Apart from obedience, Daniel Darling offers these thoughts: We live in an age when, increasingly, people are asking the question, “Do we need to gather on Sunday mornings for worship anymore?” It’s a valid question. After all, isn’t there a plethora of good sermon content online? Aren’t there churches that actually offer online services? And …
I need a double dose of this today. “Self-pity is a vacuum into which gratitude cannot enter. In fact, self-pity and thanksgiving cannot coexist. They are mutually exclusive. Although thanksgiving is the antidote to this poison, few bound by self-pity will take the foray into expressing thanks for all the blessings they do have.” – …
I endorse all of these principles. Particularly the one about finishing on time. Have an agreed time, or agree on a time at the start of each meeting. Make sure you know if someone has to leave before that time. Nothing is more counter productive than meetings which go on until the business is finished. …
Gathering interesting information is useful if you’re always on the lookout for illustrations. Today I Found Out has provided a lot of general knowledge information which I didn’t know. Here, for instance, is a post on the origin of the maritime terms ‘Port’ and ‘Starboard’. I’d always known of these terms but didn’t know how …
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