Leaders Who Last in Lincoln
One of the great blessings that has come from these past eight months in the Resurgence Training Center (Re:Train) Missional Leadership Program has been the opportunity to spend time with my cohort leader, Pastor Dave Kraft. Dave is, without a doubt, one of the wisest men I have ever met. He has decades of leadership and ministry experience under his belt, has a heart for investing in and developing young leaders, and continues to humbly learn and grow in Christlikeness himself, even to this day.
Dave recently began traveling around the country, speaking at seminars that bear the name of his book, Leaders Who Last. His travels will soon bring him to Lincoln, NE as 2 Pillars Church will be sponsoring a Leaders Who Last Seminar. Here is a brief description from the 2PC blog:
Dave Kraft, Pastor at Mars Hill Church, Director of Leadership Development and Coaching at The Resurgence, and author of #1 Christian Leadership book Leaders Who Last, is traveling around the country with the goal of helping develop leaders. 2 Pillars Church is proud to announce that he will be making a stop in Lincoln, NE on April 30.
Join us as Pastor Dave leads a one-day seminar based upon his book. The seminar will include large group presentations, Q&A, small group discussions and application.
The event is for any ministry or church leader — from volunteers to pastors. If you are a leader or a leader of leaders then consider joining us on April 30th.
For further details and event registration information, read the entire post HERE.
If you are a ministry leader and live within a driving distance of Lincoln, then I encourage you to consider spending April 30 with Dave Kraft and other area leaders. It will surely be a value investment of your time.
Are you planning to attend the Leaders Who Last Seminar in Lincoln or elsewhere? Have you read the book? Comment below.
His Only Forgotten Son
My wife and I had the pleasure of joining another church body for worship on Sunday. At the beginning of their service a number groups of young children took turns reciting passages of Scripture they had committed to memory. One group recited John 3:16:
For God so loved the world that he gave his only forgotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
We couldn’t help but laugh. Kids say the darndest things.
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Desktop Notifications for Gmail
Desktop notifications for emails and chat messages were announced on the Official Gmail Blog yesterday. Though not life-changing, this is a feature that I am glad to see.
Gmail is typically open as a tab in my browser at all times, even while I work on non-email related items and tasks. This means that I regularly miss others’ attempts to chat with me. By the time I realize they have sent me a message and attempt to respond, they may not even be online. If this bothers me, then I’m sure it’s even more frustrating for the person initiating the conversation. Problem solved. The best part is that I don’t need to run an application in the background (such as iChat or Adium) in order to receive chat notifications any longer!
I’m less excited about the email notifications. I prefer to control my inbox and not the other way around. Email notifications kill my productivity, so I only check email at designated times. There is an option to be notified only when “Important Messages” arrive, however. As a Priority Inbox lover, I may consider giving this a try.
Desktop notifications are available only to Google Chrome users at this time. Details here.
The Last Text: AT&T Documentary Outlines the Dangers of Texting While Driving
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What do you think about AT&T’s new 11-minute texting-while-driving documentary?
It is well done, in my opinion. Definitely worth watching and encouraging loved ones (especially high school students and twenty somethings) to watch as well. The best part is that a good portion of it consists of teens talking to teens.
The question remains, however, just how effective will the documentary be with teens? Will they listen? Of course, it must be stated that teens aren’t the only offenders, though they are the most inexperienced drivers and the move prevalent texters.
Hopefully “The Last Text” and other campaigns will be effective in curbing this growing problem.
Have you ever texted, tweeted, emailed, or updated your Facebook status while driving?
Church Planter: the book
In case you haven’t already seen the preview video for Church Planter by Darrin Patrick. I’m really looking forward to being challenged by this book.
Have you read the book already? What did you think? Do you plan to read it? Comment below.
Shared Links for September 29th
The The Impotence of Proofreading.
GTD Times: David Allen’s journey of writing Getting Things Done.