mark Young (President), Craig Blomberg (NT Professor), Chris Johnson (Director of Development), Elodie Emig (Greek
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Each January I ask the Lord for a new spiritual focus for the year. I pray the theme will permeate my life as the months go by. Here are recent themes… A Slave of Christ (2013), Better to Give Than to Get (2014), Keep in Step with the Spirit (2015), Listen and Love (2016), Join the Dance Procession (2017), Make Disciples (2018), Looking
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Here are the titles of the books I have read in the last decade (not to be confused with my podcast list, film list or series to watch and avoid list). My books are my mentors. They congregate all over the house and overflow into the garage. I read actively with a pen or pencil in
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By the end of 2020, the Visual Story Network will have trained 9800 leaders and served 530 ministries through networks, curricula and media resources. Our growth goals for 2021 include… Media to Movements See 75 new media to movement strategies implemented around the world. Mobile Ministry Forum Train 1500 leaders to reach people through their
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Listening to Learn Are you a learner? I’ve always been a reader (here’s the list of books I’ve read). I only started “listening to learn” in recent years during my garage workouts. A big shout out to our son Quinn who has been my inspiration. My primary listening sources are Podcasts, YouTube, and sermons. Here
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A great deal has been written about how to use Zoom since the Coronavirus pandemic broke out. Based on recent meetings I’ve been in, a lot of people are not Zooming well. I have been living in Zoom (and WebEx before that) for the last 15 years. After spending more than a thousand hours in
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My theme for 2020 is blessed to bless. Here are ways to bless someone you are helping become more like Jesus. Pray a particular Bible verse over them. Text them that Bible verse. Complement them on something they’ve done well. Invite them to church. Pick them up and bring them to church. Invite them to
Each January I ask the Lord for a new spiritual focus for the year. I pray the theme will increasingly permeate my life as the months go by. Here are recent themes… A Slave of Christ (2013), Better to Give Than to Get (2014), Keep in Step with the Spirit (2015), Listen and Love (2016), Join the Dance Procession (2017), Make Disciples (2018),