Mike Vogel blogs here about stuff that may or may not be relevant and insightful.
One of the most important lessons I have learned is the art or diligence, if you will, of responding instead of reacting. This concept was drilled into my head by my old boss and mentor. He gave me a revelation on this concept and it has changed the way I will communicate.
In my field [...]
One of my favorite things to do is catch up with great friends, and talk about some of the historical and hilarious moments in our lives. We could go on for hours, into the wee moments of the morning and still be laughing and diving into the past. The difference between me and my friends [...]
I have been reading a book by Bill Hybels called “Holy Discontent”, which is all about finding that one thing that makes you mad, that one thing that stirs up the inside of you to want to change something in the world, whatever it may be. I remember at a staff meeting once, Robert Fergusson [...]
Performance skills - 101 Sharpening your skills to use in every aspect of
your program.
One of my greatest frustrations is that only in the church world do people
think that performing, preaching and mc’ing are a natural gift. This
belief means that (1) those who believe that they don’t have this gift are
excused from any of the aforementioned [...]
I just got home from a Christian bookstore and as I was walking through the isles I was realizing there was not much creativity in the books and titles and artwork of these lamictal 25 mg Christian artists. Now I don’t write this to slam other Christians, but i do think, as Christians, we [...]
So, lately I have been trying out my skills on photshop and illustrator and trying be creative in a new way… usually I am one of those people who is creative but then gets someone else to work out my ideas….well this time i am putting my hands to the plow and it is soooo [...]
Well, I cut my own hair last night around 11pm. I was a bit contemplative and thought that this might help to get things out…Boy was I right… I got a lot out, but it was mostly 6 or more inches of brown hair from my scalp. Sometimes its best just to leave things to [...]
I just finished Donald Miller’s latest book called “a million miles in a thousand years” and it was fantastic!!! It was a great read about our lives as a story. It made an impact on me and how I want my life to be a story worth reading… Its not about overcoming all obstacles and [...]