"hint at the chance for some light wintry precipitation at the start of the weekend" John Bernier

Shane Claiborne: "What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?" http://ping.fm/Xy4Ux

No Thanksgiving for You, You Ungrateful Loser by Caroline Ferdinandsen http://ping.fm/sSr1r

Book Notes: It by Craig Groeschel http://ping.fm/XBYBS

"Are you willing to lose some people from your church to reach those without Christ?" Craig Groeschel from it

"Do whatever it takes to make your ministry a place that welcomes those who don't know Christ." Craig Groeschel from it.

"in the midst of a generation screaming for answers, Christians are stuttering" Howard Hendricks

"When have we forgotten that the church does not exist for us? We are the church and we exist for the world." Erwin McManus

"filled with very sincere Bible believing Christians; unfortunately, they're simply more concerned about themselves than the lost." Groesche

“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill

"The antidote for the fear of failure is not success but small doses of failure." Mark Batterson

team with it loves each other. Not only do they minister together, they do life together. What they have is more than friendship. Groeschel

"the website becomes the front door, the Sunday service becomes the living room, and the small groups become the dinner table" Mark Driscoll

"grow a nimble church of flexible teams and only essential programming." Mark Driscoll - Mars Hill Church Seattle

"what good things on your to-do list need to be switched to your to-don't list?" Craig Groeschel from it

5 things we do-We focus all of our energy on: 1 Weekend experiences, 2 Missions, 3 Small Groups, 4 Kids, 5 Student. Craig Groeschel from it.

Focus: “the commitment to abandon everything that falls outside of the simple ministry process." from Simple Church

"Too many ministries are doing too little by doing too much." Craig Groeschel from it

"What can you be the best in the world at?" Jim Collins from Good To Great

"What has God uniquely prepared and equipped your ministry to accomplish?" Craig Groeschel from it

"You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it" Bill Hybels

"An effective vision will always be memorable, portable, and motivational." Dr. Sam Chand

Catalyst Podcast Interview with Tony Dungy http://ping.fm/x9qyh

The problem today in youth ministry is not that we are irrelevant, but we are impotent. Perry Noble #nywc http://ping.fm/ZQeoN

"Leadership is as easy as listening to God and doing what He says." Perry Noble #nywc http://ping.fm/WIHvY

"Youth workers work in the ripest harvest in the world." Perry Noble #nywc http://ping.fm/KCHUr

Six Ways Social-Media Freedom Benefits Employers http://ping.fm/vhz8p

National Youth Workers Convention @PerryNoble this morning #nywc http://ping.fm/4MtSK

Honeywell Awarded Smart Grid Grant From U.S. Department Of Energy using Tridium technology http://ping.fm/9UqaY

“It Is Well with My Soul” Today in 1873, the steamship Ville du Havre was struck. http://ping.fm/sSgd1

Happy Birthday @StevenCurtis! Thanks for all the beautiful music for decades. 47 is actually really young!

"Instead of people sacrificing for the cause of Christ, people appeared to be consuming, not contributing." Craig Groeschel from it

Church Marketing Gurus: Brad Abare & Phil Cooke http://ping.fm/vpyyl

"The sign of the Spirit at work is supernatural love, not gifts or successful results." Peter Scazzero The Emotionally Healthy Church http://ping.fm/HwEGS

Leadership is not always being the strong one; it is being the weak one who is made strong by God alone. Peter Scazzero The Emotionally Healthy Church http://ping.fm/bQjAH

Lead out of "my failures, weaknesses, & struggles, not my successes." Peter Scazzero The Emotionally Healthy Church http://ping.fm/UsQxK

Are we "Proud & Defensive" or "Broken & Vulnerable" Peter Scazzero The Emotionally Healthy Church http://ping.fm/EJ1gI

"The church will never mature beyond the leadership." Peter Scazzero from The Emotionally Healthy Church http://ping.fm/sI3Ue

"Dell just passed $3MM in overall sales direct from its twitter accounts." Debra Lavoy from #w2e http://ping.fm/HG2ha

Is God glorified more when I praise Him verbally or by my obedience?

three screens and a cloud: some aspect of its value delivered across the PC class of device, the phone class of device & the TV Ray Ozzie