"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

Effects Of Vitamin D Deficiency Amplified By Shortage Of Estrogen http://ping.fm/tQCMu

Tougher than Chuck Norris! Visiting America's Wounded Warriors http://ping.fm/yLZbP

10 Mistakes to Avoid in the Mobile Office http://ping.fm/IoFAX

InfoWorld's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies http://ping.fm/M3TeB

10 power-saving myths debunked http://ping.fm/TBIe8

"Companies like Dell, Comcast and Zappos have changed customer expectations" from http://ping.fm/TSXI2

No, Mr. President: John Piper's Response to President Obama on Abortion http://ping.fm/hGo3r

Can Google Wave become a Disruptive, Good Enough BPMS? http://ping.fm/rKTUZ

Thanks Christian McIntosh for getting my power moved underground. An oak limb just took my FIOS to the ground, but everything is working!

When you quit trusting, you quit obeying & then you quit believing from Andy Stanley's Pause series, http://ping.fm/0dLdE

Temptation is not just a test of your self control, but of your faith from Andy Stanley's Pause series, http://ping.fm/yd7cc

Always more at stake than we think, our Future, Family & Faith from Andy Stanley's Pause series, http://ping.fm/fRiXN

Very proud of my son, @Matt Wahlquist & friend, @Will Alley & all those who are or have served in the US Armed Forces. Happy Veterans Day!

Four Retreat Reflections by Mark Batterson http://ping.fm/5iPtY

Nuru founder & CEO Jake Harriman attended the U.S. Naval Academy & served over 7 years in the Marine Corps including Force Recon: http://ping.fm/IakvA

#Nuru: Jake Harriman’s & John Hancox’s desire to practically live out the teachings of Jesus & engage the crisis of extreme poverty.

Richmond, "we may see between three to seven inches of rain over the next several days" http://ping.fm/r9tOc

Has R.C. Sproul Ever Been on the Internet? interview with Pastor Mark Driscoll http://ping.fm/sFWz2

Do we make traditions into law because we are afraid of grace? Jesus cast away man-made traditions to do God's work. Sparky Pritchard John 5

What the Pelosi Health-Care Bill Really Says
Here are some important passages in the 2,000 page legislation http://ping.fm/DnHze

A Prayer About Heart Guarding http://ping.fm/BuP7q

one wise Puritan said "If God ever allowed us to see more than 1 percent of our sin, we would fall down dead!" TheEmotionallyHealthyChurch

Abby Johnson Says 'Change of Heart' Caused Her to Join Coalition for Life on #Huckabee now

Planned Parenthood Clinic Director Joins Anti-Abortion Group http://ping.fm/cHIbR

My Bowflex Sport is wonderful, but it can't prepare you for 2 hrs of raking :-(

A VETERAN'S SACRIFICE http://ping.fm/NyLfW

AWAYO - Grateful Inconvenience http://ping.fm/2Xkng

RT @milblogging: RT @USArmy => follow @FortHood for more details and information on how you can help the Fort Hood community.

I’m haunted by the New Testament reality that people who found religion totally irrelevant, ... found Jesus totally irresistible. Mark Acuff

Decline Is Never the Only Option
How are you growing these days?
John Ortberg http://ping.fm/1tUR7

Fort Hood suspect gave farewells to neighbors http://ping.fm/vBo6h

If you think today's shooting spree on Ft. Hood was an act of terrorism, the suspect's cousin in northern Virginia says "think again." http://ping.fm/HJKMX

Take a Veteran to School on Veterans Day - November 11 http://veterans.com

The day I went to church by Neil Prott http://ping.fm/tbNeL

Dell Completes Tender Offer for Perot Systems http://ping.fm/js1Ak