Three kinds of people

Was talking about message prep with the staff today. Love that churches are starting to work cooperatively on messages and sermon prep.

It reminded me that i love team sports and i love being part of a team.

It's great sharing wins with others and seeing your team members score goals.

Read a great little post about some of the kinds of players that you need on your team.

What is the role God has you playing right now?

And how can you help others play their role better?

we're workin on it

So this weekend the staff team and board got together to spend some time dreaming of what we want to become.

Not by accident we also spent lots of time talking about metrics and processes and an almost infinite number of rabbit trails.

It's going to take me some time to digest all that was talked about but the process itself has me thinking a lot about the difference in practical terms between means from ends.

And in my new job i have to figure out what tactics are actually getting us closer to our defined ends and which ones are just the bastard children of starry eyed lovers at a weekend getaway.

Like all of you

... I'm thinking about Haiti.

The Toronto Star article i read said this. "No one knows with precision, no one can confirm a figure. Our organization thinks between 45,000 and 50,000 people have died. We also think there are 3 million people affected throughout the country, either injured or homeless," Victor Jackson, an assistant national coordinator with Haiti's Red Cross said.

Here is a short news report.



Pray for the people in Haiti and pray that the relief efforts can be mobilized quickly and smoothly.

Might i suggest giving as you are able. Here is the link to Compassion Canada

Is this Redwood?

Many of you warned me that Thunder Bay is cold.

It's not just that Thunder Bay is cold, it's that they like to play in the snow.

Plunge Ice Baptism from Redwood Park on Vimeo.